CN212402629U

CN212402629U - Pallet conveying equipment and conveying device thereof

Info

Publication number: CN212402629U
Application number: CN202021716390.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈家荣; 杨祖侑
Original assignee: Mirle Automation Corp
Current assignee: Mirle Automation Corp
Priority date: 2020-03-25
Filing date: 2020-08-17
Publication date: 2021-01-26
Anticipated expiration: 2030-08-17
Also published as: TWM603870U; TWI736388B; TW202136133A

Abstract

The utility model discloses a pallet conveying equipment and conveyor thereof, conveyor contain a transfer chain and install in a push mechanism of transfer chain inside. The pushing mechanism comprises a pressure sensing piece and a pushing piece which are pivoted on the conveying line, and a linkage piece which is pivoted on the pressure sensing piece and the pushing piece, and the pressure sensing piece and the pushing piece can be linked with each other through the linkage piece. The pushing mechanism can lean against the conveying line through weight configuration to be located at a pushing position, and the pressure sensing piece and the top end part of the pushing piece protrude out of the conveying line. The top end parts of the pressure sensing piece can be pressed, so that the two top end parts move towards the inside of the conveying line, and the pushing mechanism rotates from the pushing position to an avoiding position. Therefore, in the process of conveying the pallet by using the conveying device, the position relation between the conveying device and the pallet can be effectively (and simply) regulated and controlled at the same time.

Description

Pallet conveying equipment and conveying device thereof

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a conveying equipment especially relates to a pallet conveying equipment and conveyor thereof.

Background

The existing pallet conveying equipment comprises a plurality of pallets and a conveyor (such as a roller conveyor, a belt conveyor, a mesh belt conveyor or a chain conveyor), and the conveyor can be used for bearing and conveying the pallets; that is, the pallet can be transported at any position of the roller conveyor. Accordingly, the conventional pallet conveying equipment cannot regulate the position relationship between the conveyor and the plurality of pallets.

The present inventors have considered that the above-mentioned drawbacks can be improved, and have made intensive studies and use of scientific principles, and finally have proposed a novel and effective method for improving the above-mentioned drawbacks.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An embodiment of the utility model provides a pallet conveying equipment and propelling movement module thereof, it can improve the defect that current pallet conveying equipment probably produced effectively.

The embodiment of the utility model discloses pallet conveying equipment, it includes: the pallet comprises a plurality of pallets, a plurality of driving units and a plurality of supporting units, wherein each pallet is provided with a bearing surface, a contact surface positioned on the opposite side of the bearing surface and a driving surface extending from the contact surface to the bearing surface; and a conveyor operable to convey a plurality of pallets, the conveyor comprising: the conveying line is provided with a plurality of pallets above; the pushing mechanism is arranged inside the conveying line at intervals along a conveying path, and the contact surface and the driving surface of each pallet are positioned on the conveying path; wherein, push mechanism contains: the pressure sensing piece is provided with a top end part and a bottom end part which are positioned on the opposite sides, and the pressure sensing piece is pivoted on the conveying line at a part between the top end part and the bottom end part; a thrust piece, which is provided with a top end part and a bottom end part which are positioned at the opposite sides, and the thrust piece is pivoted to the conveying line by the position between the top end part and the bottom end part; the linkage piece is pivoted to the bottom end part of the pressure sensing piece and the bottom end part of the thrust piece, so that the pressure sensing piece and the thrust piece can be linked with each other through the linkage piece; the two bottom end parts pivoted with the linkage part can be configured by the self weight, so that the pushing mechanism is inclined to abut against the conveying line to be positioned at a pushing position, and the two top end parts protrude out of the conveying line; when the conveying line is operated to enable the pushing mechanism to move forward relative to the pallets along the conveying path, the top end portions of the pressure sensing pieces of the pushing mechanism can be pressed by a contact surface of one pallet to rotate from the pushing position to an avoiding position, so that the two top end portions move along the contact surface until the top end portions of the pushing pieces correspond to the driving surface, and then the pushing mechanism returns to the pushing position and enables the top end portions of the pushing pieces to abut against the driving surface, and the pushing mechanism pushes the pallets to move forward synchronously along the conveying path.

Preferably, a top edge of the top end portion of the thrust member is not higher than a top edge of the top end portion of the pressure-sensitive member than the conveying line.

Preferably, when one pallet is pushed by the pushing mechanism to advance toward the adjacent pallet, the pressure sensing member can be pressed by the adjacent pallet to rotate from the pushing position to the avoiding position, so that the driving surface of the pushed pallet is separated from the pushing member and is statically placed in a stacking state.

