CN217866310U

CN217866310U - Automatic feeding equipment

Info

Publication number: CN217866310U
Application number: CN202221421234.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 孙海威; 周姜俊
Original assignee: Hi P Suzhou Electronics Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Hi P Suzhou Electronics Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-06-08
Filing date: 2022-06-08
Publication date: 2022-11-22
Anticipated expiration: 2032-06-08

Abstract

The application provides automatic feeding equipment which comprises a transmission mechanism and two vertical frames, wherein the two vertical frames are arranged above the transmission mechanism at intervals; a telescopic first supporting plate assembly, a telescopic second supporting plate assembly and a lifting and carrying mechanism are sequentially arranged between the two vertical frames from top to bottom; the first supporting plate component and the second supporting plate component are used for bearing the material tray when in the extending state; the material tray carried by the first supporting plate assembly is carried to the second supporting plate assembly by the lifting carrying mechanism, and the material tray carried by the second supporting plate assembly is carried to the transmission mechanism. Compared with the prior art, this application adopts the machine to replace artifical completion transport material dish and puts in the operation process of material dish one by one, and efficiency is higher, and the cost of labor is lower.

Description

Automatic feeding equipment

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of keyboard manufacture equipment technique and specifically relates to an automatic throw material equipment is related to.

Background

In the production process of the keyboard, parts are often required to be placed on the material tray, and then the material tray is manually put on the machining stations one by one, so that the parts can be subsequently grabbed from the material tray or the parts on the material tray can be directly machined. However, the manual one-by-one delivery mode is inefficient, and causes manpower waste and cost increase.

Therefore, it is necessary to provide an automatic feeding technical solution which can improve the working efficiency and reduce the labor cost.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides an automatic throw material equipment, its purpose reduces and improves work efficiency and reduces the cost of labor.

The utility model adopts the technical scheme as follows:

an automatic feeding device comprises a transmission mechanism and two vertical frames which are arranged above the transmission mechanism at intervals; a telescopic first supporting plate assembly, a telescopic second supporting plate assembly and a lifting and carrying mechanism are sequentially arranged between the two vertical frames from top to bottom; the first supporting plate assembly and the second supporting plate assembly are used for bearing the material tray when in an extending state; the material tray carried by the first supporting plate component is carried to the second supporting plate component by the lifting carrying mechanism, and the material tray carried by the second supporting plate component is carried to the transmission mechanism.

In one embodiment, the first supporting plate assembly comprises two first telescopic driving parts symmetrically arranged on the two vertical frames, a first supporting plate is arranged at the telescopic end of each first telescopic driving part, and the first supporting plate is driven to transversely stretch by the first telescopic driving parts; the first supporting plate is used for bearing the material tray when extending out.

In one embodiment, the second supporting plate assembly comprises two second telescopic driving members symmetrically arranged on the two vertical frames, a second supporting plate is arranged at the telescopic end of each second telescopic driving member, and the second supporting plate is driven to transversely stretch by the second telescopic driving members; the second supporting plate is used for bearing the material tray when extending out.

In one embodiment, the vertical frame comprises a first limiting bracket group, a first mounting plate, a second limiting bracket group and a second mounting plate which are arranged from top to bottom in sequence; the first limiting bracket group comprises two first limiting brackets symmetrically arranged at two ends of the first mounting plate; the first limiting bracket is arranged along the vertical extension and used for limiting the material tray; the second limiting bracket group comprises two second limiting brackets which correspond to the positions of the two first limiting brackets one by one; the second limiting bracket is arranged in a vertically extending manner and used for limiting the material tray; the two ends of each second limiting support are respectively connected with the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate.

In one embodiment, the first pallet assembly is disposed on the first mounting plate; the second layer board subassembly is located the second mounting panel.

In one embodiment, the first limiting bracket comprises two first bracket plates which are perpendicular to each other, and a first right-angle limiting part which is matched with the corner part of the material tray is defined between the two first bracket plates; the second limiting support comprises two second support plates which are perpendicular to each other, and a second right-angle limiting portion matched with the corner portion of the material tray is limited between the two second support plates.

