CN217263281U

CN217263281U - Conveying device

Info

Publication number: CN217263281U
Application number: CN202221066744.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈宽政; 陈书良; 施利君
Original assignee: Suzhou Kzone Equipment Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Suzhou Kzone Equipment Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-05-06
Filing date: 2022-05-06
Publication date: 2022-08-23
Anticipated expiration: 2032-05-06

Abstract

The utility model discloses a conveyer belongs to conveying technical field. The utility model discloses a conveying device, including air supporting conveying mechanism, air supporting conveying mechanism includes air supporting platform and a plurality of pressure adjustment spare, the air supporting platform includes a plurality of air supporting units of arranging the setting along the direction perpendicular to direction of transfer, the air supporting unit includes the air supporting piece and the air supporting plate that correspond the setting, the air supporting piece is equipped with the open air cavity in top, the air supply chamber is linked together through air supply line and air supply, the air supporting plate lid is located uncovered department, the air supporting plate adopts porous material to make, so that the gas in the air supply chamber can be discharged through the hole on the air supporting plate; a plurality of pressure regulating parts correspond the setting with a plurality of air feed chambeies, and pressure regulating part is used for adjusting the gas pressure in the air feed intracavity that corresponds. The air pressure in the air supply cavities of different air floating blocks can be controlled to be different, the air pressure output by the air floating platform at different positions can be flexibly adjusted, smooth product conveying can be ensured, and the product yield is improved.

Description

Conveying device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a conveying technical field especially relates to a conveyer.

Background

In the display panel processing process, the air knife is required to be used for drying, and in the process, the roller mechanism is often adopted for conveying the display panel. The bearing of the roller mechanism is easy to generate particles due to rotation, and the particles can be adhered to the surface of the display panel along with the rotation of the roller, so that the display panel is polluted, and the yield of the display panel is reduced.

In the prior art, some manufacturers adopt the air floatation mechanism to convey the display panel so as to avoid contact, and although the pollution of the display panel can be avoided to a certain extent, the gas pressure output by the air floatation mechanism cannot be flexibly adjusted, so that the problems of falling of the display panel and the like easily occur.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a conveyer can adjust the gas pressure of the different position outputs of air supporting platform in a flexible way, guarantees that the product conveying is smooth-going, improves the product yield.

In order to realize the purpose, the following technical scheme is provided:

a conveyor comprising an air-bearing conveyor mechanism, the air-bearing conveyor mechanism comprising:

the air floating platform comprises a plurality of air floating units which are arranged along the direction vertical to the conveying direction, the air floating units comprise air floating blocks and air floating plates which are correspondingly arranged, the air floating blocks are provided with air supply cavities with openings at the tops, the air supply cavities are communicated with an air source through air supply pipelines, the air floating plates are covered at the openings and are made of porous materials, so that air in the air supply cavities can be discharged through holes in the air floating plates;

a plurality of pressure adjustment spare, it is a plurality of the air feed chamber corresponds the setting, pressure adjustment spare is used for adjusting the correspondence the gas pressure in the air feed chamber.

As an alternative to the delivery device, the delivery device further comprises a gas diversion assembly comprising:

the plurality of adapters are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of air supply cavities, and air outlets of the adapters are communicated with the corresponding air supply cavities through the air supply pipelines;

the gas collecting box comprises a gas collecting cavity, a gas collecting inlet and a plurality of gas collecting outlets, the gas collecting inlet and the gas collecting outlets are respectively communicated with the gas collecting cavity, the plurality of gas collecting outlets of the plurality of gas collecting boxes are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of adapters, the gas collecting outlets are communicated with corresponding gas inlets of the adapters through switching pipelines, and the gas collecting inlets are communicated with the gas source through gas collecting pipelines.

As conveyer's alternative, pressure regulation spare is located the adapter, the adapter is the air-vent valve, the air inlet of air-vent valve with correspond the switching tube coupling, the gas outlet of air-vent valve with correspond the air supply line is connected.