Preferably, the top edge of the pressure sensing member is separated from the pallet to be pushed against by a stacking distance, and any two pallets in the stacking state are separated by the stacking distance.

Preferably, the pallet has a rear end edge and a front end edge on opposite sides, and the front end edge driving surfaces are separated by a distance, and the two top edges of the pushing mechanism are separated by a pressure sensing distance not less than the distance.

Preferably, the conveying line comprises a body; and two side wing parts formed by bending and extending from two opposite side edges of the body respectively; the pushing mechanism is positioned below the body, and the pressure sensing piece and the pushing piece of the pushing mechanism are both pivoted on the two wing parts; the pushing mechanism located at the pushing position abuts against the inner surface of the body of the conveying line, so that the pushing mechanism cannot rotate along a direction far away from the avoiding position.

Preferably, the front end portion of the pressure sensing member has a front pressure sensing surface, and the front pressure sensing surface of the pressure sensing member is capable of being pressed so that the two front end portions of the pushing mechanism move toward the inside of the conveying line, thereby rotating the pushing mechanism from the pushing position to the avoiding position.

Preferably, the front pressure sensing surface of the pushing mechanism at the pushing position forms an included angle between 15 degrees and 75 degrees with the body.

Preferably, the top end of the pushing member has a pushing surface, and the pushing surface of the pushing mechanism located at the pushing position can push against the driving surface, so that the pushing mechanism and the pallet pushed by the pushing mechanism synchronously advance along the transmission path.

Preferably, the pushing surface of the pushing mechanism at the pushing position forms an included angle between 85 degrees and 95 degrees with the body.

Preferably, the top end of the pressure sensing piece is provided with a rear pressure sensing surface, and the top end of the thrust piece is provided with a guide surface; when the conveying line operates to enable the pushing mechanism to retreat relative to the pallets along the conveying path, the rear pressure sensing surface and the guide surface can be pressed by the contact surface of any pallet, so that the two top end parts move towards the inside of the conveying line, and the pushing mechanism rotates from the pushing position to the avoiding position.

Preferably, the tip end portion of the pressure-sensitive member has a front abutment surface connected to the rear pressure-sensitive surface, and the pushing mechanism at the pushing position abuts against the inner surface of the body of the conveying wire with the front abutment surface.

Preferably, the top end portion of the pushing member has a rear abutment surface, and the pushing mechanism in the pushing position abuts against the inner surface of the body of the conveying line with the rear abutment surface.

Preferably, the conveying device comprises: a load-bearing platform for supporting a plurality of pallets, and the conveyor line is operatively disposed within the load-bearing platform; the check baffles are arranged on the bearing platform and positioned on the action paths of the pallets; each non-return baffle plate can move between a non-return position and a passing position relative to the bearing platform, each non-return baffle plate can be influenced by gravity and tends to be located at the non-return position relative to the bearing platform, and each non-return baffle plate cannot move from the non-return position to the direction far away from the passing position; when one pallet is pushed by the pushing mechanism to move forwards, the pushed pallet can press any one of the non-return baffles to move to the passing position, and the pushed pallet can cross the non-return baffle at the passing position.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a also discloses a pallet conveying equipment's conveyor, it includes: a conveying line; and a pushing mechanism installed inside the conveying line along a conveying path, and the pushing mechanism includes: the pressure sensing piece is provided with a top end part and a bottom end part which are positioned on the opposite sides, and the pressure sensing piece is pivoted on the conveying line at a part between the top end part and the bottom end part; a thrust piece, which is provided with a top end part and a bottom end part which are positioned at the opposite sides, and the thrust piece is pivoted to the conveying line by the position between the top end part and the bottom end part; the linkage piece is pivoted to the bottom end part of the pressure sensing piece and the bottom end part of the thrust piece, so that the pressure sensing piece and the thrust piece can be linked with each other through the linkage piece; the two bottom end parts pivoted with the linkage part can be configured by the self weight, so that the pushing mechanism is inclined to abut against the conveying line to be positioned at a pushing position, and the two top end parts protrude out of the conveying line; wherein, the top portion of feeling the casting die can be stressed to make two top portions move towards the inside of transfer chain, and then make pushing mechanism rotate to an avoidance position from the propelling movement position.

To sum up, the embodiment of the present invention discloses a pallet conveying equipment and a conveying device thereof, which matches or pushes against a driving surface of a pallet through the pushing mechanism, so that the conveying device can effectively (and simply) regulate and control the position relationship between the conveying device and the pallet during the conveying process of the pallet.

