CN217971462U - Feeding device - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a feeder, which comprises a hopper, a feeding mechanism and a feeding pipe; the feeding mechanism comprises a feeding disc rotatably mounted on the hopper, a first limiting seat mounted on the hopper, a second limiting seat mounted on the hopper, and a driver in transmission connection with the feeding disc; the first limiting seat and the second limiting seat are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the feeding disc, the first limiting seat, the second limiting seat and the hopper jointly enclose to form a feeding channel, the feeding pipe is communicated with the feeding channel, a material stirring groove is arranged on the feeding disc, and the feeding channel is positioned on a rotating path of the material stirring groove. The utility model discloses can carry the spheroid automatically, improve amusement equipment's spheroid and supply efficiency.

Description

Feeder device

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of the material is carried, concretely relates to feeder.

Background

In modern life, there are various pressures, and the way people relieve the pressure is generally to go to a video game city where a ball-pushing game machine is one of the important components to relax. For example, patent 201822240310.7 discloses a ball pushing game machine, in which balls of different specifications can fall into corresponding ball grooves or pass through the ball grooves, and the ball pushing game machine needs to manually take out balls from the corresponding ball grooves or the ball grooves in the use process, and then the balls are placed in the ball pushing game machine again to supplement the balls, so that not only is a lot of workload increased for workers, but also the ball supplementing efficiency is not high.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of the utility model is to provide a feeder, the utility model discloses can carry the spheroid automatically, improve amusement equipment's spheroid and supply efficiency.

The feeder comprises a hopper, a feeding mechanism and a feeding pipe;

the feeding mechanism comprises a feeding plate rotatably arranged on the hopper, a first limiting seat arranged on the hopper, a second limiting seat arranged on the hopper and a driver in transmission connection with the feeding plate; the first limiting seat and the second limiting seat are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the feeding plate, the first limiting seat, the second limiting seat and the hopper are jointly enclosed to form a feeding channel, the feeding pipe is communicated with the feeding channel, a material stirring groove is arranged on the feeding plate, and the feeding channel is positioned on a rotating path of the material stirring groove.

Further, the feeder also comprises a discharging mechanism arranged on the feeding pipe;

the discharging mechanism comprises a discharging pipe, a spring and a material pushing part; the tapping pipe has a first channel extending in a first linear direction and a second channel extending in a second linear direction; the first channel and the second channel form a preset included angle, and the feeding pipe, the first channel and the second channel are sequentially communicated;

the material pushing part rotary type is installed on the discharging pipe, the one end of spring with the discharging pipe is connected, the other end of spring with material pushing part connects, and material pushing part has and is used for following the material first passageway is seen in the bullet of second passageway, launch the portion and be located first passageway with the intercommunication department of second passageway just is located on the removal route of the material in the first passageway.

Further, the communicating part of the first channel and the second channel is provided with an ejection opening, the ejection part is installed at the ejection opening, one end of the spring is connected with the discharge pipe, and the other end of the spring is connected with the ejection part.

Further, the ejection part comprises a positioning shaft arranged at one end of the material pushing part and a roller sleeved on the positioning shaft.

Furthermore, the discharging mechanism also comprises a discharging sensor arranged on the discharging pipe.

Further, the hopper is provided with a storage tank, the first limiting seat and the second limiting seat are both installed on the inner wall of the storage tank, the first limiting seat is located at the upstream of the rotation direction of the feeding disc, the second limiting seat is located at the downstream of the rotation direction of the feeding disc, and the second limiting seat is provided with a material blocking part.

Further, the feeding mechanism also comprises a material pressing plate arranged on the hopper; the inner walls of the material pressing plate and the material storage tank are arranged at intervals along the axial direction of the feeding plate, and the feeding plate is positioned between the material pressing plate and the inner wall of the material storage tank.

Further, the feeding mechanism also comprises a bracket arranged on the hopper; the driver is mounted on the bracket.

Further, the feeding mechanism further comprises a rotating flange; the driver is in transmission connection with the feeding plate through the rotating flange.

Further, the feeding pipe is a hose.

The utility model provides a technical scheme has following advantage and effect:

the utility model discloses a feed table can carry the conveying pipe with the spheroid one by one automatically, and the spheroid can just can carry through feeding mechanism in falling into the hopper along the automatic amusement equipment that supplements one by one of conveying pipe, the spheroid, does not need the manual work to supplement the spheroid to the amusement equipment in, alleviates staff's intensity of labour's colleague and improves amusement equipment's spheroid and supply efficiency.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a feeder, in which one of a feeding mechanism, a feeding pipe and a discharging mechanism is provided;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a feeder, in which two feeding mechanisms, two feeding pipes and two discharging mechanisms are provided;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the feed mechanism and hopper;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the feeding mechanism and the hopper, with the pressure plate omitted;

FIG. 5 is an exploded view of the side plate, first and second retaining blocks, actuator, bracket, swage plate, rotary flange;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the discharging mechanism.

Description of reference numerals:

10. a hopper; 11. a material storage tank;

20. a feeding mechanism; 21. a feed tray; 22. a first limiting seat; 23. a second limiting seat; 24. a driver; 25. a support; 26. a feed channel; 27. a material blocking part; 28. a material pressing plate; 29. rotating the flange; 211. a material stirring groove;

30. a feeding pipe; 31. a tube holder;

40. a discharging mechanism; 41. a discharge pipe; 42. a spring; 43. pushing the material part; 44. an ejection section; 45. a material ejection port; 47. a first channel; 48. a second channel;

50. a side plate; 51. a guide groove;

60. a sphere.

