CN217024212U

CN217024212U - Automatic discharging equipment

Info

Publication number: CN217024212U
Application number: CN202220563384.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 谭明金; 张峰; 孟晓伟
Original assignee: GAC Honda Automobile Co Ltd
Current assignee: GAC Honda Automobile Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-03-15
Filing date: 2022-03-15
Publication date: 2022-07-22
Anticipated expiration: 2032-03-15

Abstract

The utility model discloses an automatic discharging device, comprising: the conveying track extends along the conveying direction and is provided with a feeding end and a discharging end, the feeding end is higher than the discharging end so that the conveying track has a certain gradient, and the conveying track is connected with the vibrator; the hopper is provided with a sunken hopper cabin, and the hopper cabin is positioned below the feeding end; the lifting platform is arranged in the hopper, the top of the lifting platform is provided with a bearing table board extending along the extending direction of the conveying track, and the bearing table board has a certain width so as to enable materials in the hopper to be borne on the bearing table board along the extending direction of the conveying track when the lifting platform is lifted; the first driving mechanism is used for driving the lifting platform to reciprocate so as to distribute the materials which are arranged on the bearing table board along the extension direction of the conveying track at the feeding end of the conveying track. The automatic bolt feeding device has the advantages that the simple mechanical up-and-down reciprocating motion is utilized, the batching and sequencing of bolts are realized, the structure is simple, the noise is lower, and the cost is lower.

Description

Automatic discharging equipment

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the field of automobile manufacturing, and particularly relates to automatic discharging equipment.

Background

At a bolt assembling and screwing post, the current situations are mainly divided into two situations, one is assembling after manually picking up bolts, the number of the bolts picked up each time is not constant due to human factors, the bolts are likely to be neglected or fall off and the like due to repeated picking, and potential quality hazards exist. The other type is to carry out bolt automatic discharging through equipment such as a vibrating disk and the like, and has the problems of high production noise, high cost, low investment return rate and the like.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to at least solve one of the technical problems in the prior art, and provides automatic discharging equipment which utilizes simple mechanical up-and-down reciprocating motion to realize the batching and sequencing of bolts, and has the advantages of simple structure, lower noise and lower cost.

The technical scheme adopted by the utility model for solving the technical problem is as follows:

an automatic discharge apparatus comprising:

the conveying track extends along the conveying direction and is provided with a feeding end and a discharging end, the feeding end is higher than the discharging end so that the conveying track has a certain gradient, and the conveying track is connected with a vibrator;

a hopper having a submerged hopper located below the feed end;

the lifting platform is arranged in the hopper, the top of the lifting platform is provided with a bearing table board extending along the extending direction of the conveying track, and the bearing table board has a certain width so as to enable materials in the hopper to be borne on the bearing table board along the extending direction of the conveying track when the lifting platform is lifted;

the first driving mechanism is used for driving the lifting platform to reciprocate so as to distribute the materials arranged on the bearing table board along the extending direction of the conveying track at the feeding end of the conveying track.

In some embodiments, the hopper has a lifting-fit wall surface, the lifting-fit wall surface extends upwards from the bottom of the hopper to one side edge of the feeding end of the conveying track, the lifting platform is attached to the lifting-fit wall surface, the first driving mechanism can drive the lifting platform to lift back and forth along the lifting-fit wall surface, and the supporting platform surface has a slope inclined towards the lifting-fit wall surface.

In some embodiments, the hopper is provided with a transfer table, the lifting-fit wall surface comprises a first lifting-fit wall surface extending upwards from the bottom of the hopper to the transfer table and a second lifting-fit wall surface extending upwards from the transfer table to one side edge of the feeding end of the conveying track, the lifting table comprises a first lifting table arranged at the bottom of the hopper and a second lifting table arranged on the transfer table, the first lifting table is attached to the first lifting-fit wall surface, and the second lifting table is attached to the second lifting-fit wall surface.

In some embodiments, the first driving mechanism comprises a first air cylinder, an output end of the first air cylinder is connected with the primary lifting platform and the secondary lifting platform, and the first air cylinder synchronously drives the primary lifting platform and the secondary lifting platform to reciprocate.

In some embodiments, the conveying track has a track surface carrying the head of the bolt, along which a guide groove is opened into which the shank of the bolt is inserted.

In some embodiments, further comprising:

the sorting counting assembly is arranged at the discharge end of the conveying track and comprises a sorting valve plate, a second driving mechanism and a photoelectric switch, the second driving mechanism drives the sorting valve plate to move, and the photoelectric switch drives the sorting valve plate to move.

