CN214732224U

CN214732224U - Receiving device, connecting device and sorting system

Info

Publication number: CN214732224U
Application number: CN202023296234.5U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王兴权; 白妍华; 孙明志; 梁钧涵; 柏起泽; 陈旭; 汪传龙
Original assignee: Beijing Kuangshi Robot Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Kuangshi Robot Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-12-31
Filing date: 2020-12-31
Publication date: 2021-11-16
Anticipated expiration: 2030-12-31
Also published as: WO2022142597A1

Abstract

The utility model provides a receiving device, device and letter sorting system of plugging into, receiving device are applied to letter sorting system, and receiving device includes: one or more bins for receiving goods delivered from a feed opening of the sortation system; the receiving conveyor is arranged below a feeding port of the sorting system, the material box is placed on the receiving conveyor, and the receiving conveyor is used for sending out the full material box and receiving the empty material box. The workbin can carry out reciprocating motion on connecing the material conveyer to can be convenient discharge or send other stations with the workbin that fills up the goods, and can be convenient receive empty workbin and remove to the position that corresponds the dog-house and receive the goods.

Description

Receiving device, connecting device and sorting system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a logistics storage technical field especially relates to a receiving device, device and letter sorting system of plugging into.

Background

At present, in the industries of logistics, medicine, clothing and the like, the application of annular sorting equipment is very popular, so that not only can the high labor cost be saved, but also the production efficiency of a factory can be greatly improved.

The sorting link of the related annular sorting equipment is mainly as follows: the manual work is carried out the goods and is swept the sign indicating number and bind, by supplying a packet platform or the manual work to drop into the letter sorting dolly with the goods, the letter sorting dolly throws the material operation to corresponding check mouth, and when the full case back of check mouth, the case change continues to throw the material. The conventional cross-belt sorting system mainly has the following defects:

the existing sorting machine is characterized in that a sorting trolley corresponds to a grid, when the trolley is sorted and fed with full boxes, full containers need to be taken away and empty containers need to be supplemented in a manual box changing mode, manpower resources can be greatly wasted by the method, box changing time is long, equipment sorting efficiency is affected, and inconvenience can be caused if the sorting machine needs to be in butt joint with other equipment in a factory.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem that exists among the prior art, the utility model provides a receiving device, device and letter sorting system of plugging into.

According to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a receiving device is provided, wherein, being applied to a sorting system, the receiving device includes: the receiving conveyor is arranged below a feed opening of the sorting system and comprises a platform for placing one or more containers, and the containers are used for receiving the goods thrown by the sorting system; the receiving conveyor is used for sending out the containers to be replaced and receiving the empty containers.

In one embodiment, a position detection device is arranged on the upper side of the receiving conveyor and used for detecting the position of the container; and the receiving conveyor enables the container corresponding to the currently thrown goods at one feeding port to be aligned to the feeding port based on the position of the container.

In one embodiment, a full-box detection device is arranged above the receiving conveyor and used for detecting whether the container on the receiving conveyor is full.

In one embodiment, the full-box detection device is one or more of a sensor, a monitoring camera and a data delivery recording device.

In one embodiment, the receiving conveyor comprises: a first frame body; the two first rollers are respectively arranged at two ends of the first frame body;

the first driving device drives at least one first roller to rotate forwards or reversely; the first conveyor belt is wound on the two first rollers, and the container is placed on the first conveyor belt.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a docking device, wherein, applied to a sorting system, the docking device includes: one or more container conveyors for receiving containers on the receiving conveyor of the receiving device of the first aspect and conveying empty containers to the receiving conveyor; and the moving mechanism is used for moving the container conveyor to be in butt joint with the receiving conveyor of the receiving device.

In one embodiment, two container conveyors are included for receiving containers on the receiving conveyor and conveying empty containers to the receiving conveyor.

In one embodiment, the direction of movement of the container conveyor on the moving mechanism is perpendicular to the direction of movement of the containers on the container conveyor.

In one embodiment, a plurality of the receiving devices are arranged side by side along the width direction of the receiving devices, and the moving mechanism drives two container conveyors located above the moving mechanism to move between the receiving devices.

In one embodiment, two of the container conveyors are arranged side by side in the width direction of the container conveyor, the two container conveyors being moved together or separately on the moving mechanism.

In one embodiment, the moving mechanism comprises: the reciprocating driving device is used for driving the container conveyor to move; one or more guide rails with which the container conveyor cooperates and along which the container conveyor moves.

In one embodiment, the moving mechanism comprises two parallel and spaced guide rails, and the extending direction of the two guide rails is consistent with the arrangement direction of the material receiving devices.

In one embodiment, the container conveyor comprises: a second frame body; the two second rollers are respectively arranged at two ends of the second frame body; the second driving device drives at least one second roller to rotate forwards or reversely; and the second conveyor belt is wound on the two second rollers.