For a further understanding of the features and technical content of the present invention, reference should be made to the following detailed description and accompanying drawings, which are only intended to illustrate the present invention, and not to limit the scope of the present invention.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a pallet conveying apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a partial perspective view of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an exploded view of fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of fig. 1 along the sectional line IV-IV.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion V of fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a partial perspective view (a) of the pallet conveying equipment according to the first embodiment of the present invention when the conveying line advances.

Fig. 7 is a partial perspective view of the pallet conveying equipment according to the first embodiment of the present invention when the conveying line advances (ii).

Fig. 8 is a partial perspective view (three) of the pallet conveying equipment according to the first embodiment of the present invention when the conveying line advances.

Fig. 9 is a partial perspective view (iv) of the pallet conveying equipment according to the first embodiment of the present invention when the conveying line advances.

Fig. 10 is a partial perspective view (five) of the pallet conveying equipment according to the first embodiment of the present invention when the conveying line advances.

Fig. 11 is a partial perspective view (six) of the pallet conveying equipment according to the first embodiment of the present invention when the conveying line advances.

Fig. 12 is a partial perspective view (a) of the pallet conveying equipment according to the first embodiment of the present invention when the conveying line retreats.

Fig. 13 is a partial perspective view of the pallet conveying equipment according to the first embodiment of the present invention when the conveying line retreats (two).

Fig. 14 is a partial perspective view (three) of the pallet conveying equipment according to the first embodiment of the present invention when the conveying line retreats.

Fig. 15 is a schematic perspective view of a pallet conveying apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The following is a description of the embodiments of the present invention relating to the pallet conveying equipment and the conveying device thereof, by specific embodiments, and those skilled in the art can understand the advantages and effects of the present invention from the disclosure of the present specification. The present invention may be practiced or carried out in other different embodiments, and various modifications and changes may be made in the details of this description based on the different points of view and applications without departing from the spirit of the present invention. The drawings of the present invention are merely schematic illustrations, and are not drawn to scale, but are described in advance. The following embodiments will further explain the related art of the present invention in detail, but the disclosure is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

It will be understood that, although the terms "first," "second," "third," etc. may be used herein to describe various components or signals, these components or signals should not be limited by these terms. These terms are used primarily to distinguish one element from another element or from one signal to another signal. In addition, the term "or" as used herein should be taken to include any one or combination of more of the associated listed items as the case may be.

[ example one ]

Please refer to fig. 1 to 14, which illustrate a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, the present embodiment discloses a pallet transport apparatus 100, which comprises a plurality of pallets 1 and a transport device 2 capable of transporting a plurality of the pallets 1. In the embodiment, although the conveying device 2 is described as being collocated with a plurality of pallets 1, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, in other embodiments not shown in the present disclosure, the conveying device 2 can be used alone (e.g., vending) or with other components (e.g., other pallets different from the pallet 1 of the present embodiment).

For the convenience of describing the pallet conveying equipment 100 of the present embodiment, the configurations of the plurality of pallets 1 and the conveying device 2 will be described, and then the connection relationship between the plurality of pallets 1 and the conveying device 2 will be described. It should be noted that the structure of a plurality of pallets 1 is substantially the same in the present embodiment, so for convenience of description, only the structure of a single pallet 1 will be described below, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, in other embodiments not shown in the present invention, the structures of the pallets 1 may be slightly different.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the pallet 1 has a carrying surface 11, a contact surface 12 located on the opposite side of the carrying surface 11, a driving surface 13 extending from the contact surface 12 toward the carrying surface 11, and a rear end edge 14 and a front end edge 15 located on the opposite sides. The carrying surface 11 of the pallet 1 can be used to carry various objects to be transported (including existing pallets), and the configuration of the pallet 1 other than the driving surface 13 can be similar to that of existing pallets, but the specific configuration of the pallet 1 can be adjusted and changed according to design requirements, and is not limited to the illustration in the drawings.

In the present embodiment, the driving surface 13 is substantially vertically connected to the contact surface 12, and the front end edge 15 is spaced apart from the driving surface 13 by a distance G, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, in other embodiments not shown in the present disclosure, the driving surface 13 may also have an acute angle or an obtuse angle with the contact surface 12.

