CN217397590U

CN217397590U - Rotary feeder

Info

Publication number: CN217397590U
Application number: CN202220318433.1U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 曾令伟; 苏兴亦
Original assignee: Foshan Nobo Mattress Machinery Co ltd
Current assignee: Foshan Nobo Mattress Machinery Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-02-16
Filing date: 2022-02-16
Publication date: 2022-09-09
Anticipated expiration: 2032-02-16

Abstract

The utility model discloses a rotary feeder, which comprises a rotary holding mechanism and a feeding arm for feeding workpieces into a target station, wherein the rotary holding mechanism is provided with a holding space for receiving and taking the workpieces, and the feeding arm corresponds to the holding space so as to push the workpieces in the holding space into the target station; the rotary object holding mechanism comprises a rotary seat, object holding arms arranged on two sides of the rotary seat and a rotary driving mechanism used for driving the rotary seat to rotate, and an object holding space is formed between the two object holding arms. Adopt the utility model discloses, simple structure, can rotate the work piece fast to send into the purpose station.

Description

Rotary feeder

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a production line material transportation equipment technical field especially relates to a rotatory feeder.

Background

In the case of products or parts which are prone to toppling, such as springs, in the assembly line, the centre of gravity is high, and the product or part is prone to toppling due to standing. Therefore, for the workpieces which need to be processed in the relevant working procedures in the vertical state, the workpieces need to be kept in the vertical state before entering the corresponding working procedures, so that the workpieces are easy to topple in the transportation process, and meanwhile, the transportation speed of the corresponding transportation line needs to be reduced, so that the production efficiency is reduced. Or, in order to accelerate the production efficiency, the workpiece is transported in a flat state until the workpiece needs to be erected before actual assembly, and the workpiece is turned over by hands to restore the vertical state, so that the labor intensity of workers is increased.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to solve the technical problem that a rotary feeder is provided, simple structure, can rotate the work piece fast to send into the purpose station.

In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model provides a rotary feeder, which comprises a rotary object holding mechanism and a feeding arm, wherein the feeding arm is used for feeding a workpiece into a target station;

the rotary object holding mechanism comprises a rotary seat, object holding arms arranged on two sides of the rotary seat and a rotary driving mechanism used for driving the rotary seat to rotate, and an object holding space is formed between the two object holding arms.

As an improvement of the above scheme, the device further comprises a translation mechanism, wherein the translation mechanism comprises a translation base used for installing the rotary object holding mechanism, a base table and a translation driving mechanism used for driving the translation base to move, the base table is provided with a translation slide rail, and the translation base is connected to the translation slide rail in a sliding manner.

As an improvement of the scheme, the translation driving mechanism comprises a crank, a connecting rod and a first motor for driving the crank to rotate, wherein one end of the connecting rod is hinged with the crank, and the other end of the connecting rod is hinged with the translation base.

As an improvement of the scheme, the device also comprises a feeding driving mechanism for driving the feeding arm to extend.

As an improvement of the above scheme, the feeding driving mechanism comprises a sliding seat, a driving gear and a second motor for controlling the driving gear to rotate, the sliding seat is provided with a chute for limiting the directional movement of the feeding arm, and the feeding arm is connected to the chute in a sliding manner so as to move along the chute;

the feeding arm is provided with a rack meshed with the driving gear.

As an improvement of the scheme, the automatic rotary table further comprises a workpiece self-rotating mechanism, wherein the workpiece self-rotating mechanism comprises a rotary table, a transmission piece for driving the rotary table to rotate and a self-rotating driving shaft for driving the transmission piece;

the rotary table and the transmission parts are arranged on the object holding arm, the self-rotating driving shaft is arranged on the rotating seat, a linkage rotating shaft for linkage is arranged between the two transmission parts, and the self-rotating driving shaft drives the linkage rotating shaft to rotate so as to respectively drive the two rotary tables to rotate.

As an improvement of the scheme, the rotating seat is provided with a connecting rod used for adjusting the distance between the two object holding arms, the object holding arms are provided with clamping openings matched with the connecting rod, and the object holding arms are installed on the connecting rod through the clamping openings.

As an improvement of the scheme, the transmission part comprises a front transmission gear and a rear transmission gear meshed with the front transmission gear, the rear transmission gear is arranged on the linkage rotating shaft, and the turntable is connected to one side of the upper transmission gear.

As an improvement of the above scheme, the turntable is made of a magnet or one side of the turntable is provided with a magnet for attracting a magnetic workpiece.

As an improvement of the scheme, the linkage rotating shaft and the spin driving shaft are respectively provided with conical gears which are meshed with each other.