In one embodiment, the transport mechanism is located between two vertical racks; the transmission mechanism comprises a base, two transmission belts symmetrically arranged on the top surface of the base and a driving component for driving the two transmission belts to transmit synchronously; the two conveying belts are used for respectively bearing two opposite sides of the material tray; the lifting and carrying mechanism is positioned between the two conveying belts.

In one embodiment, the lifting and carrying mechanism includes a lifting driving member and a material supporting plate disposed on the lifting driving member, and the material supporting plate is driven by the lifting driving member to move upward above the first material supporting plate assembly or downward below the conveying surface of the conveying belt.

In one embodiment, the transmission mechanism further comprises a blocking component arranged at the front end of the transmission mechanism in the transmission direction; stop the subassembly and stop the cylinder and locate the flexible end that stops of cylinder and stop fast including locating the base top surface, borrow to drive by stopping the cylinder and stop the piece and up remove to the transmission face top of transmission band or down remove to the transmission face below of transmission band.

In one embodiment, the transmission belt comprises a base plate arranged on the top surface of the base, a pulley set arranged on the inner side of the base plate and a transmission belt sleeved on the pulley set; the conveying belt is used for bearing the material tray; the two belt pulley sets are connected through at least one connecting shaft to realize linkage; the driving assembly comprises a driving motor arranged on the base, a first belt pulley sleeved on a rotating shaft of the driving motor, a second belt pulley sleeved on the linkage shaft, and a linkage belt sleeved on the first belt pulley and the second belt pulley.

The utility model has the advantages that:

the utility model provides a first layer board subassembly and second layer board subassembly all can bear a plurality of material dishes, and the during operation adopts lift transport mechanism to deliver the material dish of second layer board subassembly one by one to the transport mechanism on, the material dish of second layer board subassembly has been carried the back, and lift transport mechanism carries the material dish that first layer board subassembly bore on whole to the second layer board subassembly, then carries the material dish on the second layer board subassembly to the transport mechanism on one by one. Compared with the prior art, this application adopts the machine to replace the manual work to accomplish the operation process of carrying the material dish and putting in the material dish one by one, and efficiency is higher, and the cost of labor is lower.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention. In the drawings, there is shown in the drawings,

fig. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of an automatic feeding device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a transmission mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference is made to the accompanying drawings in which:

10. a transport mechanism; 11. a base; 12. a conveyor belt; 13. a transfer belt;

21. a first limit bracket; 211. a first brace panel; 212. a first right-angle limiting part; 22. a first mounting plate; 23. a second limit bracket; 231. a second bracket plate; 232. a second right-angle limiting part; 24. a second mounting plate;

30. a first pallet assembly; 31. a first telescopic driving member; 32. a first pallet;

40. a second pallet assembly; 41. a second telescoping drive member; 42. a second pallet;

50. a lifting and carrying mechanism; 51. a lifting drive member; 52. a material supporting plate;

60. a drive assembly; 61. a drive motor; 62. a linkage shaft; 63. a linking belt;

71. a blocking cylinder; 72. a stop block.

Detailed Description

The following describes in detail embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the description of the embodiments herein is for purposes of illustration and explanation only and is not intended to limit the invention.

The embodiment discloses an automatic feeding device, which is used for automatically feeding a material tray, wherein the material tray is used for loading keyboard parts, such as keycaps or scissor feet or other parts, and in other embodiments, the automatic feeding device can also automatically feed a keyboard substrate.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, in the present embodiment, the automatic feeding apparatus includes a transmission mechanism 10 and two vertical frames disposed above the transmission mechanism 10 and spaced apart from each other. A telescopic first supporting plate assembly 30, a telescopic second supporting plate assembly 40 and a lifting and carrying mechanism 50 are sequentially arranged between the two vertical frames from top to bottom. The first and

second blade assemblies

30, 40 are configured to carry a tray when in an extended position. The material tray carried by the first supporting plate assembly 30 is carried to the second supporting plate assembly 40 by the lifting carrying mechanism 50, and the material tray carried by the second supporting plate assembly 40 is carried to the transmission mechanism 10, and the transmission mechanism 10 is used for transmitting the material tray to the next working procedure.

