CN217807182U - Automatic feeder - Google Patents

Abstract

The application discloses autoloader. This autoloader includes: the device comprises a rack, and a lifting mechanism, a conveying mechanism and a buffer mechanism which are sequentially arranged on the rack from left to right; the feeding mechanism is arranged at the top of the lifting mechanism and used for pushing the feeding connecting shaft; the stepped inclined plate is arranged between the feeding mechanism and the conveying mechanism; the conveying mechanism is used for conveying the connecting shaft to the buffer mechanism; the buffer mechanism is used for smoothly transferring the connecting shaft to the next working procedure; the lifting mechanism and the feeding mechanism are used for lifting the connecting shaft to an appointed position and pushing the connecting shaft to the conveying mechanism respectively, and the conveying mechanism is used for sequentially conveying the connecting shaft to the buffer mechanism. This application has been solved because the pay-off in-process of connecting axle material needs the manual work to put in proper order, and degree of automation is low, and the pay-off speed that causes is slow, and work efficiency is low, technical problem that the cost of labor is high.

Description

Automatic feeder

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of feeders, in particular to an automatic feeder.

Background

In the production and processing operation of the connecting shaft, the connecting shaft needs to be assembled and the assembled connecting shaft needs to be packaged, so that the connecting shaft is prevented from being messy and difficult to arrange and rust. In the existing connecting shaft feeding process, the bearings are usually manually arranged one by one, the automation degree is low, and then the bearings are fed in an array manner, so that the feeding speed is low, the working efficiency is low, and the labor cost is high.

Aiming at the problems that in the related technology, the feeding process of connecting shaft materials needs to be manually and sequentially arranged, the automation degree is low, the feeding speed is low, the working efficiency is low, and the labor cost is high, an effective solution is not provided at present.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The main aim at of this application provides an autoloader to it is slow to solve the feeding speed, and work efficiency is low, problem that the cost of labor is high.

In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present application, there is provided an automatic feeder.

The autoloader according to the application includes: the device comprises a rack, and a lifting mechanism, a conveying mechanism and a buffer mechanism which are sequentially arranged on the rack from left to right; the feeding mechanism is arranged at the top of the lifting mechanism and used for pushing the feeding connecting shaft; the stepped inclined plate is arranged between the feeding mechanism and the conveying mechanism; the conveying mechanism is used for conveying the connecting shaft to the buffer mechanism; the buffer mechanism is used for smoothly transferring the connecting shaft to the next procedure; the lifting mechanism and the feeding mechanism lift the connecting shaft to an appointed position and push the connecting shaft to the conveying mechanism, and the conveying mechanism sequentially and orderly conveys the connecting shaft to the buffer mechanism, and the connecting shaft is smoothly transferred to the buffer mechanism.

Further, the lifting mechanism includes: the automatic lifting device comprises a stepping motor, an elastic coupling connected with the stepping motor and a ball screw connected with the elastic coupling, wherein the ball screw is connected with a sliding guide rail through a fixing plate, and a lifting table top is arranged at the top of the sliding guide rail.

Further, the feeding mechanism includes: the triangular support is fixedly connected with the rack, a rodless cylinder is arranged on the triangular support, a connecting plate is arranged on the rodless cylinder, and a material pushing block is arranged on the connecting plate.

Furthermore, baffle plates are arranged on two sides of the conveying mechanism, and silica gel protective layers are arranged in the baffle plates.

Further, the stepped swash plate includes: a plurality of inclined plates which incline downwards and are arranged at intervals; and the flat plate is connected with the inclined plate and is parallel to the ground.

Furthermore, a gate, a first motor connected with the gate, a controller electrically connected with the first motor, and a first infrared sensor electrically connected with the controller are arranged between the conveying mechanism and the stepped sloping plate, and the controller sends a control signal to control the first motor to act according to a detection signal fed back by the first infrared sensor so as to control the feeding rate of the connecting shaft.

