CN210847216U

CN210847216U - Sorting trolley and sorting system

Info

Publication number: CN210847216U
Application number: CN201921640219.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄君洁; 刘中林; 后明强; 余建明; 黄挺; 陆亦杰; 王吉雷
Original assignee: Shanghai Shuangji Intelligent Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Shuangji Intelligent Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-09-27
Filing date: 2019-09-27
Publication date: 2020-06-26
Anticipated expiration: 2029-09-27

Abstract

The utility model provides a letter sorting dolly and letter sorting system relates to logistics equipment technical field, and it is complicated to have solved letter sorting dolly structure, installs loaded down with trivial details technical problem. The device comprises a belt conveying mechanism and a travelling mechanism, wherein the travelling mechanism is detachably fixed at the lower part of the belt conveying mechanism through at least one side plate; the traveling mechanism is of a frame structure, the bottom of the traveling mechanism is provided with a clamping mechanism, a secondary magnet is clamped and fixed in the clamping mechanism, and the secondary magnet is arranged along the central axis direction of the sorting trolley; also provides a sorting system comprising the sorting trolley; the belt conveying mechanism and the travelling mechanism in the sorting trolley are detachable connecting modules, so that the utility model has strong universality, simple processing and convenient installation, and can be reasonably allocated according to the layout of the sorting system; the secondary magnet is arranged along the central axis direction of the sorting trolley, so that the phenomenon of derailment caused by deviation from the center of the track and collision of components such as a motor in the track when the trolley moves is prevented.

Description

Sorting trolley and sorting system

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of logistics equipment technique and specifically relates to a sorting dolly and letter sorting system are related to.

Background

In recent two years, with the rapid advance of the e-commerce and express industry, the market demand of automatic conveying and sorting equipment serving as one of the core equipment of the logistics system is greatly increased, and the automatic sorting system is an important branch of a material handling system and is widely applied to production logistics systems or logistics distribution centers of various industries. The automatic sorting machine mainly comprises a part supply device, a conveying device, a control system, a sorting device, a sorting road junction and the like, and is one of key devices for automatically sorting and arranging articles.

The logistics of china has progressed from days to hours and minutes. To handle such large object flows efficiently, two key factors cannot be separated: and (4) collaborative networking and intelligent technology. Among them, the use of automated logistics equipment, including automated sorting systems, plays a crucial role. With automatic quick letter sorting technique, replace a large amount of manual sorting, not only reduced the human cost, still improved the efficiency and the rate of accuracy of letter sorting operation simultaneously by a wide margin. The characteristics of multiple varieties, small batch and high frequency of e-commerce parcel delivery are the basis for promoting the rapid increase of the market demand of the automatic sorting system.

The sorting trolley is used as a core unit in the whole system, and the sorting accuracy and the sorting efficiency are directly influenced. A cross-belt sorter is generally a material conveyor that can automatically sort materials, and generally includes a sorting cart and a conveyor track. The sorting trolley is arranged on a conveying track of the cross belt sorting machine, and the running direction of a belt of the sorting trolley is crossed with the advancing direction of the conveying track. When the sorting trolley moves to the specified sorting position, the belt of the sorting trolley starts to rotate, so that the articles move to the two sides of the conveying track to finish sorting and sending out of the articles.

The applicant has found that the prior art has at least the following technical problems: on one hand, the existing sorting trolley has a complex structure, is complex to assemble and is complex to install and overhaul; on the other hand, when the existing sorting trolley runs on the rail, the installation accuracy of the secondary magnet is not high, the secondary magnet easily collides with the linear motor on the transportation rail, the problem of derailment is caused, the sorting trolley cannot normally work, and the overhaul cost is increased.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to provide a sorting trolley and a sorting system, which solve the technical problems of complex structure and complex installation of the existing sorting trolley in the prior art; the utility model provides a plurality of technical effects that preferred technical scheme among a great deal of technical scheme can produce see the explanation below in detail.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides a following technical scheme:

the utility model provides a pair of sorting trolley, include:

a belt conveying mechanism;

the running mechanism is detachably fixed at the lower part of the belt conveying mechanism through at least one side plate;

the walking mechanism is of a frame structure, the bottom of the walking mechanism is provided with a clamping mechanism, a secondary magnet is clamped and fixed in the clamping mechanism and arranged along the central axis direction of the sorting trolley, so that the sorting trolley can run on the central axis of the track.