As an alternative of the conveying device, the conveying device further comprises pressure detection pieces which are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of air supply cavities and are used for detecting the gas pressure in the corresponding air supply cavities.

As an alternative to the conveying device, the air floating unit comprises a plurality of correspondingly arranged air floating plates and air floating blocks; in the same air floatation unit, a plurality of air floatation blocks are arranged along the conveying direction.

As an alternative of the conveying device, the air floating platform is provided with an avoiding groove, the extending direction of the avoiding groove is provided with an included angle between the conveying directions, and the included angle is an acute angle.

As an alternative to the conveying device, the avoidance groove divides the air flotation unit into two air flotation sub-units with different lengths along the conveying direction; when the air float unit comprises a plurality of air float blocks and the air float plate which are correspondingly arranged, the air float blocks and the air float plate are all arranged in an end-to-end way.

As an alternative of the conveying device, the conveying device further comprises two roller conveying mechanisms, and the two roller conveying mechanisms are respectively arranged on two sides of the air floatation platform; the roller conveying mechanism includes:

the rollers are arranged on one side of the air floatation platform along the conveying direction;

and the driving assembly is used for driving the rollers to rotate.

As an alternative to the conveyor, the drive assembly comprises a gear assembly and a rotary drive connected to an input of the gear assembly, an output of the gear assembly being connected to a plurality of the rollers.

As an alternative to the conveying means, the roller comprises a plurality of wheels arranged side by side in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that:

the utility model discloses a conveyer, air supporting platform adopt a plurality of air supporting pieces that correspond the setting and the concatenation of air supporting board to form, and the pressure adjustment spare can adjust the gas pressure in the air feed intracavity of the air supporting piece that corresponds, and the gas pressure of the air feed intracavity of steerable different air supporting pieces is different, can adjust the gas pressure of the different position outputs of air supporting platform in a flexible way, can guarantee that the product conveying is smooth-going, improves the product yield.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a conveying device in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an assembly relationship between an air floating block and an air floating plate according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 1;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a gas distribution assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a position relationship between a display panel and a conveyor according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of an air floating platform according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

100. a display panel;

a. a gas supply line; b. switching pipelines;

1. an air floating platform; 11. an air flotation unit; 111. an air floating block; 1111. a gas supply cavity; 1112. an air supply interface; 112. an air floating plate; 12. an avoidance groove;

2. a roller conveying mechanism; 21. a drive assembly; 211. a gear drive assembly; 212. a rotary drive member; 22. a roller; 221. a wheel body;

3. a gas diversion assembly; 31. an adapter; 32. a gas collection box; 321. a gas collection inlet; 322. a gas collection outlet;

4. a pressure detecting member;

5. and fixing the bracket.

Detailed Description

To make the purpose, technical solution and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the attached drawings in the embodiments of the present invention are combined to clearly and completely describe the technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention, and obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all embodiments. The components of embodiments of the present invention, as generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.

Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, presented in the accompanying drawings, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the invention. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate the position or positional relationship based on the position or positional relationship shown in the drawings, or the position or positional relationship which is usually placed when the product of the present invention is used, and are only for convenience of description of the present invention and simplification of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific position, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," "third," and the like are used solely to distinguish one from another and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

In the description of the present invention, it should also be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "disposed" and "connected" are to be interpreted broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; either mechanically or electrically. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

In the present disclosure, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may comprise direct contact between the first and second features, or may comprise contact between the first and second features not directly. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. "beneath," "under" and "beneath" a first feature includes the first feature being directly beneath and obliquely beneath the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary only for explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1 to 6, this embodiment provides a conveying apparatus for conveying a display panel 100, which includes an air floating conveying mechanism, the air floating conveying mechanism includes an air floating platform 1 and a plurality of pressure adjusting members, the air floating platform 1 includes a plurality of air floating units 11 arranged in a direction perpendicular to a conveying direction, the air floating units 11 include air floating blocks 111 and air floating plates 112 arranged correspondingly, the air floating blocks 111 have air supply cavities 1111 with open tops, the air supply cavities 1111 are communicated with an air source through an air supply pipeline a, the air floating plates 112 are covered at the openings, the air floating plates 112 are made of porous materials, so that air in the air supply cavities 1111 can be discharged through holes on the air floating plates 112; the plurality of pressure adjusting members are arranged corresponding to the plurality of gas supply chambers 1111, and the pressure adjusting members are used for adjusting the gas pressure in the corresponding gas supply chambers 1111.