In some embodiments, further comprising:

and the storage box is connected below the sorting and counting assembly and is used for receiving the materials falling from the sorting and counting assembly.

In some embodiments, the storage box is provided with a discharge port, and the discharge port is provided with a discharge valve plate and a third driving mechanism for driving the discharge valve plate to act.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises a control assembly, and the first drive mechanism, the vibrator, the sort count assembly, and the third drive mechanism are all connected to the control assembly.

In some embodiments, the conveying track, the hopper, the lifting platform and the first driving mechanism are arranged in the box body, and a charging opening and a box cover are arranged on the top of the box body above the hopper.

One of the above technical solutions has at least one of the following advantages or beneficial effects: the automatic discharging equipment in the technical scheme can be used for automatic discharging of materials such as bolts, for example, when being used for the automatic discharging of bolts, deposit the bolts in the hopper of hopper, first actuating mechanism drive elevating platform lifting, the elevating platform is lifted by the bottom of hopper to bear the bolts in the hopper in the bearing mesa along conveying track's extending direction, realize the automatic sequencing of bolts along conveying direction promptly, the elevating platform continues the lifting, and finally batching the bolts that bear the mesa in conveying track's feed end. After falling into the conveying track, the bolts are conveyed to the discharge end along the conveying guide rail under the action of the vibrator. According to the technical scheme, the bolts are proportioned and sequenced by utilizing simple mechanical up-and-down reciprocating motion, the structure is simple, the forward motion of the sequenced bolts is realized through the vibrator, and the lowest noise value is ensured; the device can greatly improve the working efficiency of the staff, reduce the working hours and promote the reduction of the labor cost of enterprises to a certain extent.

Additional aspects and advantages of the utility model will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the utility model.

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The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of one embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of one embodiment shown in fig. 1.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the present preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

In the present invention, if directions (up, down, left, right, front, and rear) are described, it is only for convenience of describing the technical solution of the present invention, and it is not intended or implied that the technical features referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, it is not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the utility model, the meaning of "a plurality of" is one or more, the meaning of "a plurality of" is more than two, and the meaning of "more than", "less than", "more than" and the like is understood to not include the number; the terms "above", "below", "within" and the like are understood to include the instant numbers. In the description of the present invention, if there are descriptions of "first" and "second" for the purpose of distinguishing technical features only, they are not interpreted as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the technical features indicated or implicitly indicating the precedence of the technical features indicated.

In the present invention, unless otherwise specifically limited, the terms "disposed," "mounted," "connected," and the like are to be understood in a broad sense, and for example, may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate; can be fixedly connected, can be detachably connected and can be integrally formed; may be mechanically coupled, may be electrically coupled or may be capable of communicating with each other; either as communication within the two elements or as an interactive relationship of the two elements. The specific meaning of the above-mentioned words in the present invention can be reasonably determined by those skilled in the art in combination with the detailed contents of the technical solutions.

Fig. 1 shows a reference direction coordinate system of an embodiment of the present invention, and the following describes an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the directions shown in fig. 1.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, an embodiment of the present invention provides an automatic discharging apparatus, including a conveying rail 1, a hopper 2, a lifting platform and a first driving mechanism, wherein the conveying rail 1 extends along a conveying direction and has a feeding end 11 and a discharging end 12, the feeding end 11 is higher than the discharging end 12 so that the conveying rail 1 has a certain gradient, the conveying rail 1 is connected with a vibrator, and after the vibrator is started, a material on the conveying rail 1 continuously moves along the extending direction of the conveying rail 1 under the action of gravity and is conveyed to the discharging end 12 by the feeding end 11.

In the prior art, the materials are generally distributed to the conveying track 1 by adopting a vibrating disk, and the vibrating disk is high in cost and large in noise. In an embodiment of the utility model, the hopper 2 is first lowered, i.e. the hopper 2 has a lowered hopper located below the feed end 11. Then set up the elevating platform in hopper 2, the top of elevating platform has the bearing mesa that extends along the extending direction of delivery track 1, and the bearing mesa has certain width to can make the material in the hopper arrange along the extending direction of delivery track 1 when the lifting and bear in the bearing mesa. In other words, the supporting table board with a certain width and extending along the conveying direction is used in the embodiment, when the supporting table board is lifted from the bottom of the hopper, the bolts are automatically sequenced along the conveying direction by utilizing the shape of the supporting table board, and the design is very simple and ingenious.

