CN216582877U - Linear conveying mechanism - Google Patents

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CN216582877U
CN216582877U CN202122629535.3U CN202122629535U CN216582877U CN 216582877 U CN216582877 U CN 216582877U CN 202122629535 U CN202122629535 U CN 202122629535U CN 216582877 U CN216582877 U CN 216582877U
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周富强
周华国
廖建勇
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The utility model provides a linear conveying mechanism. The linear conveying mechanism comprises a plurality of accommodating components for accommodating objects to be transferred, at least one conveying mechanism for driving the accommodating components to keep linear motion and a loading platform for driving a manipulator to carry the objects to be transferred; a plurality of holding subassembly sliding connection are on transport mechanism, and loading platform sets up the upside at transport mechanism, and wherein, the holding subassembly conveys on transport mechanism to realize that the holding subassembly treats the steady conveying of transfer thing high speed, thereby improved the conveying efficiency of integrated device, simultaneously, can use a plurality of sharp transport mechanism, in order to satisfy the processing to many parts.

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Linear conveying mechanism
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of automation equipment, in particular to a linear conveying mechanism.
Background
The current automobile parts and 3C industries have higher requirements on transmission of parts, and have the characteristics of high transmission speed, stable transmission, accurate positioning, more stations needing to be operated and the like;
most of the transmission modes in the prior art have the defects of low transmission speed, poor positioning precision, unstable transmission and poor stability in the transmission process; moreover, the conveying mode in the prior art cannot be adapted to assembly line work with many operating stations and complex operating processes, but the existing part assembly detection line has a large number of parts and requires many processes, so that the conveying device in the prior art cannot meet the conveying requirements of automobile parts and 3C industries on the parts.
Therefore, it is urgently required to redesign a new linear transport mechanism to solve the above problems.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The present invention provides a linear transport mechanism to solve the technical problems in the background art.
The utility model provides a linear conveying mechanism which comprises a plurality of accommodating components for accommodating objects to be transferred, at least one conveying mechanism for driving the accommodating components to keep linear motion and a loading platform for driving a manipulator to carry the objects to be transferred, wherein the conveying mechanism comprises a conveying mechanism body and a conveying mechanism body; the plurality of accommodating assemblies are connected to the conveying mechanism in a sliding mode, and the loading platform is arranged on the upper side of the conveying mechanism.
Optionally, the conveying mechanism includes a first frame, a linear slide rail, and a linear driving assembly for driving the accommodating assembly to move on the conveying mechanism, the linear driving assembly is disposed in the first frame, and the linear slide rail is mounted on the first frame.
Optionally, the holding subassembly is including holding the board, shift the board, a plurality of pulleys, spacing portion, gag lever post and meshing strip, shift the board and install in the one side of holding the board, a plurality of pulleys are installed in shifting board one side, and a plurality of pulleys and linear slide rail butt are provided with spacing portion between a plurality of pulleys, spacing portion and linear slide rail butt, gag lever post sliding connection is on shifting the board, gag lever post tip and meshing strip fixed connection, meshing strip opposite side is connected with linear drive assembly's output.
Optionally, the loading platform includes a protection frame, a Y-direction driving device and a Z-direction driving device, the protection frame is mounted on the first frame, the Y-direction driving device is mounted on the protection frame, and an output end of the Y-direction driving device is connected to the Z-direction driving device.
Optionally, the linear driving assembly includes the baffle, first supporting station, a second supporting station, first from the driving wheel, the second is from the driving wheel, the conveyer belt, linear driving motor, action wheel and a plurality of take-up pulley, baffle installation is in first frame, first supporting station and second supporting station all set up in baffle one side, first from the driving wheel rotation install at first supporting station tip, the second is from the driving wheel rotation install at second supporting station tip, linear driving motor installs in first frame, and linear driving motor's output is connected with the action wheel, a plurality of take-up pulleys are also installed in first frame, the conveyer belt is connected at first from the driving wheel, the second is from the driving wheel, between action wheel and a plurality of take-up pulley.