The air supporting platform 1 is formed by splicing a plurality of air supporting blocks 111 and air supporting plates 112 which are correspondingly arranged, the pressure adjusting piece can adjust the gas pressure in the air supply cavity 1111 of the corresponding air supporting blocks 111, the gas pressure in the air supply cavity 1111 of different air supporting blocks 111 can be controlled to be different, the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction is followed, the gas pressure output at different positions of the air supporting platform 1 can be flexibly adjusted, the conveying smoothness of the display panel 100 can be ensured, and the yield of the display panel 100 is improved.

It should be noted that the porous material is a material having a network structure formed by through or closed pores, and the air floating plate 112 made of the porous material can uniformly eject the air in the air supply chamber 1111, which is beneficial to improving the transportation stability of the air floating platform 1. Illustratively, the air floating plate 112 is a graphite plate, and the graphite plate has good characteristics of acid and alkali corrosion resistance, easy processing and the like, has a long service life, and is also beneficial to reducing the cost.

Further, the conveying device further comprises two roller conveying mechanisms 2, and the two roller conveying mechanisms 2 are respectively arranged on two sides of the air floatation platform 1. Optionally, the roller conveying mechanism 2 includes a driving assembly 21 and a plurality of rollers 22, and the plurality of rollers 22 are arranged on one side of the air floating platform 1 along the conveying direction; the driving assembly 21 is used for driving the plurality of rollers 22 to rotate. The rollers 22 of the two roller conveying mechanisms 2 are respectively abutted against the inactive areas on the two sides of the bottom of the display panel 100, so that the driving force can be provided to convey the display panel 100, the active areas of the display panel 100 cannot be polluted, and the yield of the display panel 100 is improved. It should be noted that the effective area of the display panel 100 conveyed by the conveying device of the embodiment is an area finally used for displaying characters or graphics, and the ineffective area is finally cut off or not used for displaying characters or graphics, so that even if the roller 22 contacts the ineffective area to pollute the ineffective area, the display function of the display panel 100 is not affected.

Optionally, the driving assembly 21 comprises a gear transmission assembly 211 and a rotary driving member 212, the rotary driving member 212 is connected with an input end of the gear transmission assembly 211, and an output end of the gear transmission assembly 211 is connected with the plurality of rollers 22. The gear assembly 211 can transmit the power output by the rotary driving member 212 to the roller 22, and can also have a decelerating effect in the other direction, which is beneficial to accurately controlling the rotation speed of the roller 22. Illustratively, the rotary driving member 212 is a motor, and the roller 22 is driven to rotate by the motor through the gear assembly 211, which is prior art and will not be described in detail herein.

Optionally, the roller 22 includes a plurality of rollers 221 arranged in parallel along a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction, so as to ensure that the roller 22 is stably contacted with the display panel 100, which is beneficial to the uniform conveying of the display panel 100.

Optionally, the conveying device further includes a gas distribution assembly 3, the gas distribution assembly 3 includes a plurality of adapters 31 and a plurality of gas collecting boxes 32, the plurality of adapters 31 are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of gas supply cavities 1111, and gas outlets of the adapters 31 are communicated with the corresponding gas supply cavities 1111 through gas supply pipelines a; the gas collecting box 32 comprises a gas collecting cavity, a gas collecting inlet 321 and a plurality of gas collecting outlets 322 which are respectively communicated with the gas collecting cavity, the plurality of gas collecting outlets 322 of the plurality of gas collecting boxes 32 are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner with the plurality of adapters 31, the gas collecting outlets 322 are communicated with the corresponding air inlets of the adapters 31 through a switching pipeline b, and the gas collecting inlet 321 is communicated with an air source through a gas collecting pipeline.