The first driving mechanism is used for driving the lifting platform to reciprocate, so that the materials arranged on the bearing platform along the extension direction of the conveying track 1 are proportioned at the feeding end 11 of the conveying track 1.

The automatic discharging equipment in the above embodiment can be used for automatic discharging of materials such as bolts, for example, when the automatic discharging equipment is used for automatic discharging of bolts, the bolts are stored in the hopper of the hopper 2, the first driving mechanism drives the lifting platform to lift, the lifting platform is lifted from the bottom of the hopper, and the bolts in the hopper are borne on the bearing platform surface along the extending direction of the conveying track 1, so that the automatic sequencing of the bolts along the conveying direction is realized, the lifting platform continues to lift, and finally the bolts bearing the platform surface are proportioned at the feeding end 11 of the conveying track 1, and the first driving mechanism drives the lifting platform to reset so as to perform the next working cycle. And the bolts falling into the conveying track 1 are conveyed to the discharge end 12 along the conveying guide rail under the action of the vibrator. According to the technical scheme, the bolts are proportioned and sequenced by utilizing simple mechanical up-and-down reciprocating motion, the structure is simple, the forward motion of the sequenced bolts is realized through the vibrator, and the lowest noise value is ensured; the device can greatly improve the working efficiency of the staff, reduce the working hours and promote the reduction of the labor cost of enterprises to a certain extent.

Further, referring to fig. 2, the hopper 2 defines a sunken hopper by a plurality of inclined walls, wherein the hopper has a lift-fit wall for cooperating with the lifting platform to ensure that the material supported by the top of the lifting platform is prevented from falling off as much as possible before reaching the conveying track 1. The lifting fit wall surface is different from other wall surfaces of the hopper and extends along the height direction, the lifting fit wall surface extends upwards from the bottom of the hopper to one side edge of the feeding end 11 of the conveying track 1, and the lifting platform is attached to the lifting fit wall surface. First actuating mechanism can drive the elevating platform and go up and down along going up and down to coordinate the wall reciprocal, and the bearing mesa has the slope to going up and down to coordinate the wall slope, and the bearing mesa lifting in-process, the material leans on to going up and down to coordinate wall one side under the effect of self gravity, and when the bearing mesa lifting leaned on the position to 1 side edge top of delivery track, the material automatically slided into delivery track 1.

It will be appreciated that the lifting platform may be provided in one or more stages, and that when provided, the multi-stage lifting platform is capable of delivering the material to the feed end 11 of the conveying track 1 in a relay-like manner in a plurality of lifting movements. For example, in some embodiments, referring to fig. 2, the hopper 2 is provided with a transfer table 21, the elevation-fitting wall includes a primary elevation-fitting wall 22 extending upward from the bottom of the hopper to the transfer table 21 and a secondary elevation-fitting wall 23 extending upward from the transfer table 21 to a side edge of the feeding end 11 of the conveying rail 1, the elevating table includes a primary elevating table 31 provided at the bottom of the hopper and a secondary elevating table 32 provided at the transfer table 21, the primary elevating table 31 abuts against the primary elevation-fitting wall 22, and the secondary elevating table 32 abuts against the secondary elevation-fitting wall 23. The primary lifting platform 31 can sequentially arrange and lift the materials in the hopper to the transfer platform 21 in one lifting action. Further, the material on the transfer table 21 is finally proportioned to the feed end 11 of the conveying track 1 by the second-stage lifting table 32, and the stroke of the first driving mechanism can be effectively shortened through the structural form of the second-stage lifting table, so that the equipment space is saved, and the miniaturization of the equipment can be realized.

The first driving mechanism may be a pneumatic cylinder, an electric push rod, or the like, for example, in some embodiments, the first driving mechanism includes a first pneumatic cylinder, an output end of the first pneumatic cylinder is connected to the primary lifting table 31 and the secondary lifting table 32, and the first pneumatic cylinder synchronously drives the primary lifting table 31 and the secondary lifting table 32 to reciprocate, in this embodiment, the transfer platform 21 is located approximately in the middle of the depth direction of the hopper.