Preferably, the travelling mechanism is a T-shaped frame, and the clamping mechanism is arranged on the vertical section of the T-shaped frame.

Preferably, the clamping mechanism comprises a template and a fixing bolt, the secondary magnet is a secondary aluminum plate, and a fixing hole is formed in the joint of the secondary aluminum plate and the secondary aluminum plate; two template parallel arrangement forms the vertical section of T type frame, secondary aluminum plate centre gripping is in two between the template, just fixing bolt passes template and secondary aluminum plate are so that secondary aluminum plate follows the axis direction of T type frame is fixed.

Preferably, walking wheels and guide wheels are arranged on the horizontal section of the T-shaped frame, the walking wheels are arranged at two ends of the T-shaped frame and are arranged vertically to wheel faces, and the guide wheels are arranged on the horizontal section of the T-shaped frame and are horizontally arranged to be matched with the tracks.

Preferably, the front end of the walking mechanism is provided with a joint bearing, and the joint bearing is connected with the tail end of the adjacent walking mechanism.

Preferably, the belt conveying mechanism comprises a shield frame, an electric roller, a driven roller and a belt, the electric roller and the driven roller are respectively fixed at two ends of the shield frame, the belt is sleeved on the electric roller and the driven roller, and the belt is driven by the electric roller to rotate around the driven roller and the electric roller.

Preferably, a belt tensioning mechanism is arranged on the driven roller and can adjust the distance between the driven roller and the electric roller so as to adjust the tightness of the belt.

Preferably, the belt tensioning mechanism includes:

the fixing frame is fixed on the side plate, and a guide groove is formed in the corresponding position of the side plate to clamp the mounting shaft of the driven roller;

the adjusting screw penetrates through the mounting shaft of the driven roller and is in threaded connection with the mounting shaft, and one end of the adjusting screw is fixed on the fixing frame;

and the adjusting nut is in threaded connection with the adjusting screw and is abutted to the mounting shaft.

Preferably, the rear part of the sorting trolley is provided with a piano type protective cover which is connected with the front part of the adjacent sorting trolley.

The utility model also provides a sorting system, including foretell letter sorting dolly, adjacent letter sorting dolly head and tail can be dismantled to connect and be the annular.

The utility model provides a pair of sorting dolly and letter sorting system compares with prior art, has following beneficial effect:

1. the belt conveying mechanism and the travelling mechanism in the sorting trolley are two modules which can be detachably connected, the universality is strong, the belt conveying mechanism and the travelling mechanism can be independently assembled, and finally the whole line is spliced, so that the belt conveying mechanism and the travelling mechanism are simple to process and convenient to install, and meanwhile, the belt conveying mechanism and the travelling mechanism can be reasonably deployed according to the layout of a sorting system.

2. The secondary magnet is arranged along the central axis direction of the sorting trolley, so that the sorting trolley can be ensured to run on the central axis of the track, the phenomenon that the trolley deviates from the center of the track and collides with components in the track to cause derailment when moving is prevented, and the sorting trolley can run more safely and effectively due to the structure.

Drawings

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

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the sorting trolley of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic bottom view of a sorting cart;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a traveling mechanism in the sorting trolley;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a secondary aluminum plate;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a belt conveying mechanism in the sorting trolley;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the belt tensioner.

FIG. 7 is a schematic layout of a sorting system;

in the figure: 1-side plate; 2-a traveling mechanism; 211-a template; 212-fixing bolt; 22-road wheels; 23-a guide wheel; 24-knuckle bearings; 25-a positioning plate; 26-fixing plate; 3-secondary aluminum plate; 31-a fixation hole; 41-a shield frame; 42-motorized roller; 421-motorized roller drive; 43-a driven drum; 431-mounting shaft; 44-a belt; 45-a belt tensioning mechanism; 451-a fixed frame; 452-an adjustment screw; 453-adjusting nut; 5-piano protective cover; 6-piano cover pallet;

100-sorting trolley; 200-a sorting table; 300-a packing table; 400-code scanning station.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions of the present invention will be described in detail below. It is to be understood that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the invention, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of 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.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "length", "width", "height", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "side", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