Optionally, a positioning assembly for positioning the accommodating assembly is arranged between the linear sliding rail and the loading platform.
Optionally, a resisting spring is arranged on the transfer plate, one end of the resisting spring is connected with the meshing strip, and the other end of the resisting spring is abutted against the lower side of the loading platform.
Optionally, the limiting part is provided with a limiting groove, and the limiting groove is of a V-shaped structure.
Optionally, the positioning assembly comprises a positioning support plate, a positioning linkage plate, a positioning jacking cylinder and a plurality of positioning limiting blocks, the positioning support plate is installed on the upper side of the linear slide rail, the positioning jacking cylinder is installed on the side wall of the positioning support plate, the output end of the positioning jacking cylinder is connected with the positioning linkage plate, the plurality of positioning limiting blocks are arranged on the positioning linkage plate, the positioning jacking cylinder drives the positioning linkage plate to move in the vertical direction, and the positioning linkage plate drives the positioning limiting blocks to be close to or far away from the accommodating assembly.
The utility model has the following beneficial effects:
the linear conveying mechanism comprises a plurality of accommodating components for accommodating objects to be transferred, at least one conveying mechanism for driving the accommodating components to keep linear motion and a loading platform for driving the manipulator to carry the objects to be transferred; a plurality of holding subassembly sliding connection are on transport mechanism, and loading platform sets up the upside at transport mechanism, and wherein, the holding subassembly conveys on transport mechanism to realize that the holding subassembly treats the steady conveying of transfer thing high speed, thereby improved the conveying efficiency of integrated device, simultaneously, can use a plurality of sharp transport mechanism, in order to satisfy the processing to many parts.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.
FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a linear transport mechanism provided by the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of area A of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a linear drive assembly of the linear transport mechanism provided in the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a partial enlarged view of area B of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a partial schematic view of a loading platform of the linear transport mechanism provided in the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a first view of a receiving assembly of the linear transport mechanism according to the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a second perspective view of the linear transport mechanism of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a first perspective of a positioning assembly of the linear transport mechanism provided in the present invention;
fig. 9 is a structural diagram of a second view angle of the positioning assembly of the linear transport mechanism provided by the present invention.
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The technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the utility model and are not limiting of the utility model. It should be further noted that, for the convenience of description, only some of the structures related to the present invention are shown in the drawings, not all of the structures. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the utility model. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.
Referring to fig. 1 to 9, the linear transport mechanism 200 of the present invention includes a plurality of accommodating modules 100 for accommodating objects to be transferred, at least one transport mechanism 200 for driving the accommodating modules 100 to keep linear motion, and a loading platform 300 for driving a robot to transport the objects to be transferred;
the plurality of receiving assemblies 100 are slidably connected to the conveying mechanism 200, and the loading platform 300 is disposed on the upper side of the conveying mechanism 200.
The accommodating component 100 can be provided with an object to be transferred, the object to be transferred can be a material or other equipment, and the accommodating component 100 keeps linear transmission on the transmission mechanism 200, so that automatic operation is realized;
specifically, the number of conveying mechanisms 200 may be a plurality of, and the user can freely set the number of conveying mechanisms 200 according to actual production needs, and loading platform 300 can drive external manipulators to move between a plurality of accommodating components 100, so as to drive the external manipulators to carry and transfer the materials between the accommodating components 100.
In this embodiment, the conveying mechanism 200 includes a first frame 210, a linear slide 220, and a linear driving assembly 230 for driving the accommodating assembly 100 to move on the conveying mechanism 200, the linear driving assembly 230 is disposed in the first frame 210, and the linear slide 220 is mounted on the first frame 210.
The first support plays a role in fixing and supporting each structure on the conveying mechanism 200, the loading platform 300 can achieve longitudinal and vertical reciprocating motion of an external manipulator, the linear sliding rails 220 are used for enabling the accommodating assemblies 100 to move on the conveying mechanism 200, and the linear driving assemblies 230 are used for providing power for the movement of the accommodating assemblies 100 on the straight conveying mechanism 200.