In some embodiments dedicated to automatic bolt discharging, the conveying track 1 has a track surface 13 for bearing the head of the bolt, a guide groove 14 for embedding the rod portion of the bolt is formed along the track surface 13, after the bolt is proportioned to the conveying track 1 by the lifting platform, the posture of the bolt is automatically adjusted under the action of the vibrator, finally the rod portion of the bolt is embedded into the guide groove 14, and the head of the bolt is supported on the track surface 13, namely the whole bolt is conveyed along the conveying track 1 in an approximately vertical posture, so that subsequent counting and sorting are facilitated.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the automatic discharging apparatus further includes a sorting and counting assembly 4, and the sorting and counting assembly 4 is used for sorting and counting the materials conveyed by the conveying track 1. Sorting count subassembly 4 sets up in delivery track 1's discharge end 12, and sorting count subassembly 4 includes the second actuating mechanism of letter sorting valve plate, drive letter sorting valve plate action and detects the photoelectric switch of letter sorting valve plate action. The photoelectric switch can realize the count of material according to the action number of times of letter sorting valve plate, guarantees the accuracy of the material ejection of compact such as bolt, reduces the bad emergence probability of quality.

The second driving mechanism may employ a driving member such as an air cylinder as a power source member.

Further, referring to fig. 1 and 2, the automatic discharging device further includes a storage box 5 connected below the sorting and counting assembly 4 for receiving the falling materials of the sorting and counting assembly 4.

The storage box 5 is provided with a discharge port 50, and the discharge port 50 is provided with a discharge valve plate and a third driving mechanism 51 for driving the discharge valve plate to act. The third drive mechanism 51 may employ a drive member such as an air cylinder as a power source member.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1, the automatic outfeed apparatus further comprises a control assembly 6, and the first drive mechanism, the vibrator, the sort count assembly 4, and the third drive mechanism 51 are all connected to the control assembly 6. Counting and baffle plate movement of bolt storage are realized through photoelectric sensing and PLC control, and finally automatic discharging of bolts is realized through photoelectric sensing.

The automatic discharging equipment further comprises a box body 7, the conveying track 1, the hopper 2, the lifting platform and the first driving mechanism are arranged in the box body 7, and the automatic discharging equipment is integrally of a box body 7 structure, namely, all discharging functions are integrated. The top of the box body 7 is provided with a feeding port 72 and a box cover 71 above the hopper 2, the feeding port is used for feeding materials into the hopper 2, and the box cover 71 is connected with the box body 7 through a hinge and is convenient to open and close.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "example," "an embodiment," or "some embodiments," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the utility model. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

The utility model is not limited to the above embodiments, and those skilled in the art can make equivalent modifications or substitutions without departing from the spirit of the utility model, and such equivalent modifications or substitutions are included in the scope of the claims of the present application.

Claims

1. An automatic discharging device, characterized by comprising:

a hopper having a sunken hopper located below the feed end;

2. The automatic discharging device according to claim 1, wherein the hopper has a lifting-fit wall surface extending upward from the bottom of the hopper to a side edge of the feeding end of the conveying rail, the lifting table abuts against the lifting-fit wall surface, the first driving mechanism can drive the lifting table to reciprocate along the lifting-fit wall surface, and the supporting table surface has a slope inclined toward the lifting-fit wall surface.

3. The automatic discharging equipment of claim 2, wherein the hopper is provided with a transfer platform, the lifting fit wall surface comprises a first-stage lifting fit wall surface extending upwards from the bottom of the hopper to the transfer platform and a second-stage lifting fit wall surface extending upwards from the transfer platform to one side edge of the feeding end of the conveying track, the lifting table comprises a first-stage lifting table arranged at the bottom of the hopper and a second-stage lifting table arranged on the transfer platform, the first-stage lifting table is attached to the first-stage lifting fit wall surface, and the second-stage lifting table is attached to the second-stage lifting fit wall surface.

4. The automatic discharging device according to claim 3, wherein the first driving mechanism comprises a first air cylinder, an output end of the first air cylinder is connected with the primary lifting platform and the secondary lifting platform, and the first air cylinder synchronously drives the primary lifting platform and the secondary lifting platform to reciprocate.

5. The automatic discharging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the conveying rail has a rail surface carrying a head portion of the bolt, and a guide groove into which a shank portion of the bolt is fitted is opened along the rail surface.

6. The automatic tapping apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

7. The automatic discharge apparatus of claim 6, further comprising:

8. The automatic dispensing apparatus of claim 7, wherein the storage box is provided with a dispensing outlet, the dispensing outlet being provided with a dispensing valve plate and a third drive mechanism for driving the dispensing valve plate.

9. The automatic discharge apparatus of claim 8, further comprising a control assembly, the first drive mechanism, vibrator, sort count assembly, and the third drive mechanism all being coupled to the control assembly.

10. The automatic discharging device according to claim 1, further comprising a box body, wherein the conveying track, the hopper, the lifting platform and the first driving mechanism are arranged in the box body, and a charging opening and a box cover are arranged on the top of the box body above the hopper.