Referring to fig. 1-5, fig. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the sorting trolley of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a schematic bottom view of a sorting cart; FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a traveling mechanism in the sorting trolley; FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a secondary aluminum plate; FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a belt conveying mechanism in the sorting trolley;

the utility model provides a sorting trolley 100, include: a belt conveying mechanism;

the travelling mechanism 2 is detachably fixed at the lower part of the belt 44 conveying mechanism through at least one side plate 1; in the embodiment, the running mechanism is connected with the belt conveying mechanism through the front side plate and the rear side plate, wherein the side plate 1 can be detachably connected with the running mechanism 2 through the belt 44 conveying mechanism through bolts or screws and the like, so that the installation is convenient and fast;

the walking mechanism 2 is of a frame structure, the bottom of the walking mechanism is provided with a clamping mechanism, a secondary magnet is clamped and fixed in the clamping mechanism and arranged along the central axis direction of the sorting trolley 100, so that the sorting trolley 100 can run on the central axis of the track.

Wherein, above-mentioned running gear 2's effect is the transported substance article of traveling on sorting system's track, and its power of traveling is current mature technique, and the leading principle is: a linear motor is arranged on a track of an existing sorting system, and a secondary magnet on a sorting trolley is matched with a primary coil of the linear motor in the track to realize non-contact driving so that the sorting trolley can move circularly along the track. That is, when an ac power is applied to the primary coil, a magnetic field is generated in the air surrounding the primary coil; the secondary magnet induces electromotive force and generates current under the cutting of the magnetic field; the current interacts with the magnetic field to produce electromagnetic thrust. Since the primary coil is fixed on the rail, the electromagnetic thrust can push the sorting trolley 100 mounted with the secondary magnet to move.

The belt conveying mechanism mainly functions in that when the sorting trolley 100 runs to the sorting table 200, the electric roller driver 421 drives the electric roller 42 to rotate, and drives the belt 44 to rotate on the electric roller 42 and the driven roller 43 so as to throw the articles to the sorting opening. It should be understood that the instantaneous traveling direction of the traveling mechanism 2 and the conveying direction of the belt 44 are perpendicular to each other, as shown in fig. 1, and the ejection direction of the article in fig. 1 is the direction from the motorized roller 42 to the driven roller 43.

The belt conveying mechanism and the traveling mechanism 2 in the sorting trolley 100 are two modules which can be detachably connected, the universality is strong, the belt conveying mechanism and the traveling mechanism can be independently assembled, the whole line is finally spliced, the processing is simple, the installation is convenient, and meanwhile, the reasonable allocation can be carried out according to the layout of a sorting system.

The secondary magnets are arranged along the central axis direction of the sorting trolley 100, so that the sorting trolley 100 can be ensured to run on the central axis of the track, the phenomenon that the trolley deviates from the center of the track and collides with components in the track to cause derailment when moving is prevented, and the sorting trolley 100 can run more safely and effectively due to the structure.

For the convenience of modular installation, referring to fig. 2 and 3, the traveling mechanism 2 is a T-shaped frame, and the clamping mechanism is arranged on a vertical section of the T-shaped frame.

The T-shaped frame comprises a horizontal section and a vertical section, the horizontal section and the vertical section can be fixed through an L-shaped fixing plate 26 and bolts, the assembly is convenient, and the self weight of the sorting trolley can be reduced by the T-shaped frame, as shown in figure 2; in order to position the vertical section at the center of the horizontal section, referring to fig. 3, the vertical section and the horizontal section are positioned and fixed at the center of the horizontal section by the positioning plate 25.

In order to fix the electric control elements such as the motorized roller driver 421, the mounting plate may be fixed to the T-shaped frame, and other electric control elements may be fixed to the mounting plate.

In the present embodiment, a specific implementation of the clamping mechanism is provided, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, the clamping mechanism includes a shaping plate 211 and a fixing bolt 212, the secondary magnet is a secondary aluminum plate 3, and a fixing hole 31 is provided at a joint of the secondary aluminum plate; two template 211 parallel arrangement and the vertical section that forms T type frame, secondary aluminum plate 3 centre gripping is between two template 211, and fixing bolt 212 passes template 211 and secondary aluminum plate 3 so that secondary aluminum plate 3 is fixed along the axis direction of T type frame.