In another perspective, the pallet 1 is recessed from the contact surface 12 to form a groove in the present embodiment, and the inner wall surface of the groove adjacent to the front end edge 15 is defined as the driving surface 13. However, in other embodiments not shown in the present disclosure, the groove may extend from the driving surface 13 to the rear end edge 14; that is, the contact surface 12 is present only between the front end edge 15 and the rear end edge 14.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the conveying device 2 includes a carrying table 21, a conveying line 22 operatively disposed in the carrying table 21, a driving mechanism 23 (e.g., a motor) for driving the conveying line 22 to operate, and a plurality of pushing mechanisms 24 mounted inside the conveying line 22 at intervals along a conveying path P. In the present embodiment, the transmission path P is defined as an area through which at least one pushing mechanism 24 moves, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

It should be noted that the conveying line 22 and the pushing mechanisms 24 are described in the present embodiment by matching with the above components (for example, the conveying line 22 is driven by only one driving mechanism 23 in the present embodiment), but the invention is not limited thereto. For example, in other embodiments not shown in the present disclosure, the conveying line 22 may also be driven by a plurality of driving mechanisms 23 in a segmented manner; alternatively, the conveying line 22 may be provided with (or equipped with) at least one pushing mechanism 24.

In the present embodiment, the loading platform 21 is used for supporting a plurality of pallets 1, and in the present embodiment, the loading platform 21 supports the pallets 1 at two opposite sides of the transmission path P. A plurality of pallets 1 are arranged above the conveyor line 22, and the contact surface 12 and the drive surface 13 of each pallet 1 are located in the conveyor path P. In other words, the front end edge 15 and the rear end edge 14 of the pallet 1 are arranged at intervals along the transport path P, and the distance G between the front end edge 15 and the driving surface 13 corresponds to being parallel to the transport path P.

The conveying line 22 includes a body 221 and two side wings 222 respectively formed by bending and extending from two opposite side edges of the body 221. The main body 221 is in a shape of a long strip and is parallel to the transmission path P, and the two side wings 222 are vertically connected to the main body 221, so that the cross section of the transmission line 22 is substantially in an inverted U shape.

Further, the body 221 is formed with a plurality of openings 2211 paired two by two along the transfer path P. A plurality of the pushing mechanisms 24 are located below the body 221, and each pushing mechanism 24 is located corresponding to a pair of the openings 2211. Furthermore, each pushing mechanism 24 is pivotally connected to two of the wing portions 222 along a direction perpendicular to the conveying path P, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, in other embodiments not shown in the present disclosure, the conveying line 22 may also include the body 221 and the single wing portion 222 connected to the body 221, and each pushing mechanism 24 is pivotally connected to the wing portion 222.

It should be noted that, since the configurations of the plurality of pushing mechanisms 24 are substantially the same in the present embodiment, for convenience of description, only a single pushing mechanism 24 and the corresponding structure of the conveying line 22 (e.g., a corresponding pair of the openings 2211) will be described below, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, in other embodiments not shown in the present disclosure, the structure of the plurality of pushing mechanisms 24 may also be slightly different; alternatively, the transport apparatus 2 may employ at least one pushing mechanism 24.

As shown in fig. 3 to 5, the pushing mechanism 24 includes a pressure sensing member 241 and a pushing member 242 pivotally connected to the conveying line 22 (e.g., two wings 222) and located corresponding to the two openings 2211, respectively, and a linking member 243 pivotally connected to the pressure sensing member 241 and the pushing member 242. The pressure sensing member 241 and the pushing member 242 are each described as a sheet in this embodiment, and the linking member 243 is described as two elongated rods, but the specific structures of the pressure sensing member 241, the pushing member 242, and the linking member 243 can be adjusted and changed according to design requirements, and are not limited to the embodiments of the present invention.

In more detail, the pressure sensing element 241 and the pushing element 242 each have a

top end

241a, 242a and a

bottom end

241b, 242b located at opposite sides in the present embodiment, and the pressure sensing element 241 is pivotally connected to (the two side wings 222 of) the conveying line 22 at a position between the top end 241a and the bottom end 241b, and the pushing element 242 is pivotally connected to (the two side wings 222 of) the conveying line 22 at a position between the top end 242a and the bottom end 242b, but the invention is not limited thereto.

Furthermore, the linking member 243 is pivotally connected to the bottom end 241b of the pressure sensing member 241 and the bottom end 242b of the pushing member 242, so that the pressure sensing member 241 and the pushing member 242 can be linked (synchronously) with each other through the linking member 243. That is, the pressure sensing member 241, the pushing member 242, and the linking member 243 may be rotated to be located at different positions with respect to the conveying line 22.

Further, the linking member 243 and the two bottom ends 241b, 242b pivotally connected thereto can be configured by its own weight, so as to bias the pushing mechanism 24 against the conveying line 22 to be located at a pushing position (as shown in fig. 5), and to make the two

top ends

241a, 242a protrude out of (the two openings 2211 of) the conveying line 22. The weight configuration of the pushing mechanism 24 is, for example: the linkage 243 has an overall weight with the two bottom ends 241b, 242b that is greater than the weight of the two

top ends

241a, 242a but less than the weight of either of the pallets 1.