Furthermore, a second infrared sensor is arranged on the right side of the feeding mechanism and electrically connected with the controller, and the controller is electrically connected with the feeding mechanism.

Further, the conveying mechanism includes: an initial tooth-shaped strip; the feeding toothed strip is parallel to the initial toothed strip and arranged at intervals; the output shaft of the second motor is fixedly connected to one end of the crankshaft; a plurality of connecting shaft necks are uniformly arranged on two sides of the crankshaft; the connecting shaft neck is respectively connected with the left ends of the initial tooth-shaped strip and the feeding tooth-shaped strip through a connecting rod; when the second motor rotates, the initial tooth-shaped strip and the feeding tooth-shaped strip are driven to swing in a staggered mode.

Further, the buffer mechanism includes: the feeding groove is rotationally connected with the conveying mechanism through a rotating shaft; the balancing weight is detachably connected with one end of the feeding groove, which is close to the conveying mechanism; and the limiting parts are respectively arranged on the upper side and the lower side of one end of the feeding groove, which is far away from the balancing weight, and are used for limiting the vertical rotation angle of the feeding groove.

Furthermore, a proximity switch support is further arranged on the connecting plate, and a proximity switch is arranged on the proximity switch support.

In the embodiment of the application, a feeding mechanism, a stepped inclined plate, a conveying mechanism and a buffer mechanism are matched, and a lifting mechanism, a conveying mechanism and a buffer mechanism are sequentially arranged on a rack from left to right through the rack; the feeding mechanism is arranged at the top of the lifting mechanism and used for pushing the feeding connecting shaft; the stepped inclined plate is arranged between the feeding mechanism and the conveying mechanism; the conveying mechanism is used for conveying the connecting shaft to the buffer mechanism; the buffer mechanism is used for smoothly transferring the connecting shaft to the next procedure; pass through respectively elevating system with feeding mechanism carries connecting axle lifting to assigned position and with its propelling movement extremely conveying mechanism, and pass through conveying mechanism carries the connecting axle extremely in proper order buffer gear, the connecting axle warp buffer gear carries out level and smooth the shifting, has reached autoloading's purpose to realized need not sequencing in proper order, technical effect that work efficiency is high, and then solved because the pay-off in-process of connecting axle material needs the manual work to put in proper order, degree of automation is low, and the pay-off speed that causes is slow, and work efficiency is low, technical problem that the cost of labor is high.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, are included to provide a further understanding of the application and to enable other features, objects, and advantages of the application to be more apparent. The drawings and their description illustrate the embodiments of the invention and do not limit it. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an automatic feeder according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a plan view of a conveying mechanism and a buffer mechanism of an automatic feeder according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a lifting mechanism of a limiting structure of an automatic feeder according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of a driving portion of a conveying mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a feeding mechanism according to an embodiment of the present application.

Reference numerals: 1. a frame; 2. a lifting mechanism; 3. a conveying mechanism; 4. a buffer mechanism; 5. a stepped sloping plate; 6. a triangular bracket; 7. a rodless cylinder; 8. a connecting plate; 9. a material pushing block; 10. a stepping motor; 11. a ball screw; 12. an elastic coupling; 13. a lifting table top; 14. a sliding guide rail; 15. A baffle plate; 16. a second infrared sensor; 17. a sloping plate; 18. a flat plate; 19. a gate; 20. a first motor; 21. a fixing plate; 22. a first infrared sensor; 23. an initial tooth profile strip; 24. feeding a toothed strip; 25. a second motor; 26. a crankshaft; 27. connecting a shaft neck; 28. a connecting rod; 29. a feed chute; 30. a balancing weight; 31. a stopper; 32. a rotating shaft; 33. a feeding mechanism; 34. a proximity switch bracket; 35. a proximity switch.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical solutions of the present application better understood by those skilled in the art, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in the present application without making any creative effort shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of this application and in the accompanying drawings are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It should be understood that the data so used may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances such that embodiments of the application described herein may be used. Moreover, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

In this application, the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "rear", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "middle", "vertical", "horizontal", "lateral", "longitudinal", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings. These terms are used primarily to better describe the invention and its embodiments, and are not intended to limit the indicated devices, elements or components to a particular orientation or to be constructed and operated in a particular orientation.