In the specific installation, the secondary aluminum plate 3 is clamped between the two mold plates 211, and then the fixing bolt 212 is fixed by passing through the mold plate 211, the fixing hole 31 of the secondary aluminum plate and the other mold plate 211 in sequence. In addition to the clamping function between the two shaping plates 211, the fixing bolt 212 penetrates through the fixing hole 31 on the secondary aluminum plate 3 to prevent the secondary aluminum plate 3 from shifting, so that the secondary aluminum plate 3 is always positioned on the central axis of the travelling mechanism 2 in the working process, and the sorting trolley 100 is prevented from shifting and derailing in the travelling process.

As an optional implementation mode, a walking wheel 22 and a guide wheel 23 are arranged on the horizontal section of the T-shaped frame, the walking wheel 22 is arranged at two ends of the T-shaped frame, the wheel surface is vertically arranged, and the guide wheel 23 is arranged on the horizontal section of the T-shaped frame, is horizontally arranged, and is matched with the track.

The traveling wheels 22 and the guide wheels 23 are respectively provided with two, or other numbers of wheels can be provided according to actual conditions. In operation, the linear motor on the rail drives the secondary aluminum plate 3 on the sorting trolley 100 to push the traveling wheels 22 of the sorting trolley 100 to move on the upper surface of the rail, and the guide wheels 23 are positioned on the lateral rail to move to prevent the sorting trolley 100 from shifting. The structure of the track is a conventional means in the prior art, and is not described herein.

In order to facilitate the connection of adjacent sorting carriages 100, as an alternative embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the front end of the travelling mechanism 2 is provided with a knuckle bearing 24, and the knuckle bearing 24 is connected with the tail end of the adjacent travelling mechanism 2.

As shown in fig. 3, the knuckle bearing 24 is rotatably connected to the fixing blocks at two sides, the knuckle bearing 24 is connected to the tail end of the adjacent traveling mechanism 2, wherein the tail end of the traveling mechanism 2 may be provided with a through hole, and is fixed to the knuckle bearing by a bolt, so as to realize the movable connection of the adjacent sorting trolley 100, and prevent the sorting trolley 100 from separating from the rail plane in the moving process.

As an alternative embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and 5, the belt conveying mechanism in this embodiment includes a shield frame (not shown in fig. 5), a motorized pulley 42, a driven pulley 43, and a belt 44, the motorized pulley 42 and the driven pulley 43 are respectively fixed at two ends of the shield frame 41 (as shown in fig. 1), the belt 44 is sleeved on the motorized pulley 42 and the driven pulley 43, and the belt 44 is driven by the motorized pulley 42 to rotate around the driven pulley 43 and the motorized pulley 42.

The shroud frame 41 fixes the motor drum 42, the driven drum 43, and the side plate 1. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the layout of the sorting system, as shown in FIG. 7; when the sorting cart 100 reaches the sorting table 200, the motorized roller driver 421 drives the motorized roller 42 to rotate, and the belt 44 conveys and throws the articles on the belt 44 out to the sorting table 200.

In order to prevent the creep phenomenon of the belt after a long time operation, as an alternative embodiment, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a belt tensioner; the driven roller 43 is provided with a belt tensioning mechanism 45 (shown in fig. 5), and the belt tensioning mechanism 45 can adjust the distance between the driven roller 43 and the motorized roller 42 to adjust the tightness of the belt 44.

Referring to fig. 6, the belt tensioner mechanism 45 provided in the present embodiment includes:

a fixing frame 451 fixed to the side plate 1, and having a guide groove opened at a corresponding position of the side plate 1 to clamp the mounting shaft 431 of the driven drum; the guide groove functions to sandwich the mounting shaft 431 of the driven roller 43 and prevent the shaft from being displaced up and down.

An adjusting screw 452 passing through the mounting shaft 431 of the driven drum 43 and screwed to the mounting shaft 431, and one end of the adjusting screw 452 is fixed to the fixing frame 451; and an adjusting nut 453 screwed to the adjusting screw 452 and abutting the mounting shaft 431.

Specifically, during adjustment, the adjustment screw 452 and the adjustment nut 453 are rotated, and the adjustment nut 453 abuts against the mounting shaft 431 to move the mounting shaft 431 of the driven roller 43 on the adjustment screw 452, in other words, the distance between the driven roller 43 and the motorized roller 42 is increased, that is, the loosened belt 44 is more tightly supported, and the normal operation of the belt is ensured.