Specifically, the bottom of the air floating block 111 is provided with an air supply interface 1112, a first end of the air supply pipeline a is connected to the air supply interface 1112, and a second end of the air supply pipeline a is connected to the air outlet of the adapter 31. In this embodiment, each air floating block 111 is provided with two air supply interfaces 1112, and correspondingly, the first end of the air supply pipeline a is connected with a three-way joint, so that the air supply pipeline a is connected with the two air supply interfaces 1112 through the three-way joint. The two air supply interfaces 1112 are beneficial to ensuring stable air pressure in the air supply chamber 1111. Of course, the number of the air supply interfaces 1112 can also be set to be one, three, four or more, and the specific number is not limited here.

In this embodiment, the pressure regulating member is disposed at the adapter 31, which is equivalent to the pressure regulating member and the adapter 31 being integrally disposed, specifically, the adapter 31 is a pressure regulating valve, an air inlet of the pressure regulating valve is connected to the corresponding adapter pipeline b, and an air outlet of the pressure regulating valve is connected to the corresponding air supply pipeline a. The pressure regulating valve is convenient to install, simple to operate and beneficial to quickly regulating the gas pressure entering the corresponding gas supply cavity 1111.

Optionally, the conveying device further includes pressure detection pieces 4 disposed in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of gas supply chambers 1111, and the pressure detection pieces 4 are configured to detect the gas pressure in the corresponding gas supply chambers 1111. Utilize pressure measurement spare 4 real-time supervision to correspond the gas pressure in the air feed chamber 1111, be convenient for guarantee that the gas pressure in the air feed chamber 1111 maintains the default. Illustratively, the pressure detection member 4 is a pressure gauge, which is low in cost and is convenient for checking the gas pressure in the corresponding gas supply cavity 1111.

Further, the air floating unit 11 includes a plurality of air floating plates 112 and air floating blocks 111 disposed correspondingly, so as to realize multi-point precise control, and realize that the air pressures output by different air floating blocks 111 and air floating plates 112 in the same air floating unit 11 are the same or different, which is beneficial to more smooth and stable transmission of the display panel 100. In the same air floating unit 11, a plurality of air floating blocks 111 are arranged in the conveying direction. Along the conveying direction, the gas pressure output from different positions of the air floating platform 1 can be flexibly adjusted, and smooth conveying of the display panel 100 can be further ensured.

Optionally, the air floating platform 1 is provided with an avoiding groove 12, the avoiding groove 12 is used for arranging other devices, in order to avoid the arrangement of the avoiding groove 12, the air floating platform 1 is free from the phenomenon of airflow support, which causes the display panel 100 to fall down, and the like, an included angle is arranged between the extending direction and the conveying direction of the avoiding groove 12, and the included angle is an acute angle.

Further, along the conveying direction, the air floating unit 11 is divided into two air floating sub-units with different lengths by the avoidance groove 12; when the air-floating sub-unit includes a plurality of air-floating blocks 111 and air-floating plates 112 which are correspondingly arranged, the plurality of air-floating blocks 111 and the air-floating plates 112 are all arranged end to control the minimum gap between the adjacent air-floating blocks 111 and the adjacent air-floating plates 112, and ensure that the air flow output by the air-floating platform 1 is more uniform. Similarly, the distance between two adjacent air floating units 11 can be controlled to be minimized, so as to ensure that the air flow output by the air floating platform 1 is more uniform, which is beneficial to the smooth transmission of the display panel 100. Specifically, the conveying device is further provided with a plurality of fixing brackets 5, and a plurality of independent air floating blocks 111 are connected through the fixing brackets 5 to form a whole.