According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a sorting system, including: the feeding device is provided with a feeding trolley and is used for feeding goods; one or more receiving devices according to the first aspect; the docking device of the second aspect.

In one embodiment, the sorting system further comprises: a full bin discharge passage for receiving a container to be replaced conveyed by the container conveyor of the docking device.

In one embodiment, the sorting system further comprises: an empty box input channel for conveying empty containers to the container conveyor of the docking device.

In one embodiment, the feeding device further comprises: the annular sorting machine comprises a plurality of feeding ports which are distributed annularly; the feeding trolley moves along the annular sorting machine and feeds goods to the feeding port; the plurality of material receiving devices are arranged below the annular sorting machine and correspond to the material feeding ports; the connection device is arranged below the annular sorting machine and in a central annular area of the annular sorting machine.

In one embodiment, the annular sorter is in a race track configuration comprising a straight segment and a curved segment; a plurality of receiving devices are arranged below the straight line section of the annular sorting machine side by side.

In one embodiment, a plurality of the receiving devices are arranged below two straight line sections of the annular sorting machine side by side, and the connecting device is arranged between the two rows of the receiving devices.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects: the container is arranged on the receiving conveyor of the receiving device and can reciprocate on the receiving conveyor, so that the container filled with goods can be conveniently discharged or conveyed to other stations, and the empty container can be conveniently received and moved to the position corresponding to the feeding port to receive the goods.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

Drawings

The above and other objects, features and advantages of embodiments of the present invention will become readily apparent from the following detailed description read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Several embodiments of the present invention are illustrated by way of example, and not by way of limitation, in the figures of the accompanying drawings and in which:

fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating the structure of a sorting system according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a receiving device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a docking device according to an exemplary embodiment.

In the drawings, the same or corresponding reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a receiving device 10 is provided, which is applied to a sorting system, and the receiving device 10 includes: the receiving conveyor 12 is arranged below a feeding trolley 32 of the sorting system. Wherein, the feeding trolley 32 is provided with a conveying device which can be a conveying belt, a push rod, a telescopic arm, a turning plate or a high-pressure air blowing device and the like. A feeding port 33 is arranged at one end or two ends of the feeding trolley 32, and the goods on the feeding trolley 32 fall into a corresponding container below the feeding port 33 through the feeding port 33. Alternatively, the inlet 33 may be a funnel-shaped inlet, which by aligning the container with the funnel-shaped inlet ensures that the goods fall exactly into the container below. Optionally, the feeding opening 33 may be further provided with a chute, which may ensure that the goods fall into the container below precisely. It should be noted that the material inlet 33 may be any other opening, as long as the goods on the material feeding trolley 32 can fall into the container below through the material inlet 33. The feeder trolley 32 can thus feed both the inner and outer feeder openings 33 of the sorting system. The receiving conveyor 12 comprises a platform for placing one or more containers 11, the containers 11 being adapted to receive goods delivered from a feed opening 33 of the sorting system; the receiving conveyor 12 serves for discharging the containers 11 to be replaced and for receiving empty containers 11.

The receiving device 10 may comprise one or more platforms for placing the containers 11, wherein the containers 11 may be bins, boxes or bags for goods, and the like. The container 11 to be replaced may be a full container 11 or an abnormal container 11. The receiving device 10 is applied to a sorting system, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the sorting system. The sorting system is a system for throwing goods to the receiving device 10, and the goods of the sorting system are thrown into the container 11 of the receiving device 10 through a feeding port 33 of the sorting system. As shown in fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a receiving device 10. In this embodiment, the receiving device 10 includes a plurality of platforms for placing the containers 11, and the containers 11 may contain the same goods or different goods. For example, each container 11 may hold goods corresponding to the same inventory or order. The container 11 may be a container 11 with a receiving opening at the upper part, and the receiving opening of the container 11 is used for receiving the goods thrown by the throwing trolley 32.

The receiving device 10 further includes a receiving conveyor 12, wherein the receiving conveyor 12 is a reciprocating conveyor. As can be seen from fig. 2, the receiving conveyor 12 may be located below the containers 11, and the containers 11 may be reciprocated on the receiving conveyor 12 to move positions on the receiving conveyor 12 such that the receiving ports of different containers 11 correspond to the feeding ports 33. The receiving conveyor 12 may also send out a full container 11 or an abnormal container 11 and receive an empty container 11. Alternatively, when one or more containers 11 on the receiving conveyor 12 are full of goods or are abnormal, since the containers 11 can reciprocate on the receiving conveyor 12, one end of the receiving conveyor 12 is set as a container 11 replacement end, and when the containers 11 are moved to the container 11 replacement, the receiving conveyor 12 can send out the containers 11 to be replaced, and empty containers 11 can be supplied to the receiving conveyor 12 through the container 11 replacement end. Alternatively, one end of the receiving conveyor 12 is set as an output end, and the other end is set as an input end, that is, the input end and the output end are located at two opposite ends of the receiving conveyor 12. Empty containers 11 enter from the input end, and the containers 11 are full or abnormal and output from the output end.