Moreover, some of the above terms may be used in other meanings besides orientation or positional relationship, for example, the term "upper" may also be used in some cases to indicate a certain attaching or connecting relationship. The specific meaning of these terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those of ordinary skill in the art.

Furthermore, the terms "mounted," "disposed," "provided," "connected," and "coupled" are to be construed broadly. For example, it may be a fixed connection, a removable connection, or a unitary construction; can be a mechanical connection, or an electrical connection; may be directly connected, or indirectly connected through intervening media, or may be in internal communication between two devices, elements or components. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those of ordinary skill in the art.

It should be noted that, in the present application, the embodiments and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict. The present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments.

As shown in fig. 1-5, the present application relates to an automatic feeding machine, which includes: the device comprises a rack 1, and a lifting mechanism 2, a conveying mechanism 3 and a buffer mechanism 4 which are sequentially arranged on the rack 1 from left to right; the feeding mechanism 33 is arranged at the top of the lifting mechanism 2 and used for pushing the feeding connecting shaft; the step-shaped inclined plate 5 is arranged between the feeding mechanism 33 and the conveying mechanism 3; the conveying mechanism 3 is used for conveying the connecting shaft to the buffer mechanism 4; the buffer mechanism 4 is used for smoothly transferring the connecting shaft to the next procedure; respectively through elevating system 2 with feeding mechanism 33 lifts connecting axle to assigned position and with its propelling movement extremely conveying mechanism 3, and pass through conveying mechanism 3 carries the connecting axle to buffer gear 4 in proper order, the connecting axle warp buffer gear 4 carries out smooth transfer.

Specifically, the frame 1 has the functions of supporting the mechanisms arranged thereon and connecting the mechanisms; the lifting structure has the function of driving the feeder to lift or fall so as to meet the discharging requirements under different conditions, for example, the lifting mechanism 2 can be lifted when a car is loaded or unloaded, so that the lifting mechanism is matched with the car cabin to facilitate the unloading; the lifting mechanism 2 can be lowered during manual material discharging, so that the material discharging is facilitated; the conveying mechanism 3 has the function of conveying materials, is arranged on the right side of the lifting structure, is positioned on the rack 1, and is used for conveying the connecting shaft placed on the conveying mechanism 3 from the left end of the conveying mechanism 3 to the right end of the conveying mechanism 3; the buffer mechanism 4 is arranged on the right side of the conveying mechanism 3 and is used for providing a buffer for the connecting shaft conveyed by the conveying mechanism 3, so that the connecting shaft can slowly slide downwards on the buffer mechanism 4 and cannot directly fall on the ground when being conveyed to the conveying mechanism 3, and the protection is provided for the connecting shaft; the left end of the stepped inclined plate 5 is connected with the right end of the feeding mechanism 33, and the right end of the stepped inclined plate is connected with the left end of the conveying mechanism 3, so that the connecting shaft is smoothly transferred from the feeding structure to the conveying mechanism 3, and the connecting shaft is prevented from being damaged in the conveying process; the connecting shaft is lifted to a designated position through the lifting mechanism 2 and the feeding mechanism 33 respectively, then the connecting shaft is pushed to the step-shaped inclined plate 5, the connecting shaft is smoothly transited to the conveying mechanism 3 through the step-shaped inclined plate 5, the conveying mechanism 3 sequentially and orderly conveys the connecting shaft to the buffer mechanism 4, and the connecting shaft is smoothly transferred through the buffer mechanism 4, so that the purpose of conveying the connecting shaft is achieved.