In an application scenario, the automatic feeding device can transport a plurality of material trays from the first pallet assembly 30 to the second pallet assembly 40 at a time, and the process includes the following steps:

1. the first supporting plate assembly 30 and the second supporting plate assembly 40 are both in an extending state, and an operator places a plurality of material trays on the first supporting plate assembly 30 at one time;

2. the lifting and carrying mechanism 50 firstly lifts a plurality of material trays carried by the first supporting plate assembly 30, and then the first supporting plate assembly 30 is changed into a contraction state so that the material trays can move downwards to the lower part of the first supporting plate assembly 30;

3. the lifting and carrying mechanism 50 carries a plurality of material trays downwards onto the second supporting plate assembly 40;

4. the first supporting plate assembly 30 becomes the extended state, the operator carries the plurality of material trays to the first supporting plate assembly 30 again, the first supporting plate assembly 30 temporarily stores the plurality of material trays, and waits for the subsequent lifting and carrying mechanism 50 to carry the plurality of material trays to the second supporting plate assembly 40.

In an application scene, the automatic feeding equipment carries a plurality of material trays borne by the second supporting plate assembly 40 one by one to the transmission mechanism 10, and the process comprises the following steps:

1. the lifting and carrying mechanism 50 lifts a plurality of material trays carried by the second supporting plate assembly 40, and then the second supporting plate assembly 40 becomes a contraction state, so that the material trays can move to the lower part of the second supporting plate assembly 40;

2. the lifting and carrying mechanism 50 carries the plurality of material trays downwards until the material tray at the bottommost layer moves to the position below the second supporting plate assembly 40, and then the second supporting plate assembly 40 becomes an extending state, so that the second supporting plate assembly 40 bears the material tray at the penultimate layer;

3. the lifting and carrying mechanism 50 carries the material tray at the bottommost layer onto the transmission mechanism 10; then the lifting and carrying mechanism 50 and the second pallet assembly 40 repeat the above steps until all the trays carried by the second pallet assembly 40 are carried to the transmission mechanism 10, and then the lifting and carrying mechanism 50 carries a plurality of trays carried by the first pallet assembly 30 to the second pallet assembly 40 at one time.

Compared with the prior art, the first supporting plate assembly 30 and the second supporting plate assembly 40 of the embodiment can bear a plurality of material trays, so that more material trays can be stored at one time, the number of times of feeding to the first supporting plate assembly 30 can be reduced, the labor intensity of workers is reduced, and the labor cost is reduced. In addition, during operation, in this embodiment, the lifting and carrying mechanism 50 is adopted to deliver the trays of the second supporting plate assembly 40 to the transmission mechanism 10 one by one, after the trays of the second supporting plate assembly 40 are carried, the lifting and carrying mechanism 50 carries all the trays carried by the first supporting plate assembly 30 to the second supporting plate assembly 40, and then carries the trays on the second supporting plate assembly 40 to the transmission mechanism 10 one by one. By this mode, this embodiment adopts the machine to replace artifical completion transport material tray and puts in the operation process of material tray one by one, and efficiency is higher, and the cost of labor is lower.

In the embodiment, the vertical frame is simple in structure and low in manufacturing cost. Specifically, the vertical frame of this embodiment includes first spacing support group, first mounting panel 22, the spacing support 23 group of second and the second mounting panel 24 that from top to bottom sets gradually. The first limiting bracket group comprises two first limiting brackets 21 which are symmetrically arranged at two ends of a first mounting plate 22. First spacing support 21 sets up along vertical extension for spacing the material tray, prevent that the skew from taking place in material tray position, so that make follow-up lift transport mechanism 50 carry the material tray for accurately. The second limiting bracket group comprises two second limiting brackets 23, and the positions of the two second limiting brackets 23 correspond to the positions of the two first limiting brackets 21 one by one. The second limiting support 23 is arranged along the vertical extension and used for limiting the material tray and preventing the material tray from deviating, so that the subsequent lifting and carrying mechanism 50 can carry the material tray accurately. In addition, the second mounting plate 24 is fixedly connected to one side of the transmission mechanism 10, two ends of each second limiting bracket 23 are fixedly connected to the first mounting plate 22 and the second mounting plate 24, the second mounting plate 24 supports the second limiting bracket 23, and the second limiting bracket 23 supports the first mounting plate 22.