The receiving conveyor 12 can discharge filled or defective containers 11, for example, by providing a station at one end of the receiving conveyor 12 for receiving the containers 11 or by conveying them by means of a conveyor car. In other embodiments, other conveying means may be docked at one end of receiving conveyor 12, and receiving conveyor 12 may convey the filled containers 11 directly through the conveying means to a downstream station, such as a packaging station or the like. The conveying mechanism for conveying may be a belt conveyor, which may be aligned with or perpendicular to the conveying direction of the receiving conveyor 12. The end of the receiving conveyor 12 that discharges the containers 11 may be a location outside of the sorting system to facilitate docking and operation with other equipment. In other embodiments, a device for feeding empty containers, such as a conveyor belt conveyor, may be disposed at the end of the receiving conveyor 12 where the containers 11 are discharged, and the empty containers are fed onto the receiving conveyor 12 and then transferred to a position corresponding to the material inlet 33 by the receiving conveyor 12 for receiving the goods.

In this embodiment, the receiving device 10 has four containers 11, a receiving opening is provided above each container 11, and the sorting system may have at least one feeding trolley 32. The feeding port 33 is arranged on one side or two sides of the feeding trolley 32, optionally, the feeding port 33 is arranged above the receiving device 10, the receiving conveyor 12 is controlled, so that the four containers 11 can reciprocate on the receiving conveyor 12, and the receiving port of each container 11 can correspond to the feeding port 33. Assuming that the A goods needs to be thrown in the feeding port 33, the A goods corresponds to the A container 11, at this time, the receiving conveyor 12 moves the A container 11 to a position right below the feeding port 33 of the sorting system, the feeding trolley 32 reaches the receiving device 10 needing to be thrown in, the feeding trolley 32 moves the goods on the feeding trolley 32 to the feeding port 33 on one side through a conveyor belt, a turning plate, a push rod, a telescopic arm or high-pressure air blowing and the like on the feeding trolley 32, and the goods on the feeding trolley 32 fall into the A container 11 from the feeding port 33 through the receiving port of the A container 11.

The receiving device 10 is provided with a plurality of containers 11 on a receiving conveyor 12, and the receiving conveyor 12 can drive the plurality of containers 11 to reciprocate, so that the number of the containers 11 is increased to the maximum extent under the condition that the size of the equipment is not increased, one feeding port 33 corresponds to the receiving ports of the plurality of containers 11, and meanwhile, the positions of the containers 11 can be switched at will to meet the feeding operation, so that the receiving efficiency is improved. The receiving conveyor 12 automatically sends out and receives the containers 11, so that the frequency of replacing the containers 11 frequently by manpower can be reduced, and the labor cost is reduced; meanwhile, the sorting efficiency is improved, the manual replacement time is long, and the sorting system cannot continuously feed materials into the container 11 in the manual replacement process, so that the overall sorting efficiency is influenced; in addition, the safety of the operation environment is improved, the personnel are prevented from frequently entering the sorting equipment, and the safety risk is increased.

In one embodiment, the receiving conveyor 12 is provided with a position detecting device 13 at an upper side thereof for detecting the position of the container 11; the receiving conveyor 12 aligns the container 11 corresponding to the currently deposited goods with the feed opening 33 based on the position of the container 11.

Since the plurality of containers 11 are placed above the receiving conveyor 12 and the plurality of containers 11 can reciprocate on the receiving conveyor 12, it is necessary to provide a position detecting device 13 for detecting the positions of the containers 11 on the receiving conveyor 12. The receiving conveyor 12 aligns the receiving port of the container 11 corresponding to the currently loaded goods with the feeding port 33 according to the position of the container 11.

Specifically, as can be seen from the above, when the receiving conveyor 12 is provided with a plurality of containers 11, the plurality of containers 11 may contain the same goods or different goods. When the same goods are loaded, alternatively, a plurality of containers 11 may be loaded in sequence, that is, the loading port of one container 11 is aligned with the loading port 33, after the container 11 is full of goods, the loading conveyor 12 moves the container 11 full of goods away through the position detecting device 13, and moves the adjacent empty container 11 so that the loading port of the empty container 11 is aligned with the loading port 33, and sequentially moves the containers 11 until all the containers 11 are full of goods, and the loading conveyor 12 sends out all the containers 11 and receives a new empty container 11. When containing different goods, the four containers 11 are an a container 11, a B container 11, a C container 11, and a D container 11, respectively. When C goods need to be put in, the position sensor detects the position of the C container 11 and transmits a position signal, and after the material receiving conveyor 12 receives the position signal, the material receiving opening of the C container 11 is aligned with the material feeding opening 33 above the C container according to the position signal, so that the C goods are put in. When one of the four containers 11 is full, the receiving conveyor 12 simultaneously discharges the four containers 11 and then simultaneously receives four empty containers 11.