As can be seen from the above description, in the embodiment of the present application, the feeding mechanism 33, the stepped sloping plate 5, the conveying mechanism 3, and the buffering mechanism 4 are matched, and the lifting mechanism 2, the conveying mechanism 3, and the buffering mechanism 4 are sequentially arranged on the rack 1 from left to right through the rack 1; the feeding mechanism 33 is arranged at the top of the lifting mechanism 2 and used for pushing the feeding connecting shaft; a stepped sloping plate 5 provided between the feeding mechanism 33 and the conveying mechanism 3; the conveying mechanism 3 is used for conveying the connecting shaft to the buffer mechanism 4; the buffer mechanism 4 is used for smoothly transferring the connecting shaft to the next working procedure; pass through respectively elevating system 2 with feeding mechanism 33 lifts connecting axle to assigned position and with its propelling movement extremely conveying mechanism 3, and pass through conveying mechanism 3 carries the connecting axle extremely in proper order buffer mechanism 4, the connecting axle warp buffer mechanism 4 carries out smooth transfer, has reached autoloading's purpose to realized need not sequencing in proper order, technological effect that work efficiency is high, and then solved because the pay-off in-process of connecting the axle material needs the manual work to put in proper order, degree of automation is low, the pay-off speed that causes is slow, and work efficiency is low, the high technical problem of cost of labor.

Preferably, the lifting mechanism 2 includes: the stepping motor 10, the stepping motor 10 is used for providing the power for the lifting mechanism 2; the elastic coupling 12 is connected with the stepping motor 10, the ball screw 11 is connected with the elastic coupling 12, the elastic coupling 12 is connected through an output shaft of the stepping motor 10, and the ball screw 11 is connected through the elastic coupling 12, so that the output shaft of the stepping motor 10 drives the ball screw 11 to reciprocate; ball screw 11 passes through fixed plate 21 and links to each other with sliding guide 14, and sliding guide 14 top is connected with elevating platform mesa 13, and rethread ball screw 11 drives sliding guide 14 and carries out reciprocating motion to drive elevating platform mesa 13 lift, elevating platform mesa 13 sets up in push mechanism's bottom, is used for driving push mechanism and rises or descend, and this elevating system 2 adopts five location of two guide rails, guarantees that elevating system 2 moves steadily, bears greatly, long service life.

Preferably, the feeding mechanism 33 includes: the triangular support 6 is fixedly connected with the rack 1, a rodless cylinder 7 is arranged on the triangular support 6, a connecting plate 8 is arranged on the rodless cylinder 7, and a material pushing block 9 is arranged on the connecting plate 8. The feeding device can realize a good feeding effect, thereby realizing the effect of stable conveying. Further, a proximity switch bracket 34 is further arranged on the connecting plate 8, and a proximity switch 35 is arranged on the proximity switch bracket 34. Can realize good control effect to prevent the condition that the material piles up.

Preferably, the front side and the rear side of the conveying mechanism 3 are provided with baffles 15 which are respectively and symmetrically arranged on the front side and the rear side of the conveying mechanism 3 and are used for preventing the connecting shaft from falling off to cause damage to the connecting shaft, so that the connecting shaft is protected; be provided with the silica gel protective layer in the baffle 15, because collision and friction can be taken place unavoidably in the connecting axle transportation process, through set up the silica gel layer in baffle 15 inboards, can avoid the connecting axle to receive the damage in transportation process as far as possible, further protect the connecting axle.

Preferably, the stepped sloping plate 5 includes: a plurality of inclined plates 17 which are inclined downwards and arranged at intervals; and a flat plate 18 which is connected with the inclined plate 17 and is parallel to the ground, wherein the connecting shaft is buffered by the stepped inclined plate 5 after the pushing mechanism moves to the stepped inclined plate 5, so that the connecting shaft is prevented from directly sliding to the conveying mechanism 3 from the pushing mechanism in a large amount, and the connecting shaft is further protected.