In this embodiment, the first limiting bracket 21 includes two first bracket plates 211 perpendicular to each other, and a first right-angle limiting portion 212 for matching with a corner portion of the material tray is defined between the two first bracket plates 211; the second limiting bracket 23 includes two second bracket plates 231 perpendicular to each other, and a second right-angle limiting portion 232 for being matched with a corner portion of the material tray is defined between the two second bracket plates 231.

In the present embodiment, the first supporting plate assembly 30 is fixedly connected to the first mounting plate 22, and the second supporting plate assembly 40 is fixedly connected to the second mounting plate 24.

The first supporting plate assembly 30 comprises two first telescopic driving members 31 symmetrically arranged on the two vertical frames, a first supporting plate 32 is arranged at the telescopic end of each first telescopic driving member 31, and the first supporting plate 32 is driven to transversely extend and retract by the first telescopic driving members 31; the first blade 32 is adapted to carry a tray when extended. Specifically, the first telescopic driving member 31 is a telescopic cylinder, and in other embodiments, the first telescopic driving member 31 may also be a linear module or a screw rod mechanism or other driving members capable of linearly extending and retracting. The two first telescopic driving parts 31 are fixedly connected to the two first mounting plates 22 respectively, the first supporting plate 32 is fixedly connected to the telescopic end of the first telescopic driving part 31, the first telescopic driving part 31 drives the first supporting plate 32 to extend inwards or contract outwards, when the first supporting plate 32 extends out, the first supporting plate assembly 30 is in an extending state, and the first supporting plate 32 bears the material disc; when the first pallet 32 is retracted, the first pallet assembly 30 is in a retracted state, and the lifting and carrying mechanism 50 can carry the tray to a position below the first pallet 32.

In this embodiment, the second supporting plate assembly 40 includes two second telescopic driving members 41 symmetrically disposed on two vertical frames, a second supporting plate 42 is disposed at the telescopic end of each second telescopic driving member 41, and the second supporting plate 42 is driven to transversely extend and retract by the second telescopic driving members 41; the second pallet 42 is used to carry a tray of material when extended. Specifically, the structure and mounting of the second pallet assembly 40 is the same as the structure and mounting of the first pallet assembly 30, and thus the structure and mounting of the second pallet assembly 40 will not be described herein.

In this embodiment, the transfer mechanism 10 is located between two vertical shelves. The transmission mechanism 10 includes a base 11, two transmission belts 12 symmetrically disposed on the top surface of the base 11, and a driving assembly 60 for driving the two transmission belts 12 to transmit synchronously; the two conveying belts 12 are used for respectively carrying two opposite sides of the material tray; the lifting and carrying mechanism 50 is located between the two conveyor belts 12. By means of the mode, the structure compactness of the automatic feeding equipment can be improved.

In the embodiment, the lifting and carrying mechanism 50 includes a lifting driving member 51 and a material supporting plate 52 disposed on the lifting driving member 51, and the material supporting plate 52 is driven by the lifting driving member 51 to move upward above the first supporting plate assembly 30 or downward below the conveying surface of the conveying belt 12. Specifically, the lifting driving member 51 may be a telescopic cylinder, the lifting driving member 51 is fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the base 11, the retainer plate 52 is located above the base 11 and between the two conveyor belts 12, and the telescopic end of the lifting driving member 51 penetrates through the base 11 and is fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the retainer plate 52. In other embodiments, the lifting driving member 51 may be a linear module or a screw mechanism or other linearly retractable driving member.

In one application scenario, the lift driving member 51 drives the retainer plate 52 to move upward above the first pallet 32 or downward below the conveying surface of the conveyor 12. When the retainer plate 52 moves upward above the first support plate 32, the retainer plate 52 holds up the plurality of material trays carried by the first support plate 32, then the first support plate 32 contracts, the retainer plate 52 drives the plurality of material trays to move below the first support plate 32, and when the retainer plate 52 moves below the second support plate 42, the plurality of material trays carried by the retainer plate 52 abuts against the second support plate 42, and the second support plate 42 carries the plurality of material trays.