In order to prevent inertia between adjacent sorting carriages 100 from affecting their movement, as an alternative embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, 2 and 5, the rear part of a sorting carriage 100 is provided with a piano-type protective cover 5, which is connected to the front part of an adjacent sorting carriage 100.

Above-mentioned piano formula protection casing 5 can be soft materials such as rubber, can play certain cushioning effect between adjacent when letter sorting dolly 100 moves, prevents to influence each other between the letter sorting dolly 100, guarantees that the motion of letter sorting dolly 100 is more stable. The lower part of piano formula protection casing 5 still is provided with piano cover layer board 6, and piano cover layer board 6 is fixed in on the curb plate 1, plays the effect of bearing piano formula protection casing 5.

The utility model also provides a sorting system, as shown in fig. 7, comprising the sorting trolleys 100, the heads and the tails of the adjacent sorting trolleys 100 can be detachably connected to form a ring shape; the sorting trolley 100 can realize the loading by the upper packing platform 300 and the code scanning by the code scanning platform 400 according to the established program, and the articles are thrown out by the belt conveying mechanism module when reaching the sorting platform 200. Wherein the control system of letter sorting system is current mature technique and does not relate to the utility model discloses an improve the content, do not do here and describe repeatedly.

The adjacent sorting trolleys 100 are rotatably connected to a certain extent through the knuckle bearing 24, so that the sorting trolleys 100 are prevented from running off the rail, and the more stable movement of the sorting trolleys 100 is ensured.

The sorting trolley 100 in the sorting system can be further split into an upper independent module and a lower independent module: the belt conveying mechanism module and the T-shaped travelling mechanism module are connected through the side plates 1 and the bolts, can be independently assembled, and finally are spliced into a whole line. The sorting trolley 100 in the sorting system has the advantages of modular structure, stronger universality, simple processing and convenient installation, and can be reasonably allocated according to the layout of the sorting system.

The particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and all should be covered within the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A sorting cart, comprising:

a belt conveying mechanism;

2. The sorting trolley according to claim 1, wherein the travelling mechanism is a T-shaped frame, and the gripping mechanism is arranged on a vertical section of the T-shaped frame.

3. The sorting trolley according to claim 2, wherein the clamping mechanism comprises a shaping plate and a fixing bolt, the secondary magnet is a secondary aluminum plate, and a fixing hole is formed in the joint of the secondary magnet and the secondary aluminum plate; two template parallel arrangement forms the vertical section of T type frame, secondary aluminum plate centre gripping is in two between the template, just fixing bolt passes template and secondary aluminum plate are so that secondary aluminum plate follows the axis direction of T type frame is fixed.

4. The sorting trolley according to claim 2, wherein the horizontal section of the T-shaped frame is provided with traveling wheels and guide wheels, the traveling wheels are arranged at two ends of the T-shaped frame, wheel surfaces of the traveling wheels are vertically arranged, and the guide wheels are arranged on the horizontal section of the T-shaped frame, wheel surfaces of the guide wheels are horizontally arranged and matched with the rails.

5. The sorting trolley according to claim 1, wherein the front end of the travelling mechanism is provided with a knuckle bearing, and the knuckle bearing is connected with the tail end of the adjacent travelling mechanism.

6. The sorting trolley according to claim 1, wherein the belt conveyor comprises a protective cover frame, a motorized roller, a driven roller and a belt, the motorized roller and the driven roller are respectively fixed at two ends of the protective cover frame, the belt is sleeved on the motorized roller and the driven roller, and the belt can rotate around the driven roller and the motorized roller by the driving of the motorized roller.

7. The sorting trolley according to claim 6, wherein the driven roller is provided with a belt tensioning mechanism, the belt tensioning mechanism being capable of adjusting the distance between the driven roller and the motorized roller to adjust the tightness of the belt.

8. The sorting cart of claim 7, wherein the belt tensioning mechanism comprises:

9. The sorting trolley according to claim 1, characterised in that the rear part of the sorting trolley is provided with a piano-type protective cover, which is connected to the front part of the adjacent sorting trolley.

10. A sorting system comprising sorting carts according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein adjacent sorting carts are detachably connected end to end in a ring shape.