Through position sensor, receiving conveyer 12 can control the alignment that is located receiving material mouthful and dog-house 33 of a plurality of containers 11 of receiving conveyer 12 platform top, can realize the letter sorting of different goods, improves letter sorting efficiency.

In one embodiment, a detection device is arranged above the receiving conveyor 12 for detecting whether the container 11 located on the receiving conveyor 12 is full or abnormal. In one embodiment, the detection device is a full box detection device, and is specifically one or more combinations of a sensor, a camera and a data delivery recording device.

In particular, the full tank detection means is used to detect whether the container 11 is full. Optionally, the full-box detection device may be implemented by a sensor, a camera, or a data delivery record. In particular, when the sensor is a full tank detection device, the sensor may alternatively be a photoelectric sensor, or may be a distance sensor or a gravity sensor. Optionally, a photosensor is provided at each receptacle 11. Alternatively, the photoelectric sensor may be an infrared sensor, and when the goods stacked in the container 11 touch the infrared sensor for a preset time, the infrared sensor sends an electric signal to determine whether the container 11 is full according to the electric signal. The distance sensors are arranged at the material feeding ports 33 on two sides of the material feeding trolley 32, and when the material receiving port of one container 11 is aligned with the material feeding port 33, the distance sensors detect the distance between the goods in the container 11 and the material feeding port 33, so that whether the container 11 is full or not is judged. And the gravity sensor is arranged in the container 11 or at the bottom outside the container 11, and when the goods in the container 11 reach the weight preset by the gravity sensor, the gravity sensor sends out a gravity signal and judges whether the container 11 is full according to the gravity signal. When full case detection device is the camera, the camera setting can be shot 11 arbitrary position that connects the material mouthful of container, and the camera is shot and is gathered the image of container 11, judges whether container 11 has been put to capacity according to the image. When the full-box detection device is implemented through the data delivery record, specifically, the quantity of the corresponding goods received by each container 11 is preset, the sorting system counts the quantity of the goods delivered to the corresponding containers 11, and whether the maximum receiving quantity of the containers 11 is reached or not is judged according to the counted delivery quantity, so that whether the containers 11 are full or not is judged.

Utilize full case detection device to judge putting of container 11 full condition, the rate of accuracy of judging whether full case is high, can also save the human cost of manual supervision, improve work efficiency.

In one embodiment, the detection device is a camera, the camera is disposed at any position of the material receiving port of the container 11, the camera takes pictures of the container 11, and determines whether the container 11 is full and/or abnormal according to the pictures, wherein the abnormal condition of the container 11 includes one or more of damage, stain and deformation of the container 11.

In one embodiment, receiving conveyor 12 includes: a first frame body 121; two first rollers (not shown) respectively disposed at two ends of the first frame 121; a first driving device (not shown in the figure) for driving at least one first roller to rotate forwards or backwards; a first conveyor belt (not shown) is wound around the two first rollers, and the container 11 is placed on the first conveyor belt.

As shown in fig. 2, the receiving conveyor 12 may include a first frame body 121, the first frame body 121 is elongated and plays a role of supporting, and the strength of the first frame body 121 may support the weight of the plurality of containers 11. The first frame body 121 is provided with at least one first roller at both ends thereof in the length direction. Optionally, each end of the receiving conveyor 12 is provided with a first roller, a first conveyor belt is arranged between the two first rollers, the first conveyor belt is wound on the two first rollers, the two first rollers rotate to enable the first conveyor belt to rotate the plurality of containers 11 to be arranged above the first conveyor belt, and the plurality of containers 11 are driven to move through the rotation of the first conveyor belt. The receiving conveyor 12 further includes a first driving device acting on the first roller for driving the first roller to rotate. The first driving device may be a motor, and each of the first rollers may be provided with one first driving device, or one of the first rollers may be provided with one first driving device. In addition, the first driving device can drive the first roller to complete forward rotation or reverse rotation, and also can control one first roller to rotate forward by one first driving device and control the other first roller to rotate reversely by the other first driving device, so that the container 11 on the receiving conveyor 12 can realize reciprocating motion. Specifically, first running roller of first drive arrangement drive rotates to drive first conveyer belt and rotate, judge the position of the container 11 that needs to connect the material in connecing material conveyer 12 through position sensor, assume that forward rotation can make this container 11 connect the material mouth to be close to dog-house 33, at this moment, first running roller forward rotation of first drive arrangement drive, the dog-house 33 of dog-house 32 both sides is aimed at to the material mouth that connects of the container 11 that will connect the material, after this container 11 connects the goods, first running roller antiport of first drive arrangement drive, the container 11 that will connect the material is putd aside.