In this embodiment, the pushing mechanism 24 in the pushing position abuts against the inner surface of the body 221 of the conveying line 22, so that the pushing mechanism 24 cannot rotate in a direction away from the avoiding position. In other words, the pushing mechanism that is biased to the pushing position by other than gravity (e.g., by electronic component control) is different from the pushing mechanism 24 of the present embodiment.

Furthermore, the top end portion 241a of the pressure sensing member 241 can be pressed to move the two

top end portions

241a, 242a toward the interior of the transport line 22, thereby rotating the pushing mechanism 24 from the pushing position to an escape position (e.g., the position of the rightmost pushing mechanism 24 in fig. 4). That is, the pushing mechanism 24 located at the retracted position has the two

distal end portions

241a and 242a retracted into the two openings 2211 and located substantially below the main body 221, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

As mentioned above, the specific configurations of the pressure sensing member 241 and the thrust member 242 can be adjusted and changed according to the design requirements under the condition that the above-mentioned structural conditions and operating conditions can be achieved; for convenience of illustration, the pressure sensing member 241 and the pushing member 242 are only one possible structure in this embodiment, but the invention is not limited thereto.

The structure of the distal end portion 241a of the pressure sensing member 241 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the pushing mechanism 24 located at the pushing position. The top portion 241a includes a top edge 2411, a front pressure sensing surface 2412 and a rear pressure sensing surface 2413 opposite to the top edge 2411, and a front abutting surface 2414 connected to the rear pressure sensing surface 2413.

More specifically, the front pressure sensing surface 2412 is located on a side of the pressure sensing member 241 away from the thrust member 242, the connection between the front pressure sensing surface 2412 and the rear pressure sensing surface 2413 is defined as the top edge 2411 in this embodiment, an obtuse angle (e.g., 90 degrees to 135 degrees) smaller than 180 degrees is formed between the front pressure sensing surface 2412 and the rear pressure sensing surface 2413, and an obtuse angle (e.g., 190 degrees to 260 degrees) larger than 180 degrees is formed between the front abutting surface 2414 of the rear pressure sensing surface 2413, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In the present embodiment, the structure of the distal end portion 241a is described as forming the angle in the pressure sensing member 241, but the structural design principle of the pressure sensing member 241 is as follows: when the front pressure sensing surface 2412 receives a force F1 perpendicular to the front pressure sensing surface, an included angle α 1 formed between the force F1 and the corresponding moment arm L1 is greater than 0 degrees, so that the force F1 can generate a sufficient moment; that is, the moment (e.g., F1 XL 1 sin α 1) is larger than the moment generated by the pressure sensing member 241 due to its gravity.

The structure of the tip end portion 242a of the thrust piece 242 according to the present embodiment will be described with respect to the pushing mechanism 24 located at the pushing position. The top portion 242a includes a top edge 2421, a pushing surface 2422 and a guiding surface 2423 located on the opposite side of the top edge 2421, and a rear abutting surface 2424 connected to the guiding surface 2423.

In more detail, the pushing surface 2422 is located on a side of the pushing member 242 adjacent to the pressure sensing member 241, the guiding surface 2423 is parallel to the rear pressure sensing surface 2413, and the rear abutting surface 2424 is disposed coplanar with the front abutting surface 2414. The connection between the pushing surface 2422 and the guiding surface 2423 is defined as the top edge 2421 in this embodiment, an angle between 70 degrees and 110 degrees is formed between the pushing surface 2422 and the guiding surface 2423, and an obtuse angle (e.g., 190 degrees to 260 degrees) greater than 180 degrees is formed between the guiding surfaces 2423 of the pushing surface 2422, but the invention is not limited thereto. In the present embodiment, although the thrust piece 242 is described as having the structure in which the tip portion 242a is formed at the angle, the thrust piece 242 is designed according to the following principle: when the pushing surface 2422 is subjected to a force F2 perpendicular to the pushing surface, an included angle α 2 is formed between the force F2 and the corresponding moment arm L2, the moment that the force F2 can generate (for example, F2 × L2 × sin α 2) is greater than 0, and the force F2 is extremely large, so the included angle α 2 must be greater than 0 degree.

More specifically, in the pushing mechanism 24 in the pushing position, the top edge 2421 of the top end part 242a of the pushing element 242 is not higher than the top edge 2411 of the top end part 241a of the pressure sensing element 241 than the conveying wire 22 (e.g. main body 221), and the two

top edges

2411, 2421 of the pressure sensing element 241 and the pushing element 242 are separated by a pressure sensing distance S not less than the distance G; the front pressure sensing surface 2412 forms an included angle σ 1 of 15 to 75 degrees with the main body 221, and the pushing surface 2422 forms an included angle σ 2 of 85 to 95 degrees with the main body 221, which is greater than the included angle σ 1 formed by the front pressure sensing surface 2412 and the main body 221; the pushing mechanism 24 abuts against the inner surface of the body 221 of the conveying wire 22 with the front abutting surface 2414 and the rear abutting surface 2424.