Implement the utility model discloses, following beneficial effect has:

the utility model discloses a rotary feeder, hold thing mechanism and be used for sending into the work piece the pay-off arm of purpose station including the rotation, rotatory thing mechanism of holding includes the roating seat, locates the roating seat both sides hold the thing arm and be used for the drive roating seat pivoted rotary driving mechanism, two hold and form between the thing arm hold the thing space, so hold the setting in thing space, can supply the work piece of a process directly to get into, and pass through rotary driving mechanism control the rotation of roating seat can change the state of work piece fast, if change from the horizontality and be vertical state.

And the feeding arm can push out the workpiece in the object holding space, so that the workpiece is transferred to a target station and the object holding space is emptied for the entering of the next workpiece, and the workpiece needing to be rotated can be continuously processed by the rotary object holding mechanism.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the rotary feeder of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a front view of the rotary feeder according to another angle;

fig. 3 is a schematic view of another angle of the rotary feeder of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the utility model provides a rotary feeder, including rotary holding mechanism 1, feeding arm 2 for sending the work piece into the target station and feeding driving mechanism 4 for driving feeding arm 2 to stretch out, rotary holding mechanism 1 is provided with holding space a for receiving and taking the work piece, feeding arm 2 corresponds to holding space a to push the work piece in holding space a into target station b;

the rotary object holding mechanism 1 comprises a rotary base 11, object holding arms 12 arranged on two sides of the rotary base 11, and a rotary driving mechanism 13 for driving the rotary base 11 to rotate, wherein an object holding space a is formed between the two object holding arms 12.

Specifically, referring to fig. 3, in order to enable a workpiece to better enter a destination station b from a feeding station c, the rotary feeder further comprises a translation mechanism 3, the translation mechanism 3 comprises a translation base 31 for mounting the rotary object-holding mechanism 1, a base table 32 and a translation driving mechanism for driving the translation base 31 to move, and the base table 32 is provided with a translation slide rail 33, and the translation base is slidably connected to the translation slide rail to move along the translation slide rail.

The rotation driving mechanism 13 includes a rotation shaft flange seat 131 disposed on the translation base 31 and a main driving motor 132 installed on the rotation shaft flange seat, and an output shaft of the main driving motor 132 is connected to the rotation base 11 to drive the rotation base 11 to rotate.

The translation driving mechanism comprises a crank 34, a connecting rod 35 and a first motor 36 for driving the crank 34 to rotate, wherein one end of the connecting rod 35 is hinged with the crank 34, and the other end is hinged with the translation base 31. The translation driving mechanism may also be a pneumatic telescopic rod device or an electric push rod, which is the prior art and includes telescopic rods capable of extending and retracting, and the telescopic rods are connected with the translation base 31.

The feeding driving mechanism 4 comprises a sliding seat 41, a driving gear 42 and a second motor 43 for controlling the rotation of the driving gear 42, the sliding seat 41 is provided with a chute for limiting the directional movement of the feeding arm 2, and the feeding arm 2 is slidably connected to the chute to move along the chute; the feeding arm 2 is provided with a rack 21 meshed with the driving gear 42.

For controlling the extension of the feeding arm 2, the feeding driving mechanism 3 may also be a pneumatic telescopic rod device or an electric push rod, which is the prior art, and includes telescopic rods capable of extending and retracting, and only needs to be butted with the feeding arm 2.

In addition, for the object holding manner of the object holding arms 12, the distance between the two object holding arms 12 can be preset to be slightly smaller than the width of the workpiece, so that the workpiece is clamped between the two object holding arms 12 after being sent into the object holding space a.

Therefore, in order to adjust the distance between the two object holding arms 12, the rotating base 11 is provided with a connecting rod 111 for adjusting the distance between the two object holding arms 12, the object holding arms 12 are provided with clamping openings 121 adapted to the connecting rod 111, the object holding arms 12 are mounted on the connecting rod 111 through the clamping openings 121, and the clamping openings 121 can be provided with bolts to clamp or loosen the clamping openings 121. When the clamping opening is released, the object holding arms 12 can move along the connecting rod 111 through the clamping opening 121, so that the distance between the two object holding arms 12 and the substance of the two object holding arms on the connecting rod 111 are adjusted, and the object holding space a can be aligned with a workpiece to be held, such as the object holding space a. For a workpiece with compressibility, such as a spring, when the spring enters the object holding space a in a compressed state, the distance between the two object holding arms 12 can be adjusted to be equal to or slightly greater than the height of the spring in the compressed state, so as to improve the smoothness of the workpiece entering the object holding space a.

Further, the rotary feeder further comprises a workpiece spinning mechanism 5, and the workpiece spinning mechanism 5 comprises a turntable 51, a transmission piece 52 for driving the turntable 51 to rotate, a spinning driving shaft 53 for driving the transmission piece 52, and a third motor 54 for controlling the rotation of the spinning driving shaft 53.