The material receiving of different containers 11 on the same material receiving conveyor 12 is realized through the first driving device, the first roller and the first conveying belt, the time, the labor and the risk cost for manually carrying the containers 11 are saved, and meanwhile, the sorting work efficiency is also improved.

Based on the same inventive concept, the embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a connection device 20, wherein, when being applied to a sorting system, the connection device 20 includes: one or more container conveyors 21 for receiving the containers 11 on the receiving conveyor 12 of the receiving device 10 and for conveying empty containers 11 to the receiving conveyor 12; and the moving mechanism 22, wherein the moving mechanism 22 is used for moving the container conveyor 21 to be butted with the receiving conveyor 12 of the receiving device 10.

As shown in fig. 1, the docking device 20 is also applied to a sorting system. Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a docking device 20. The docking device 20 comprises one or more container conveyors 21 and a moving mechanism 22. In one embodiment, two container conveyors 21 may be included for receiving containers 11 on receiving conveyor 12 and conveying empty containers 11 to receiving conveyor 12, respectively.

Specifically, both container conveyors 21 are located above the moving mechanism 22, and both container conveyors 21 can reciprocate on the moving mechanism 22, wherein the moving direction of the container conveyor 21 on the moving mechanism 22 is perpendicular to the moving direction of the container 11 on the container conveyor 21. In this embodiment, the receiving device 10 has a plurality of receiving devices 10, the receiving devices 10 are arranged side by side along the width direction of the receiving device 10, and the moving mechanism 22 can drive the two container conveyors 21 located above the moving mechanism to move between the receiving devices 10, so as to receive the containers 11 and convey the empty containers 11. Alternatively, the container conveyor 21 is provided with one container 11 for receiving the receiving conveyor 12 of the receiving device 10 and one empty container 11 for feeding the receiving conveyor 12. The two container conveyors 21 are arranged side by side in the width direction of the container conveyor 21, and may be connected to move together on the moving mechanism 22 or may move independently on the moving mechanism 22. In this embodiment, the two are side by side and fixedly connected as shown in fig. 3.

In practice, two container conveyors 21 are moved back and forth on a moving mechanism 22, and four empty containers 11 may be provided on one container conveyor 21 and no container 11 may be provided on the other container conveyor 21. When the full box detection device of the receiving device 10 detects that the container 11 on the receiving device 12 of one of the receiving devices 10 is full or abnormal, after the moving mechanism 22 receives an instruction, the two container conveyors 21 are controlled to move to the vicinity of the receiving device 10 where the container 11 needs to be replaced, and the container conveyor 21 where the container 11 is not located is aligned with the receiving device 12, the first driving device on the receiving device 12 controls the first roller and the first conveyor belt to rotate towards the container conveyor 21, so that the four containers 11 on the first conveyor belt move towards the container conveyor 21 where the containers 11 are not located, and finally the container 11 loaded with goods is transferred to the container conveyor 21 by the receiving device 12. At this time, no container 11 is on the first conveyor belt of the receiving conveyor 12, the moving mechanism 22 controls the container conveyor 21 to move, so that the container conveyor 21 with four empty containers 11 is aligned with the receiving conveyor 12 of the receiving device 10, and the four empty containers 11 are moved to the receiving conveyor 12 of the receiving device 10, and then the sorting and feeding actions can be resumed.

The container conveyor 21 replaces the operation of replacing the container 11 manually, in addition, the collocation of the two container conveyors 21 is flexible, the supplement of an empty container 11 and the replacement of a full container 11 or an abnormal container 11 can be realized, the overall efficiency of the sorting system is improved, the frequent entering of personnel into equipment operation is avoided, the box replacing efficiency is greatly increased, the period of one replacement container 11 can be compressed in several seconds, and the sorting operation of a main line can be hardly influenced.

In one embodiment, the moving mechanism 22 includes: a reciprocating drive device 221 for driving the container conveyor 21 to move; one or more guide rails 222, and the container conveyor 21 engages the guide rails 222 and moves along the guide rails 222.

As shown in fig. 3, the moving mechanism 22 may include a reciprocating drive 221 and a guide rail 222. Specifically, in this embodiment, the moving mechanism 22 may include two guide rails 222, the two guide rails 222 are parallel and spaced apart from each other, and the extending direction of the two guide rails 222 is the same as the arrangement direction of the receiving devices 10. The reciprocating drive unit 221 includes a travel timing belt 2211 and a travel guide wheel 2212. The traveling timing belt 2211 is located between the two guide rails 222, the traveling timing belt 2211 is also parallel to the two guide rails 222, and the two container conveyors 21 are located above the two guide rails 222 and the traveling timing belt 2211. The container conveyor 21 includes a second frame body 211, two ends of the second frame body 211 along the length direction respectively travel guide wheels 2212, and the travel guide wheels 2212 are matched with the corresponding guide rails 222, so that the second frame body 211 can slide on the guide rails 222. The walking timing belt 2211 passes through the middle of the second frame body 211 and is fixedly connected with the second frame body 211. A belt wheel and a driving device are arranged at the end of the walking synchronous belt 2211, and the driving device drives the belt wheel to rotate and drives the walking synchronous belt 2211 to rotate, so that the walking guide wheel 2212 of the second frame body 211 fixedly connected with the walking synchronous belt 2211 moves on the track.