The above is the description of the structure of the pallet 1 and the conveying device 2 of the pallet conveying equipment 100 of the embodiment, but the structure of the pallet 1 and the conveying device 2 can be adjusted and changed according to the design requirement, and is not limited to the above-mentioned structure; the connection and operation of a plurality of pallets 1 and the conveyor 2 (illustrated as a single pusher mechanism 24 for ease of understanding) will be described next.

As shown in fig. 6 to 9, when the conveyor line 22 is operated to advance the pushing mechanism 24 along the conveying path P relative to a plurality of pallets 1, the top end portion 241a (e.g., the front pressure sensing surface 2412) of the pressure sensing member 241 of the pushing mechanism 24 can be pressed by the contact surface 12 of one pallet 1 to rotate from the pushing position to the avoiding position, so that the two

top end portions

241a and 242a move along the contact surface 12 until the top end portion 242a of the pushing member 242 corresponds to the driving surface 13, thereby returning to the pushing position and causing the top end portion 242a (e.g., the pushing surface 2422) of the pushing member 242 to abut against the driving surface 13, so that the pushing mechanism 24 pushes against the pallet 1 to synchronously advance along the conveying path P.

Accordingly, the pallet conveying apparatus 100 cooperates with or pushes the driving surface 13 of one pallet 1 through any one of the pushing mechanisms 24 of the conveying device 2, so that the positional relationship between the conveying device 2 and the plurality of pallets 1 can be effectively (and easily) controlled at the same time during the conveying of the plurality of pallets 1 by the conveying device 2.

Furthermore, the pallet transport apparatus 100 matches or pushes against the driving surface 13 of one pallet 1 by any one of the pushing mechanisms 24 of the transport device 2, so that the pallet 1 can generate less vibration during transport, and the transport device 2 can be operated with lower power (e.g. a single driving mechanism 23).

As shown in fig. 9 to 11, when one pallet 1 is pushed by the pushing mechanism 24 to advance toward the adjacent pallet 1, the pressure sensing member 241 can be pressed by the adjacent pallet 1 to rotate from the pushing position to the avoiding position, so that the driving surface 13 of the pushed pallet 1 is separated from the pushing member 242 and stays in a stacking state. Further, the pushing mechanism 24 can control any two pallets 1 in the stacking state to be separated by a stacking distance D by the distance D between the top edge 2411 of the pressure sensing member 241 and the pallet 1 being pushed against.

Accordingly, two adjacent pallets 1 can be stacked on the conveyor line 22 in a predetermined arrangement (e.g., at the stacking distance D) by the structure of the pushing mechanism 24 and the conveyor line 22, so as to effectively avoid collision between any two pallets 1.

As shown in fig. 12 to 14, when the conveyor line 22 operates to retract the pushing mechanism 24 relative to the pallets 1 along the conveying path P, the rear pressure sensing surface 2413 and the guiding surface 2423 can be pressed by the contact surface 12 of any one of the pallets 1, so that the two

top end portions

241a and 242a move toward the inside of the conveyor line 22, and the pushing mechanism 24 rotates from the pushing position to the retracted position. That is, when the pushing mechanism 24 moves back along the conveying path P, the pushing mechanism 24 can pass through each pallet 1 at the avoiding position, thereby avoiding affecting or changing the position of each pallet 1.

Accordingly, conveyor 2 can be in a plurality of the pallet 1 is in pile up the state after, through transfer chain 22 makes push mechanism 24 follows transmission path P is retreated and is passed the above-mentioned and be in pile up a plurality of the pallet 1 to make above-mentioned push mechanism 24 can be used for carrying other the pallet 1, but the utility model discloses do not use this as the limit. For example, in other embodiments not shown in the present disclosure, the conveying line 22 of the conveying device 2 may be in a ring shape and only drives the plurality of pushing mechanisms 24 to circularly advance along the conveying path P.