Therefore, when a workpiece enters the object holding space a and is clamped between the two turntables 51, the rotation of the turntables 51 can enable the workpiece to rotate along with the rotation of the turntables 51, so that the placing state of the workpiece is changed, and meanwhile, the workpiece is rotated to enable a specific part of the workpiece to be in a position which is beneficial to the processing of the next process. Such as a spring knot of springs.

The rotating disc 51 and the transmission piece 52 are arranged on the object holding arm 12, the self-rotating driving shaft 53 is arranged on the rotating base 11, a linkage rotating shaft 55 for linkage is arranged between the two transmission pieces 52, and the self-rotating driving shaft 53 drives the linkage rotating shaft 55 to rotate so as to respectively drive the two rotating discs 51 to rotate synchronously.

The linkage rotating shaft 55 and the spin driving shaft 53 are both provided with bevel gears 56 which are engaged with each other, so that the spin driving shaft 53 can form an angle of 90 degrees with respect to the linkage rotating shaft 55, and can also drive the linkage rotating shaft 55 to rotate. Accordingly, since the rotation angle requirement of the spin driving shaft 53 is small, the third motor 54 can drive the spin driving shaft 53 to rotate through the speed reducer 56. Meanwhile, the angle setting between the output shaft of the third motor 54 and the spin driving shaft 53 can be changed by using the speed reducer 56, for example, the transmission direction of the output shaft can be changed by using bevel gear transmission.

In order to enable a workpiece capable of attracting a magnet to be stably positioned in the turntable 51 and rotate along with the turntable 51, the turntable 51 is made of a magnet or a magnet for attracting a magnetic workpiece is provided on one side of the turntable 51.

The transmission member 52 comprises a front transmission gear 521 and a rear transmission gear 522 engaged with the front transmission gear 521, the rear transmission gear 522 is mounted on the linkage rotating shaft 55, and the rotating disc 51 is connected to one side of the front transmission gear 521. Preferably, in order to reduce the pollution of the transmission member 52 caused by the workshop, a space for installing the transmission member 52 is provided in the object holding arm 12, and correspondingly, an opening matched with the turntable 51 is also formed. The rotary plate 51 is mounted to the opening such that the surface of the rotary plate 51 is flush with the inner surface of the object holding arm 12. When the object holding arm 12 is too long, the transmission member may be a synchronizing wheel and a synchronizing belt, or the front transmission gear 521 and the rear transmission gear 522 perform synchronous transmission through a transmission chain.

The foregoing is a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, a plurality of improvements and decorations can be made without departing from the principle of the present invention, and these improvements and decorations are also considered as the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The rotary feeder is characterized by comprising a rotary object holding mechanism and a feeding arm, wherein the feeding arm is used for feeding a workpiece into a target station, the rotary object holding mechanism is provided with an object holding space for receiving the workpiece, and the feeding arm corresponds to the object holding space so as to push the workpiece in the object holding space into the target station;

2. The rotary feeder of claim 1, further comprising a translation mechanism, the translation mechanism comprising a translation base for mounting the rotary holding mechanism, a base table, and a translation driving mechanism for driving the translation base to move, the base table being provided with a translation slide rail, the translation base being slidably connected to the translation slide rail.

3. The rotary feeder of claim 2, wherein the translation driving mechanism comprises a crank, a connecting rod and a first motor for driving the crank to rotate, one end of the connecting rod is hinged to the crank, and the other end of the connecting rod is hinged to the translation base.

4. The rotary feeder of claim 1, further comprising a feed drive mechanism for driving the feed arm to extend.

5. The rotary feeder according to claim 4, wherein the feeding driving mechanism comprises a sliding seat, a driving gear and a second motor for controlling the rotation of the driving gear, the sliding seat is provided with a chute for limiting the directional movement of the feeding arm, and the feeding arm is slidably connected to the chute to move along the chute;

the feeding arm is provided with a rack meshed with the driving gear.

6. The rotary feeder of claim 1, further comprising a workpiece spinning mechanism, the workpiece spinning mechanism comprising a turntable, a transmission for driving the turntable to rotate, and a spinning drive shaft for driving the transmission;

7. The rotary feeder according to claim 1, wherein the rotary seat is provided with a connecting rod for adjusting the distance between the two object holding arms, the object holding arms are provided with clamping openings matched with the connecting rod, and the object holding arms are mounted on the connecting rod through the clamping openings.

8. The rotary feeder of claim 6, wherein the transmission member comprises a front transmission gear and a rear transmission gear engaged with the front transmission gear, the rear transmission gear is mounted on the linkage rotating shaft, and the rotating disc is connected to one side of the front transmission gear.

9. The rotary feeder of claim 6, wherein the turntable is made of a magnet or one side of the turntable is provided with a magnet for attracting a magnetic workpiece.

10. The rotary feeder of claim 6, wherein the linkage spindle and the spin drive shaft are each provided with intermeshing bevel gears.