The moving mechanism 22 allows the container conveyor 21 to move, so that the container 11 can be replaced with respect to any one of the plurality of receiving devices 10. The method is more beneficial to quickly docking the sorted articles into other logistics systems.

In one embodiment, the container conveyor 21 comprises: the second frame body 211; two second rollers (not shown) respectively disposed at two ends of the second frame 211; a second driving device (not shown in the figure) for driving at least one second roller to rotate forwards or reversely; the second belt 212 is wound around the two second rollers.

Continuing with fig. 3, the construction of the container conveyor 21 is similar to that of the receiving conveyor 12. Alternatively, the container conveyor 21 may include a second frame body 211, a second roller, a second driving device, and a second conveyor belt 212.

The second frame body 211 is long and plays a supporting role, and the strength of the second frame body 211 can support the weight of a plurality of containers 11. As can be seen from the above, the second frame 211 has both ends thereof mounted on the guide rails 222, and the second frame 211 is provided with two container conveyors 21. The second frame body 211 is provided with at least one second roller at both ends along the length direction. Alternatively, one second roller is provided at each end, and a second conveyor belt 212 is provided between the two second rollers, around which the second conveyor belt 212 is wound, which rotate to rotate the second conveyor belt 212. The container conveyor 21 further comprises a second drive acting on the second roller for driving the second roller in rotation. The second driving device may be a motor, and each of the second rollers may be provided with one second driving device, or one of the second rollers may be provided with the second driving device. In addition, the second driving device can drive the second rollers to complete forward rotation or reverse rotation, or one second driving device can control one second roller to rotate forward, and the other second driving device can control the other second roller to rotate reversely, so that the containers 11 on the container conveyor 21 can realize reciprocating motion.

Specifically, when the container 11 on the receiving conveyor 12 of the receiving device 10 needs to be replaced, the moving mechanism 22 moves the two container conveyors 21 to the receiving device 10 where the container 11 needs to be replaced, so that the container conveyor 21 where no container 11 is provided is aligned with the receiving conveyor 12 of this receiving device 10. At this time, the second driving device of the container conveyor 21, in which the container 11 is not installed, drives the second roller and the second belt 212 to rotate in a direction away from the receiving conveyor 12, so that the container 11 conveyed on the receiving conveyor 12 can be transferred to the container conveyor 21. Then, the traveling timing belt 2211 of the moving mechanism 22 drives the second frame body 211 to move, so that the container conveyor 21 provided with the four empty containers 11 is aligned with the receiving conveyor 12, the second driving device of the container conveyor 21 with the four empty containers 11 starts to rotate, and drives the second roller and the second conveyor belt 212 to rotate, so that the four empty containers 11 are transferred to the receiving conveyor 12 of the receiving device 10. This completes the replacement of the container 11.

The second drive, the second roller and the second conveyor belt 212 can displace the containers 11 for any receiving conveyor 12 of the plurality of receiving conveyors 12. Practice thrift the time of changing the case after 11 containers are full, increase the letter sorting ability, save time, manpower and the risk cost of artifical transport container 11, still improved letter sorting degree of automation simultaneously, realize producing the unmanned operation of line entirely.

The conveyor belt in the present disclosure may be implemented by rollers, belts, chains, rollers, or conveyor rollers, etc.

Based on the same inventive concept, the disclosed embodiments further provide a sorting system, including: the feeding device 30 is provided with a feeding trolley 32 and is used for feeding goods; one or more of the receiving devices 10; the docking device 20 described above.

The sorting system may include a charging device 30, one or more receiving devices 10, and one or more docking devices 20. Specifically, in this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a sorting system, and the sorting system includes a feeding device 30, a plurality of receiving devices 10 and a docking device 20.

The feeding device 30 comprises an annular sorting machine 31 and a feeding trolley 32. The annular sorter 31 is a racetrack-shaped track arrangement, comprising straight segments and curved segments. One or more receiving devices 10 are arranged side by side below the straight line section of the annular sorting machine 31. Since the circular sorter 31 includes two parallel straight segments, a plurality of receiving devices 10 are disposed in a row below each straight segment. In this embodiment, the sorting system includes two rows of receiving devices 10. In addition, the annular sorting machine 31 further comprises a plurality of feeding trolleys 32 which are distributed annularly; each receiving device 10 is arranged corresponding to a feeding trolley 32, so that the goods in the feeding trolley 32 can drop into the container 11 of the corresponding receiving device 10 through the feeding ports 33 on two sides. Specifically, one receiving device 10 is arranged below each feeding trolley 32, the length direction of the receiving device 10 is perpendicular to the straight line section of the annular sorting machine 31, and optionally, two feeding ports 33 are arranged above the middle part of the receiving device 10, so that the moving distance of four containers 11 on the receiving conveyor 12 in the receiving device 10 is minimized.