In this embodiment, the accommodating assembly 100 includes an accommodating plate 110, a transfer plate 120, a plurality of pulleys 130, a limiting portion 140, a limiting rod 150 and a meshing strip 160, the transfer plate 120 is installed on one side of the accommodating plate 110, the plurality of pulleys 130 are installed on one side of the transfer plate 120, the plurality of pulleys 130 are abutted against a linear slide rail 220, the limiting portion 140 is arranged between the plurality of pulleys 130, the limiting portion 140 is abutted against the linear slide rail 220, the limiting rod 150 is slidably connected to the transfer plate 120, an end portion of the limiting rod 150 is fixedly connected to the meshing strip 160, and the other side of the meshing strip 160 is connected to an output end of the linear driving assembly 230.
Wherein, the upper side of the containing plate 110 is used for installing various objects to be transferred, the plurality of pulleys 130 are abutted against the linear slide rail 220 on the conveying mechanism 200, so that the whole containing assembly 100 can conveniently slide on the linear slide rail 220, the number of the limiting parts 140 is two, the limiting parts 140 are clamped with the linear slide rail 220, so that the transfer plate 120 can stably slide on the linear slide rail 220, the limiting rods 150 connect the transfer plate 120 with the engaging strips 160, and the limiting rods 150 can vertically slide on the transfer plate 120, so that the engaging strips 160 are conveniently separated from the linear driving assembly 230, so that the whole containing assembly 100 is separated from the linear driving assembly 230, and the engaging strips 160 are engaged with the structures on the linear driving assembly 230, so that the linear driving assembly 230 can drive the engaging strips 160 to move, so that the linear driving assembly 230 drives the whole containing assembly 100 to move on the conveying mechanism 200, the linear sliding rail 220 passes through the space between the pulleys 130 on the two sides, and the limiting portion 140 limits the linear sliding rail 220, so that the pulleys 130 slide on the linear sliding rail 220, and the whole accommodating assembly 100 moves on the linear sliding rail 220.
In this embodiment, the loading platform 300 includes a protection frame 310, a Y-direction driving device 320 and a Z-direction driving device 330, the protection frame 310 is mounted on the first frame 210, the Y-direction driving device 320 is mounted on the protection frame 310, and an output end of the Y-direction driving device 320 is connected to the Z-direction driving device 330.
The protective frame 310 supports the Y-direction driving device 320, the Y-direction driving device 320 may be a cylinder, the Y-direction driving device 320 drives the Z-direction driving device 330 to reciprocate in the longitudinal direction, the Z-direction driving device 330 may also be a cylinder, and an output end of the Z-direction driving device 330 may be connected to an external manipulator, so that the external manipulator performs reciprocating motions in the longitudinal direction and the vertical direction under mutual cooperation of the Y-direction driving device 320 and the Z-direction driving device 330, and further the external manipulator can transfer objects to be transferred between different accommodating assemblies 100.
Certainly, when the external processing equipment is installed on the Z-direction driving device 330, the external processing equipment may be arranged in a staggered manner, or arranged side by side (the staggered arrangement refers to that one of the external processing equipment faces the linear slide rail 220 on one side, and the other faces the linear slide rail 220 on the other side), so as to meet the requirement of high-efficiency transfer of materials, and meanwhile, the output end of the Z-direction driving device 330 may be installed with not only an external manipulator, but also equipment such as a welding gun, a screwdriver and the like according to process requirements, so as to process the materials on the accommodating component 100;
in addition, an external robot, a welding gun, a screwdriver, or other devices may be directly mounted on the loading platform 300, that is, the external robot, the welding gun, or the screwdriver may be mounted on the protection frame 310 of the loading platform 300 by a bracket without relying on the Z-direction driving device 330 and the Y-direction driving device 320.