In an application scenario, the retainer plate 52 lifts up a plurality of material trays carried by the second support plate 42, then the second support plate 42 contracts, the retainer plate 52 drives the plurality of material trays to move downwards until the bottommost material tray in the plurality of material trays moves to the position below the second support plate 42, then the second support plate 42 extends out, and the second support plate 42 carries the second last material tray in the plurality of material trays; and then the retainer plate 52 drives the bottommost material tray to continuously move downwards until the retainer plate 52 moves to the position below the conveying surface of the conveying belt 12, and the two opposite sides of the bottom surface of the bottommost material tray abut against the two conveying belts 12, so that the bottommost material tray is conveyed forwards by the two conveying belts 12 in the following process.

In the present embodiment, the transport mechanism 10 further includes a blocking member provided at the transport direction front end of the transport mechanism 10. The blocking member is positioned between the two conveyor belts 12. The blocking assembly comprises a blocking cylinder 71 disposed on the top surface of the base 11 and a blocking block 72 disposed at the telescopic end of the blocking cylinder 71, wherein the blocking cylinder 71 drives the blocking block 72 to move up to the upper side of the conveying surface of the conveying belt 12 or down to the lower side of the conveying surface of the conveying belt 12. Specifically, the blocking cylinder 71 is fixedly connected to the top surface of the base 11, in an initial state, the blocking block 72 is located above a transmission surface of the transmission belt 12, the lifting and carrying mechanism 50 carries the material tray to the transmission belt 12, the blocking block 72 blocks the material tray to be conveyed forwards, after the material tray is completely placed on the transmission belt 12, the blocking block 72 moves downwards to the position below the transmission surface of the transmission belt 12, and the transmission belt 12 conveys the material tray forwards. By means of the mode, the material tray can be prevented from being placed on the conveying belt 12 by the conveying belt 12 in the process of placing the material tray, and therefore the position of the material tray is prevented from being deviated.

In an application scenario, the blocking cylinder 71 may also be used in cooperation with equipment in a next station or line. When the equipment of the next station or the assembly line needs a product, the corresponding equipment sends a feeding signal to a control module of the automatic feeding equipment, wherein the control module of the automatic feeding equipment can be a PLC (programmable logic controller), and the control module controls a blocking cylinder 71 to work according to the feeding signal, so that the blocking cylinder 71 drives a blocking block 72 to move downwards to the position below a transmission surface of a transmission belt 12, and a material tray is conveyed forwards to the next station by the transmission belt 12. When the corresponding device does not send a feeding signal, the blocking cylinder 71 drives the blocking block 72 to move upwards to be above the conveying surface of the conveying belt 12, and the blocking block 72 blocks the material tray to prevent the conveying belt 12 from conveying the material tray to the next station or production line.

In an embodiment, the transmission belt 12 includes a base plate disposed on the top surface of the base 11, a pulley set disposed on the inner side of the base plate, and a transmission belt 13 sleeved on the pulley set, the transmission belt 13 is used for carrying a tray, and the top surface of the transmission belt 13 is a transmission surface of the transmission belt 12. The two pulley sets are connected by at least one connecting shaft 62 to realize linkage. The driving assembly 60 includes a driving motor 61 disposed on the base 11, a first belt pulley sleeved on a rotation shaft of the driving motor 61, a second belt pulley sleeved on the linkage shaft 62, and a linkage belt 63 sleeved on the first belt pulley and the second belt pulley. The driving assembly 60 drives the second belt pulley through the first belt pulley and the linkage belt 63, the second belt pulley drives the linkage shaft 62, the linkage shaft 62 drives the conveying belts 13 of the two conveying belts 12 through the two belt pulley sets, and thus the two conveying belts 13 drive the material tray to move forward.

Of course, in other embodiments, the conveyor belt 12 may be a common conveying member in the market as long as it can convey the material tray.

As long as the idea created by the present invention is not violated, various different embodiments of the present invention can be arbitrarily combined, and all the embodiments should be regarded as the content disclosed by the present invention; the utility model discloses an in the technical conception scope, carry out multiple simple variant and different embodiments to technical scheme and go on not violating the utility model discloses the arbitrary combination of the thought of creation all should be within the protection scope.