[ example two ]

Please refer to fig. 15, which illustrates a second embodiment of the present invention. Since this embodiment is similar to the first embodiment, the same parts of the two embodiments are not described again, and the differences between this embodiment and the first embodiment are roughly described as follows:

in this embodiment, the conveying device 2 includes a plurality of check baffles 25 installed on the loading platform 21, and the check baffles 25 are located on the moving paths of the pallets 1. In the present embodiment, the action path is defined as a plurality of areas through which the pallet 1 moves, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

Wherein each of the check baffles 25 is capable of moving between a checking position (e.g., the check baffle 25 shown in solid lines in fig. 15) and a passing position (e.g., the check baffle 25 shown in dotted lines in fig. 15) relative to the susceptor 21, and each of the check baffles 25 is capable of being influenced by gravity to tend to be located at the checking position relative to the susceptor 21, but each of the check baffles 25 is not capable of moving from the checking position in a direction away from the passing position.

When one of the pallets 1 is pushed by the pushing mechanism 24 to move forward, the pushed pallet 1 can press any one of the check baffles 25 to move to the passing position, so that the pushed pallet 1 passes over the check baffle 25 in the passing position.

Further, because it is located to pile up a plurality of between the pallet 1 of state can be through two liang be separated by have pile up distance D to make plummer 21 can be corresponding to predetermined pile up set up a plurality ofly the position punishment of pallet 1 installs a plurality ofly respectively end contrary baffle 25 makes any of being in pile up the state the pallet 1 can be by the position corresponding and be in one of end contrary position end contrary baffle 25 is restricted and can't retreat.

[ technical effects of the embodiments of the present invention ]

To sum up, the embodiment of the present invention provides a pallet conveying apparatus and a conveying device thereof, wherein the pushing mechanism is used to arrange or push the driving surface of the pallet, so that the conveying device can effectively (simply) control the position relationship between the conveying device and the pallet during the conveying process of the pallet.

Furthermore, the embodiment of the present invention discloses a pallet conveying equipment, which matches or pushes against the driving surface of one pallet by any one of the pushing mechanisms of the conveying device, so that the pallet can generate less vibration in the conveying process, and the conveying device is utilized to operate by using lower power (such as a single driving mechanism).

In addition, the two adjacent pallets can be arranged in a stacking manner (such as the stacking distance is formed) on the conveying line in a predetermined arrangement manner through the structure matching design of the pushing mechanism and the conveying line, so that the collision between any two pallets is effectively avoided.

Furthermore, the embodiment of the utility model provides a disclosed pallet conveying equipment, its conveyor can be a plurality of the pallet is in pile up the state after, through the transfer chain makes push mechanism along transmission path is backed down to pass the aforesaid and has been in pile up a plurality of the state the pallet to make above-mentioned push mechanism can be used for carrying other the pallet.

The above disclosure is only a preferred and practical embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, so all the modifications of the equivalent technology made by the disclosure and drawings are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A pallet conveyor apparatus, characterized in that the pallet conveyor apparatus comprises:

a plurality of pallets, each having a load-bearing surface, a contact surface located on an opposite side of the load-bearing surface, and a drive surface extending from the contact surface toward the load-bearing surface; and

a conveyor operable to convey a plurality of said pallets, said conveyor comprising:

the pallet is arranged on the conveying line; and

a pushing mechanism installed inside the conveying line at intervals along a conveying path,

and the contact surface and the drive surface of each pallet are located in the transport path; wherein, push mechanism contains:

a pressure sensing piece, which is provided with a top end part and a bottom end part on the opposite sides, and the pressure sensing piece is pivoted to the conveying line at a position between the top end part and the bottom end part;

a thrust member having a top end portion and a bottom end portion on opposite sides, and pivotally connected to the conveyor line at a location between the top end portion and the bottom end portion of the thrust member; and

the linkage piece is pivoted to the bottom end part of the pressure sensing piece and the bottom end part of the thrust piece, so that the pressure sensing piece and the thrust piece can be linked with each other through the linkage piece; the two bottom end parts of the linkage part and the two pivoted bottom end parts of the linkage part can be configured by the weight of the linkage part, so that the pushing mechanism is inclined to abut against the conveying line to be positioned at a pushing position, and the two top end parts of the linkage part protrude out of the conveying line;

when the conveying line is operated to enable the pushing mechanism to advance relative to the pallets along the conveying path, the top end portion of the pressure sensing part of the pushing mechanism can be pressed by the contact surface of one pallet to rotate from the pushing position to an avoiding position, so that the two top end portions move along the contact surface until the top end portion position of the pushing member corresponds to the driving surface, and therefore the pushing position is recovered, the top end portion of the pushing member abuts against the driving surface, and the pushing mechanism pushes the pallet to advance synchronously along the conveying path.

2. The pallet transport apparatus according to claim 1 wherein a top edge of said top end portion of said thrust member is no higher than a top edge of said top end portion of said pressure sensing member than said transport line.