The feeding trolley 32 is arranged on the annular sorting machine 31, a conveying device is arranged on the feeding trolley 32, the conveying device can be a conveying belt, a push rod, a telescopic arm, a turning plate or a high-pressure air blowing device and the like, and can move on the annular sorting machine 31, the feeding trolley 32 puts goods into a feeding port 33 on one side of the feeding trolley, and the put goods fall into the corresponding container 11 on the receiving device 10 through the feeding port 33. The docking device 20 is also arranged below the annular sorter 31, but the docking device 20 is arranged in the central annular region of the annular sorter 31. As can be seen from fig. 1, the docking device 20 is disposed in the middle of the two rows of receiving devices 10, so that the docking device 20 can be docked with two receiving conveyors 12 at the same time. Specifically, the docking device 20 can receive the containers 11 to be replaced on the receiving conveyors 12 in the two rows of receiving devices 10 at the same time; alternatively, the docking device 20 may simultaneously transfer the empty containers 11 to the receiving conveyors 12 in the two rows of receiving devices 10; or may receive a container to be replaced (e.g., a full container or an abnormal container) from one receiving conveyor 12 and convey an empty container 11 onto another receiving conveyor 12.

The structure of the receiving device 10 and the docking device 20 and the replacement operation of the container 11 are described in detail in the receiving device 10 and the docking device 20, and will not be described in detail here.

The sorting system effectively saves the floor area of the whole set of equipment, saves the box changing time after the containers 11 on the receiving conveyor 12 of the receiving device 10 are full, increases the sorting capacity, links the process to the whole logistics system, and improves the sorting automation degree. The unmanned production line is realized. According to the sorting system, the receiving conveyor 12 capable of reciprocating is additionally arranged below the position of a feeding port 33 of the sorting system, containers 11 are placed on the receiving conveyor 12, so that the positions of the containers 11 can be freely switched, the number of the containers 11 is increased in multiples, and one or more connecting devices 20 are additionally arranged in the middle of the equipment according to the number of the containers 11 on the receiving conveyor 12 and are used for full box replacement and empty box supplement actions of the containers 11 on the receiving conveyor. This openly effectively solved 11 unable automatic handling's of realization of container problem, do not need personnel to participate in at whole letter sorting process, but the cost of using manpower sparingly of at utmost, simultaneously, the shortening of the time of changing the case can realize that letter sorting efficiency obviously improves. Because of unmanned operation, the safety risk of production personnel is also reduced.

In one embodiment, the sorting system further comprises: a full tank discharge channel 34 for receiving the containers 11 conveyed by the container conveyor 21 of the docking device 20. In one embodiment, the sorting system further comprises: an empty container supply channel 35 for supplying empty containers 11 to the container conveyor 21 of the docking device 20.

As further shown in FIG. 1, the sortation system also includes a full bin discharge path 34 and an empty bin input path 35. Wherein the full-box discharge channel 34 is adapted to receive a container 11 conveyed by the container conveyor 21 of the docking device 20. The empty container supply channel 35 serves to supply empty containers 11 to the container conveyor 21 of the docking device 20. Specifically, the full-box discharging passage 34 may transport the container 11 received from the docking device 20 to the next process of the logistics system, so that the transportation operation of the equipment in the next process may be a cleaning process, a sterilizing process, or the like. Optionally, the next process may be manual packing and boxing. The empty containers 11 of the logistics system, which are empty in the previous process, can enter the sorting system through the empty container input channel 35. Thus, the full bin discharge lane 34 and the empty bin input lane 35 are used to enable the sortation system to be docked into the overall logistics system, thereby achieving full production line unmanned.

In one embodiment, the feeding device 30 includes: an annular sorter 31 comprising a plurality of annularly distributed feed openings 33; a feeding trolley 32 which moves along the annular sorting machine 31 and feeds the goods to a feeding port 33; one or more receiving devices 10 are arranged below the annular sorting machine 31 and correspond to the feeding ports 33; the docking device 20 is disposed below the annular sorting machine 31 and in a central annular region of the annular sorting machine 31. In one embodiment, the annular sorter 31 is in a racetrack configuration, comprising straight and curved segments; a plurality of receiving devices 10 are arranged side by side below the straight line section of the annular sorting machine 31. The structure of the feeding device 30 is described in detail in the sorting system, and is not described herein again.

It is understood that "a plurality" in this disclosure means two or more, and other words are analogous. "and/or" describes the association relationship of the associated objects, meaning that there may be three relationships, e.g., a and/or B, which may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the former and latter associated objects are in an "or" relationship. The singular forms "a", "an", and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

It will be further understood that the terms "first," "second," and the like are used to describe various information and that such information should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another and do not denote a particular order or importance. Indeed, the terms "first," "second," and the like are fully interchangeable. For example, first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information may also be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.