Preferably, a gate 19 is arranged between the conveying mechanism 3 and the stepped sloping plate 5, a first motor 20 connected with the gate 19, a controller electrically connected with the first motor 20, and a first infrared sensor 22 electrically connected with the controller, wherein the controller sends a control signal to control the first motor 20 to act according to a detection signal fed back by the first infrared sensor 22, so as to control the gate 19 to open or close, and further control the feeding rate of the connecting shaft.

Preferably, the second infrared sensor 16 is arranged on the right side of the feeding mechanism 33, the second infrared sensor 16 is electrically connected with the controller, the controller is electrically connected with the feeding mechanism 33, the number of the connecting shafts on the right side of the feeding mechanism 33 is detected through the second infrared sensor 16, when the number of the connecting shafts reaches a specific number, the second infrared sensor 16 feeds a detection signal back to the controller, and the controller sends a control signal to control the feeding mechanism 33 to act, so that the material pushing action is performed, and the device is very convenient and has high automation degree.

Preferably, the conveying mechanism includes: an initial toothed strip 23; a feeding toothed bar 24 which is parallel to the fixed toothed bar and is arranged at an interval; and a second motor 25 whose output shaft is fixedly connected to one end of the crankshaft 26; a plurality of connecting journals 27 are uniformly arranged on two sides of the crankshaft 26; the connecting journal 27 is connected with the left ends of the initial toothed strip 23 and the feeding toothed strip 24 through a connecting rod 28 respectively; when the second motor 25 rotates, the initial toothed strip 23 and the feeding toothed strip 24 are driven to swing in a staggered manner; the second motor 25 drives the crankshaft 26 to rotate, the connecting rod journal on the crankshaft 26 and the crankshaft 26 rotate in the same direction, and the initial tooth-shaped strip 23 and the feeding tooth-shaped strip 24 driven by the connecting rod journal swing in a staggered manner due to the opposite initial positions of the connecting rod journal, so that interval pushing is realized, and the connecting shafts are sequentially and gradually conveyed from the left end to the right end of the conveying mechanism; and in the conveying process, as the interval is formed between the initial tooth-shaped strip 23 and the interval is also formed between the feeding tooth-shaped strip 24 and the feeding tooth-shaped strip 24, a long strip-shaped groove is formed by connecting the front side and the rear side of the conveying mechanism at intervals, so that the angle of the connecting shaft can be gradually adjusted to the front direction and the rear direction matched with the groove along the groove in the conveying process, and the conveying mechanism is more convenient.

Preferably, the buffer mechanism 4 includes: the feeding groove 29 is rotationally connected with the conveying mechanism 3 through a rotating shaft 32, a connecting structure is arranged at the left end of the feeding groove 29 and is used for connecting a balancing weight 30, and the right end of the feeding groove 29 is a sliding groove formed by connecting vertical plates arranged at the front side and the rear side of the feeding machine and a bottom plate connected with the bottoms of the vertical plates at the two sides; when the connecting shaft passes through the feeding groove 29 and reaches a certain weight, the feeding groove 29 automatically rotates downwards, and the connecting shaft slides downwards from the feeding groove 29, so that the device is very convenient; the counterweight block 30 is detachably connected with one end, close to the conveying mechanism 3, of the feeding groove 29, the counterweight block 30 is divided into different masses, when materials with different specifications need to be conveyed, the masses of the counterweight block 30 can be adjusted to be matched with the sliding groove to rotate, and the counterweight block has the function of enabling the sliding groove to rotate downwards and then automatically rotate upwards; feed chute 29 right-hand member top is equipped with locating part 31, and its effect is the angle of restriction upwards rotation, avoids the counter weight overweight to lead to feed chute 29 to empty, and the below of feed chute 29 right-hand member also is provided with locating part 31 for limiting the angle of feed chute 29 downwardly rotating, avoids directly dropping because the rotation angle is too big to cause the material, so, automatic clockwise and anticlockwise rotation can be accomplished to feed chute 29, and is very convenient, and work efficiency is higher.