Claims

1. An automatic feeding device is characterized by comprising a transmission mechanism and two vertical frames which are arranged above the transmission mechanism at intervals; a telescopic first supporting plate assembly, a telescopic second supporting plate assembly and a lifting and carrying mechanism are sequentially arranged between the two vertical frames from top to bottom; the first supporting plate assembly and the second supporting plate assembly are used for bearing a material tray when in an extending state; and the material tray carried by the first supporting plate assembly is carried to the second supporting plate assembly by the lifting carrying mechanism, and the material tray carried by the second supporting plate assembly is carried to the transmission mechanism.

2. The automatic feeding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first pallet assembly comprises two first telescopic driving members symmetrically disposed on the two vertical frames, and a first pallet is disposed at a telescopic end of each first telescopic driving member, and the first pallet is driven to be stretched in a transverse direction by the first telescopic driving members; the first supporting plate is used for bearing the material tray when extending out.

3. The automatic feeding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second pallet assembly comprises two second retractable driving members symmetrically disposed on the two vertical frames, and a second pallet is disposed at a retractable end of each of the second retractable driving members, and the second pallet is driven to laterally retract by the second retractable driving members; the second supporting plate is used for bearing the material tray when extending out.

4. The automatic feeding equipment of claim 1, wherein the vertical frame comprises a first limiting bracket group, a first mounting plate, a second limiting bracket group and a second mounting plate which are arranged in sequence from top to bottom; the first limiting bracket group comprises two first limiting brackets symmetrically arranged at two ends of the first mounting plate; the first limiting bracket is arranged in a vertically extending manner and used for limiting the material tray; the second limiting bracket group comprises two second limiting brackets which correspond to the positions of the two first limiting brackets one by one; the second limiting bracket is arranged in a vertically extending mode and used for limiting the material tray; and two ends of each second limiting bracket are respectively connected with the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate.

5. The automatic charging apparatus of claim 4, wherein the first pallet assembly is disposed on the first mounting plate; the second supporting plate assembly is arranged on the second mounting plate.

6. The automatic feeding device according to claim 4, wherein the first limiting bracket comprises two first bracket plates which are perpendicular to each other, and a first right-angle limiting part which is matched with the corner part of the material tray is defined between the two first bracket plates; the second limiting support comprises two second support plates which are perpendicular to each other, and a second right-angle limiting part which is matched with the corner part of the material tray is limited between the two second support plates.

7. The automatic charging apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transfer mechanism is located between the two vertical racks; the transmission mechanism comprises a base, two transmission belts symmetrically arranged on the top surface of the base and a driving assembly for driving the two transmission belts to transmit synchronously; the two conveying belts are used for respectively bearing two opposite sides of the material tray; the lifting and carrying mechanism is positioned between the two conveying belts.

8. The automatic feeding apparatus of claim 7, wherein the lifting and carrying mechanism comprises a lifting and driving member and a retainer plate disposed on the lifting and driving member, and the retainer plate is driven by the lifting and driving member to move up to above the first support plate assembly or down to below the conveying surface of the conveyor belt.

9. The automatic charging apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said transfer mechanism further comprises a blocking member provided at a front end of the transfer mechanism in the transfer direction; stop the subassembly including locating the cylinder that stops of base top surface and locating stop the flexible piece that blocks of end of cylinder, borrow by stop the cylinder and drive about stop the piece up and move to the transmission face top of transmission band or down move to the transmission face below of transmission band.

10. The automatic feeding device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the conveyor belt comprises a base plate disposed on the top surface of the base, a pulley set disposed on the inner side of the base plate, and a conveying belt sleeved on the pulley set; the conveying belt is used for bearing the material tray; the two belt pulley sets are connected through at least one connecting shaft to realize linkage;

the driving assembly comprises a driving motor arranged on the base, a first belt pulley sleeved on a rotating shaft of the driving motor, a second belt pulley sleeved on the linkage shaft, and a linkage belt sleeved on the first belt pulley and the second belt pulley.