It should be noted that the foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and the technical principles applied. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the particular embodiments described herein, but is capable of various obvious changes, rearrangements and substitutions as will now become apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention. Therefore, although the present invention has been described in greater detail with reference to the above embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and may include other equivalent embodiments without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A conveyor, comprising an air-float conveying mechanism, said air-float conveying mechanism comprising:

the air floating platform (1) comprises a plurality of air floating units (11) which are arranged in a direction perpendicular to a conveying direction, wherein each air floating unit (11) comprises an air floating block (111) and an air floating plate (112) which are correspondingly arranged, the air floating block (111) is provided with an air supply cavity (1111) with an open top, the air supply cavity (1111) is communicated with an air source through an air supply pipeline (a), the air floating plate (112) is covered at the open, and the air floating plate (112) is made of porous materials so that air in the air supply cavity (1111) can be discharged through holes in the air floating plate (112);

the pressure adjusting pieces are arranged corresponding to the gas supply cavities (1111), and are used for adjusting the gas pressure in the corresponding gas supply cavities (1111).

2. A conveyor as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a gas diversion assembly (3), said gas diversion assembly (3) comprising:

the air supply system comprises a plurality of adapters (31), a plurality of air supply cavities (1111) and a plurality of air outlets of the adapters (31) are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence mode, and air outlets of the adapters (31) are communicated with the corresponding air supply cavities (1111) through air supply pipelines (a);

the gas collecting box comprises a plurality of gas collecting boxes (32), each gas collecting box (32) comprises a gas collecting cavity, a gas collecting inlet (321) and a plurality of gas collecting outlets (322), the gas collecting inlets (321) and the gas collecting outlets (322) are respectively communicated with the gas collecting cavity, the gas collecting outlets (322) of the plurality of gas collecting boxes (32) are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence mode with the plurality of adapters (31), the gas collecting outlets (322) are communicated with corresponding gas inlets of the adapters (31) through a switching pipeline (b), and the gas collecting inlets (321) are communicated with the gas source through a gas collecting pipeline.

3. The transfer device according to claim 2, wherein the pressure regulating member is provided at the adapter (31), the adapter (31) is a pressure regulating valve, an air inlet of the pressure regulating valve is connected to the corresponding switching pipeline (b), and an air outlet of the pressure regulating valve is connected to the corresponding air supply pipeline (a).

4. The conveying apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising pressure detecting members (4) provided in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of gas supply chambers (1111), the pressure detecting members (4) being for detecting gas pressures in the corresponding gas supply chambers (1111).

5. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the air-floating unit (11) comprises a plurality of said air-floating plates (112) and said air-floating blocks (111) arranged correspondingly; in the air floating unit (11), a plurality of air floating blocks (111) are arranged in the conveying direction.

6. Conveying device according to claim 5, characterized in that the air-floating platform (1) is provided with an avoiding groove (12), an included angle is provided between the extending direction of the avoiding groove (12) and the conveying direction, and the included angle is an acute angle.

7. A conveyor device as claimed in claim 6, characterised in that, in the conveying direction, the evacuation slot (12) divides the air-float unit (11) into two air-float sub-units of different lengths; when the air float unit comprises a plurality of air float blocks (111) and the air float plate (112) which are correspondingly arranged, the air float blocks (111) and the air float plate (112) are all arranged end to end.

8. The conveying device according to claim 1, characterized in that the conveying device further comprises two roller conveying mechanisms (2), wherein the two roller conveying mechanisms (2) are respectively arranged on two sides of the air floating platform (1); the roller conveying mechanism (2) comprises:

the rollers (22) are arranged on one side of the air floatation platform (1) along the conveying direction;

the driving assembly (21) is used for driving the rollers (22) to rotate.

9. A conveyor as claimed in claim 8, characterized in that said drive assembly (21) comprises a gear transmission assembly (211) and a rotary drive (212), said rotary drive (212) being connected to an input of said gear transmission assembly (211), an output of said gear transmission assembly (211) being connected to a plurality of said rollers (22).

10. A conveyor as claimed in claim 8, characterised in that said roller (22) comprises a plurality of wheels (221) juxtaposed in a direction perpendicular to said conveying direction.