Preferably, the frame 1 is a bottom plate arranged at the bottoms of the lifting mechanism 2, the conveying mechanism 3 and the buffer mechanism 4, and a plurality of supporting legs arranged at the bottoms of the conveying mechanism 3 and the stepped inclined plate 5 and used for supporting the lifting mechanism 2, the conveying mechanism 3 and the buffer mechanism 4 and connecting the lifting mechanism 2, the conveying mechanism 3 and the buffer mechanism 4.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. An autoloader, comprising: the device comprises a rack, and a lifting mechanism, a conveying mechanism and a buffer mechanism which are sequentially arranged on the rack from left to right;

the feeding mechanism is arranged at the top of the lifting mechanism and used for pushing the feeding connecting shaft;

the stepped inclined plate is arranged between the feeding mechanism and the conveying mechanism;

the conveying mechanism is used for conveying the connecting shaft to the buffer mechanism;

the buffer mechanism is used for smoothly transferring the connecting shaft to the next procedure;

the lifting mechanism and the feeding mechanism lift the connecting shaft to a specified position and push the connecting shaft to the conveying mechanism respectively, and the conveying mechanism conveys the connecting shaft to the buffer mechanism sequentially and orderly, and the connecting shaft is smoothly transferred by the buffer mechanism.

2. The automatic feeder of claim 1, wherein the lifting mechanism comprises: the automatic lifting device comprises a stepping motor, an elastic coupling connected with the stepping motor and a ball screw connected with the elastic coupling, wherein the ball screw is connected with a sliding guide rail through a fixing plate, and a lifting table top is arranged at the top of the sliding guide rail.

3. The autoloader of claim 1, wherein the feed mechanism comprises: the triangular support is fixedly connected with the rack, a rodless cylinder is arranged on the triangular support, a connecting plate is arranged on the rodless cylinder, and a material pushing block is arranged on the connecting plate.

4. The automatic feeding machine according to claim 1, wherein baffle plates are arranged on two sides of the conveying mechanism, and silica gel protection layers are arranged in the baffle plates.

5. The automatic feeder of claim 1, wherein the stepped sloping plate comprises: a plurality of inclined plates which incline downwards and are arranged at intervals; and a flat plate connected with the inclined plate and parallel to the ground.

6. The automatic feeder according to claim 1, wherein a gate, a first motor connected to the gate, a controller electrically connected to the first motor, and a first infrared sensor electrically connected to the controller are disposed between the conveying mechanism and the stepped sloping plate, and the controller sends a control signal to control the first motor to operate according to a detection signal fed back by the first infrared sensor, so as to control a feeding rate of a connecting shaft.

7. The automatic feeding machine according to claim 6, wherein a second infrared sensor is arranged on the right side of the feeding mechanism, the second infrared sensor is electrically connected with the controller, and the controller is electrically connected with the feeding mechanism.

8. The automatic feeder of claim 1, wherein the conveying mechanism comprises: an initial tooth-shaped strip;

the feeding toothed strip is parallel to the initial toothed strip and arranged at intervals; and

the output shaft of the second motor is fixedly connected to one end of the crankshaft;

a plurality of connecting shaft necks are uniformly arranged on two sides of the crankshaft; the connecting shaft neck is respectively connected with the left ends of the initial tooth-shaped strip and the feeding tooth-shaped strip through a connecting rod;

when the second motor rotates, the initial tooth-shaped strip and the feeding tooth-shaped strip are driven to swing in a staggered mode.

9. The automatic feeder of claim 1, wherein the buffer mechanism comprises: the feeding groove is rotationally connected with the conveying mechanism through a rotating shaft; the balancing weight is detachably connected with one end, close to the conveying mechanism, of the feeding groove; and the limiting parts are respectively arranged on the upper side and the lower side of one end of the feed chute, which is far away from the balancing weight, and are used for limiting the vertical rotation angle of the feed chute.

10. The automatic feeding machine according to claim 3, wherein a proximity switch bracket is further arranged on the connecting plate, and a proximity switch is arranged on the proximity switch bracket.

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