It will be further understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "lateral," "front," "rear," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like are used in an orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the present embodiment and to simplify the description, but do not indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation.

It will be further understood that, unless otherwise specified, "connected" includes direct connections between the two without the presence of other elements, as well as indirect connections between the two with the presence of other elements.

It is further to be understood that while operations are depicted in the drawings in a particular order, this is not to be understood as requiring that such operations be performed in the particular order shown or in serial order, or that all illustrated operations be performed, to achieve desirable results. In certain environments, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a receiving device, wherein, is applied to letter sorting system, receiving device includes: the receiving conveyor is arranged below a feed opening of the sorting system and comprises a platform for placing one or more containers, and the containers are used for receiving the goods thrown by the sorting system; the receiving conveyor is used for sending out the containers to be replaced and receiving the empty containers.

2. The receiving device according to claim 1,

a position detection device is arranged on the upper side of the receiving conveyor and used for detecting the position of the container;

and the receiving conveyor enables the container corresponding to the currently thrown goods at one feeding port to be aligned to the feeding port based on the position of the container.

3. The receiving device according to claim 1,

and a full box detection device is arranged above the receiving conveyor and used for detecting whether the container on the receiving conveyor is full.

4. A receiving device according to claim 3, wherein the full bin detection device is one or more of a sensor, a monitoring camera and a data delivery recording device.

5. A receiving device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein,

the receiving conveyor includes:

a first frame body;

the two first rollers are respectively arranged at two ends of the first frame body;

the first driving device drives at least one first roller to rotate forwards or reversely;

the first conveyor belt is wound on the two first rollers, and the container is placed on the first conveyor belt.

6. A docking apparatus, wherein, applied to a sorting system, the docking apparatus comprises:

one or more container conveyors for receiving containers on the receiving conveyor of a receiving device according to any one of claims 1-5 and conveying empty containers to the receiving conveyor;

and the moving mechanism is used for moving the container conveyor to be in butt joint with the receiving conveyor of the receiving device.

7. The docking device of claim 6,

the container conveying machine comprises two container conveying machines which are respectively used for receiving containers on the receiving conveying machine and conveying empty containers to the receiving conveying machine.

8. The docking device of claim 7, wherein a direction of movement of the container conveyor on the movement mechanism is perpendicular to a direction of movement of the containers on the container conveyor.

9. The connecting device according to claim 7, wherein a plurality of receiving devices are arranged side by side in a width direction of the receiving devices, and the moving mechanism moves two container conveyors located above the moving mechanism between the plurality of receiving devices.

10. The docking device of claim 9, wherein two container conveyors are arranged side by side in the width direction of the container conveyor, the two container conveyors moving together or separately on the moving mechanism.

11. The docking device of claim 6,

the moving mechanism includes:

the reciprocating driving device is used for driving the container conveyor to move;

one or more guide rails with which the container conveyor cooperates and along which the container conveyor moves.

12. The docking device according to claim 11, wherein the moving mechanism includes two parallel and spaced rails, and the extending direction of the two rails is the same as the arrangement direction of the receiving devices.

13. The docking device of any one of claims 6-12,

the container conveyor comprises:

a second frame body;

the two second rollers are respectively arranged at two ends of the second frame body;

the second driving device drives at least one second roller to rotate forwards or reversely;

and the second conveyor belt is wound on the two second rollers.

14. A sorting system, comprising:

the feeding device is provided with a feeding trolley and is used for feeding goods;

one or more receiving devices as claimed in any one of claims 1-5;

the docking device of any one of claims 6-12.

15. The sortation system as claimed in claim 14,

the sorting system further comprises:

a full bin discharge passage for receiving a container to be replaced conveyed by the container conveyor of the docking device.

16. The sortation system as claimed in claim 15,

the sorting system further comprises:

an empty box input channel for conveying empty containers to the container conveyor of the docking device.

17. Sorting system according to any of claims 14-16,

the feeding device further comprises: the annular sorting machine comprises a plurality of feeding ports which are distributed annularly;

the feeding trolley moves along the annular sorting machine and feeds goods to the feeding port;

the plurality of material receiving devices are arranged below the annular sorting machine and correspond to the material feeding ports;

the connection device is arranged below the annular sorting machine and in a central annular area of the annular sorting machine.

18. The sortation system as claimed in claim 17,

the annular sorting machine is arranged in a track shape and comprises a straight line section and a curve section;

a plurality of receiving devices are arranged below the straight line section of the annular sorting machine side by side.

19. The sorting system according to claim 18, wherein a plurality of receiving devices are arranged side by side below two straight sections of the circular sorting machine, and the connecting device is arranged in the middle of the two rows of receiving devices.