In this embodiment, the linear driving assembly 230 includes a baffle 231, a first supporting platform 232, a second supporting platform 233, a first driven wheel 234, a second driven wheel 235, a conveyor belt 236, a linear driving motor 237, a driving wheel 238 and a plurality of tension wheels 239, the baffle 231 is installed in the first frame 210, the first supporting platform 232 and the second supporting platform 233 are both disposed on one side of the baffle 231, the first driven wheel 234 is rotatably installed at an end portion of the first supporting platform 232, the second driven wheel 235 is rotatably installed at an end portion of the second supporting platform 233, the linear driving motor 237 is installed in the first frame 210, an output end of the linear driving motor 237 is connected with the driving wheel 238, the plurality of tension wheels 239 are also installed in the first frame 210, and the conveyor belt 236 is connected among the first driven wheel 234, the second driven wheel 235, the driving wheel 238 and the plurality of tension wheels 239.
When the linear driving assembly 230 needs to drive the accommodating assembly 100 to move on the conveying mechanism 200, firstly, the linear driving motor 237 enters a working state, and then, the linear driving motor 237 drives the driving wheel 238 to rotate, so that the driving wheel 238 drives the conveying belt 236 to rotate between the first driven wheel 234, the second driven wheel 235 and the plurality of tension wheels 239, so that the conveying belt 236 drives the engagement strips 160 in the accommodating assembly 100 to move together, and further the conveying belt 236 drives the accommodating assembly 100 to move together, and the plurality of tension wheels 239 can keep the tension of the conveying belt 236, thereby ensuring the stability of the rotation of the conveying belt 236.
In the present embodiment, a positioning assembly for positioning the accommodating assembly 100 is disposed between the linear guideway 220 and the loading platform 300.
In this embodiment, the positioning assembly includes a positioning support plate 410, a positioning linkage plate 420, a positioning jacking cylinder 430 and a plurality of positioning limiting blocks 440, the positioning support plate 410 is installed on the upper side of the linear slide rail 220, the positioning jacking cylinder 430 is installed on the side wall of the positioning support plate 410, the output end of the positioning jacking cylinder 430 is connected with the positioning linkage plate 420, the plurality of positioning limiting blocks 440 are arranged on the positioning linkage plate 420, the positioning jacking cylinder 430 drives the positioning linkage plate 420 to move in the vertical direction, and the positioning linkage plate 420 drives the positioning limiting blocks 440 to approach or leave the accommodating assembly 100.
After the accommodating component 100 moves to a certain position, other external devices mounted on the loading platform 400 need to process the object to be transferred, and the accommodating component 100 needs to be positioned and fixed to ensure the stability of the accommodating component 100;
specifically, the positioning support plate 410 plays a role of fixed support for other structures in the whole positioning assembly, the positioning linkage plate 420 can move in the vertical direction on the positioning support plate 410, and when the positioning assembly needs to position and fix the accommodating assembly 100, the positioning jacking cylinder 430 enters a working state, so that the positioning jacking cylinder 430 drives the positioning linkage plate 420 to move downwards, and then a plurality of positioning limit blocks 440 on the positioning linkage plate 420 are abutted against the accommodating assembly 100, thereby completing the positioning and fixing actions of the positioning assembly on the accommodating assembly 100.
In this embodiment, the transfer plate 120 is provided with a tightening spring 121, one end of the tightening spring 121 is connected to the engaging strip 160, and the other end of the tightening spring 121 abuts against the lower side of the loading platform 300.
Wherein, the abutting spring 121 is always in a compressed state under the abutting of the lower side of the loading platform 300, so that the other end of the abutting spring 121 always exerts an abutting force on the engaging strip 160, and thus the engaging strip 160 has better stability, and further the engaging strip 160 is always ensured to abut against the linear driving assembly 230.
In the present embodiment, the position-limiting portion 140 is formed with a position-limiting groove 141, and the position-limiting groove 141 is a V-shaped structure.
The number of the limiting parts 140 is two, and the two limiting grooves 141 are symmetrically arranged, so that the two limiting grooves 141 which are oppositely arranged are in contact with the linear slide rail 220, and the integral fixing effect on the accommodating component 100 is realized.