3. A pallet transport apparatus as claimed in claim 2 wherein said pressure sensing member is urged by said pusher mechanism to pivot from said pusher position to said out-of-position when one of said pallets is urged by said pusher mechanism toward an adjacent one of said pallets, such that said driving surface of said urged pallet is separated from said pusher member and rests in a stacked condition.

4. A pallet transport apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein said top edge of said pressure sensing member is spaced a stacking distance from said pallet being urged thereagainst, and any two of said pallets in said stacked condition are spaced said stacking distance.

5. A pallet transport apparatus as claimed in claim 2 wherein said pallet has a rear end edge and a front end edge on opposite sides thereof, and said front end edge said drive surfaces are spaced apart by a spacing distance and said top edges of said pusher mechanism are spaced apart by a pressure sensing distance no less than said spacing distance.

6. The pallet transport apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said transport line comprises a body; and

two side wing parts formed by bending and extending from two opposite side edges of the body respectively; the pushing mechanism is positioned below the body, and the pressure sensing piece and the pushing piece of the pushing mechanism are both pivoted on the two side wing parts;

the pushing mechanism located at the pushing position abuts against the inner surface of the body of the conveying line, so that the pushing mechanism cannot rotate along a direction far away from the avoiding position.

7. The pallet transport apparatus according to claim 6 wherein said top end portion of said pressure sensing member has a front pressure sensing surface and said front pressure sensing surface of said pressure sensing member is capable of being pressed to move both said top end portions of said pushing mechanism toward the interior of said transport line to rotate said pushing mechanism from said pushing position to said retracted position.

8. A pallet transport apparatus as claimed in claim 7 wherein said front pressure sensing surface of said pushing mechanism in said pushing position is at an angle of between 15 degrees and 75 degrees to said body.

9. A pallet transport apparatus according to claim 6 wherein said top end of said pusher member has a pushing surface and said pushing surface of said pushing mechanism in said pushing position is capable of abutting said driving surface to advance said pushing mechanism and the pallet pushed thereby synchronously along said transport path.

10. A pallet transport apparatus as claimed in claim 9 wherein said pusher face of said pusher mechanism in said pusher position is at an angle of between 85 and 95 degrees to said body.

11. The pallet transport apparatus according to claim 6 wherein said top end of said pressure sensing member has a rear pressure sensing surface and said top end of said thrust member has a guide surface; when the conveying line operates to enable the pushing mechanism to move backwards relative to the pallets along the conveying path, the rear pressure sensing surface and the guide surface can be pressed by the contact surface of any pallet, so that the two top end portions move towards the inside of the conveying line, and the pushing mechanism is enabled to rotate to the avoiding position from the pushing position.

12. A pallet transport apparatus as claimed in claim 11 wherein said top end portion of said pressure sensing member has a front abutment surface connected to said rear pressure sensing surface and said pusher mechanism in said pushing position abuts said inner surface of said body of said transport line with said front abutment surface.

13. A pallet transport apparatus as claimed in claim 11 wherein said top end portion of said pusher member has a rear abutment surface and said pusher mechanism in said pushing position abuts said inner surface of said body of said transport line with said rear abutment surface.

14. The pallet transport apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said transport means comprises:

a load-bearing platform for supporting a plurality of said pallets, and said conveyor line being operatively disposed within said load-bearing platform;

the check baffles are arranged on the bearing platform and positioned on the action paths of the pallets; wherein each of the backstop baffles is movable relative to the carrier between a backstop position and a pass-through position, and each of the backstop baffles is biased by gravity toward the backstop position relative to the carrier but is not movable away from the backstop position;

when one pallet is pushed by the pushing mechanism to move forward, the pushed pallet can press any one of the non-return baffles to move to the passing position, and then the pushed pallet passes over the non-return baffles at the passing position.

15. A conveyor for pallet conveying equipment, said conveyor comprising:

a conveying line; and

a pushing mechanism installed inside the conveying line along a conveying path, and the pushing mechanism includes:

the linkage piece is pivoted to the bottom end part of the pressure sensing piece and the bottom end part of the thrust piece, so that the pressure sensing piece and the thrust piece can be linked with each other through the linkage piece;

the two bottom end parts of the linkage part and the two pivoted bottom end parts of the linkage part can be configured by the weight of the linkage part, so that the pushing mechanism is inclined to abut against the conveying line to be positioned at a pushing position, and the two top end parts of the linkage part protrude out of the conveying line;

the top end parts of the pressure sensing pieces can be pressed, so that the two top end parts move towards the inside of the conveying line, and the pushing mechanism is further enabled to rotate to an avoiding position from the pushing position.