The linear conveying mechanism 200 comprises a plurality of accommodating assemblies 100 for accommodating objects to be transferred, at least one conveying mechanism 200 for driving the accommodating assemblies 100 to keep linear motion, and a loading platform 300 for driving a manipulator to carry the objects to be transferred; the plurality of accommodating assemblies 100 are connected to the conveying mechanism 200 in a sliding mode, the loading platform 300 is arranged on the upper side of the conveying mechanism 200, the accommodating assemblies 100 are conveyed on the conveying mechanism 200, high-speed and stable conveying of objects to be transferred is achieved through the accommodating assemblies 100, conveying efficiency of the whole device is improved, and meanwhile the plurality of linear conveying mechanisms 200 can be used for machining a plurality of parts.
The above description is only an embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications of equivalent structures and equivalent processes performed by the present specification and drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

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1. A linear conveying mechanism is characterized by comprising a plurality of accommodating components for accommodating objects to be transferred, at least one conveying mechanism for driving the accommodating components to keep linear motion and a loading platform for driving a manipulator to carry the objects to be transferred;
the accommodating assemblies are connected to the conveying mechanism in a sliding mode, and the loading platform is arranged on the upper side of the conveying mechanism.
2. The linear transport mechanism of claim 1, wherein the transport mechanism includes a first frame, a linear slide, and a linear drive assembly for driving the receiving assembly on the transport mechanism, the linear drive assembly being disposed within the first frame, the linear slide being mounted on the first frame.
3. The linear conveying mechanism according to claim 2, wherein the accommodating component comprises an accommodating plate, a transfer plate, a plurality of pulleys, a limiting part, a limiting rod and a meshing strip, the transfer plate is mounted on one side of the accommodating plate, the plurality of pulleys are mounted on one side of the transfer plate and abutted against the linear slide rail, the limiting part is arranged between the plurality of pulleys and abutted against the linear slide rail, the limiting rod is connected to the transfer plate in a sliding manner, the end part of the limiting rod is fixedly connected with the meshing strip, and the other side of the meshing strip is connected with the output end of the linear driving component.
4. The linear transport mechanism of claim 2, wherein the loading platform includes a protection frame, a Y-direction driving device and a Z-direction driving device, the protection frame is mounted on the first frame, the Y-direction driving device is mounted on the protection frame, and an output end of the Y-direction driving device is connected with the Z-direction driving device.
5. The linear transport mechanism of claim 2, wherein the linear drive assembly includes a stop, a first support table, a second support table, a first driven wheel, a second driven wheel, a conveyor belt, a linear drive motor, a drive wheel, and a plurality of tension wheels, the baffle is arranged in the first frame, the first supporting platform and the second supporting platform are both arranged on one side of the baffle, the first driven wheel is rotatably arranged at the end part of the first supporting platform, the second driven wheel is rotatably arranged at the end part of the second supporting platform, the linear driving motor is arranged in the first frame, the output end of the linear driving motor is connected with the driving wheel, a plurality of tension wheels are also arranged in the first frame, the conveyor belt is connected between the first driven wheel, the second driven wheel, the driving wheel and the plurality of tension wheels.
6. The linear transport mechanism of claim 2, wherein a positioning assembly is disposed between the linear slide and the loading platform for positioning the receiving assembly.
7. The linear conveying mechanism according to claim 3, wherein the transfer plate is provided with a resisting spring, one end of the resisting spring is connected with the engaging strip, and the other end of the resisting spring is abutted with the lower side of the loading platform.
8. The linear transport mechanism of claim 3, wherein the position-limiting portion defines a position-limiting groove, and the position-limiting groove is of a V-shaped configuration.
9. The linear conveying mechanism according to claim 6, wherein the positioning assembly comprises a positioning support plate, a positioning linkage plate, a positioning jacking cylinder and a plurality of positioning limiting blocks, the positioning support plate is arranged on the upper side of the linear slide rail, the positioning jacking cylinder is arranged on the side wall of the positioning support plate, the output end of the positioning jacking cylinder is connected with the positioning linkage plate, the positioning limiting blocks are arranged on the positioning linkage plate, the positioning jacking cylinder drives the positioning linkage plate to move in the vertical direction, and the positioning linkage plate drives the positioning limiting blocks to be close to or far away from the accommodating assembly.
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