Detailed Description

The following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention is provided with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. The following examples are intended to illustrate the invention, but are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise" and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and to simplify the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood as a specific case by those skilled in the art.

Unless otherwise specified or defined, in the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "first", "second", and the like are used in the present invention to describe various information, but the information should not be limited to these terms, and these terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, the "first" information may also be referred to as "second" information, and similarly, the "second" information may also be referred to as "first" information, without departing from the scope of the invention.

As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items, unless specified or otherwise defined.

As shown in fig. 1 to 6, a feeder is used for conveying a ball 60, and also for conveying a fixed material having a certain shape, particularly a ball-shaped material. The present embodiment takes the conveying ball 60 as an example.

The feeder comprises a hopper 10, a feeding mechanism 20 and a feeding pipe 30. The hopper 10 is used for receiving balls thrown down by an amusement device such as a ball-pushing game machine, and after the balls 60 fall into the hopper 10, the balls 60 in the hopper 10 are conveyed one by one to the amusement device such as the ball-pushing game machine through the feeding mechanism 20 and the feeding pipe 30.

The feeding mechanism 20 comprises a feeding tray 21 rotatably mounted on the hopper 10, a first limit seat 22 mounted on the hopper 10, a second limit seat 23 mounted on the hopper 10, and a driver 24 in transmission connection with the feeding tray 21; the feed tray 21 is disc-shaped, and the driver 24 is a motor.

First spacing seat 22 and the spacing seat 23 of second are laid along the circumference interval of feed table 21, and first spacing seat 22, the spacing seat 23 of second, hopper 10 enclose jointly and close and form feeding channel 26, and conveying pipe 30 and feeding channel 26 intercommunication are equipped with group's silo 211 on the feed table 21, dial silo 211 and set up on the circumference side of feed table 21 and along the certain degree of depth of radial extension of feed table 21. The feeding channel 26 is located on the rotating path of the material shifting groove 211, and the material shifting groove 211 is communicated with the feeding channel 26 when rotating to the feeding channel 26. The first limiting seat 22 and the second limiting seat 23 are provided with arc surfaces, the feeding channel 26 is formed by enclosing the arc surfaces of the first limiting seat 22, the second limiting seat 23 and the hopper 10 together, and the feeding channel 26 is an arc track, so that the feeding disc 21 can push the ball 60 out conveniently and can prevent jamming.

Feed table 21 is located hopper 10, accumulational spheroid 60 can fall into feed table 21 in dialling the material groove 211 in the hopper 10, drive spheroid 60 when feed table 21 rotates and rotate, when feed table 21 dial material groove 211 rotates pay-off passageway 26 department, spheroid 60 in feed table 21 dials the material groove 211 gets into pay-off passageway 26, feed table 21 continues to rotate and sends next spheroid 60 to pay-off passageway 26, more and more spheroid 60 is arranged at pay-off passageway 26 slowly, along with the quantity increase of spheroid 60, spheroid 60 slowly moves to feed pipe 30, at last from seeing off from feed pipe 30 one by one.

Specifically, in some embodiments, there are a plurality of material stirring grooves 211 on the feeding tray 21, and a plurality of material stirring grooves 211 are arranged at intervals, and when the feeding tray 21 rotates, each material stirring groove 211 sequentially passes through the feeding channel 26, so that the conveying efficiency of the ball 60 can be improved.

Specifically, in some embodiments, the feeder further includes an outfeed mechanism 40 mounted on the feed tube 30; the discharging mechanism 40 can eject the ball 60 to provide power to the ball 60, so that the ball 60 can be actively transported to a designated place.

Referring to fig. 6, the discharging mechanism 40 includes a discharging tube 41, a spring 42, and a pushing member 43; the discharge pipe 41 is preferably a square pipe, and may be a pipe having another shape, and one end of the discharge pipe 41 is connected to the feed pipe 30. The tapping pipe 41 has a first passage 47 extending in a first linear direction and a second passage 48 extending in a second linear direction. The feeding pipe 30, the first channel 47 and the second channel 48 are communicated in sequence, and the spheres 60 pass through the feeding pipe 30, the first channel 47 and the second channel 48 in sequence when being conveyed. The first channel 47 and the second channel 48 are at a predetermined angle, preferably, the predetermined angle is 90 to 150 degrees.

The material pushing piece 43 is rotatably mounted on the material discharging pipe 41, one end of the spring 42 is connected with the material discharging pipe 41, the other end of the spring 42 is connected with the material pushing piece 43, the material pushing piece 43 is provided with an ejection part 44 used for ejecting the material from the first channel 47 to the second channel 48, and the ejection part 44 is located at the communication position of the first channel 47 and the second channel 48 and is located on the moving path of the material in the first channel 47. When the ball 60 moves to the communication part of the first channel 47 and the second channel 48, the ball 60 presses the ejection part 44 of the material pushing member 43, the ejection part 44 moves along the end near the communication part of the first channel 47 and the second channel 48, and the spring 42 is stressed and deformed to store elastic potential energy. At the instant when the ball 60 moves into the second channel 48, the spring 42 returns to its original shape, and the ejection portion 44 of the pusher 43 ejects the ball 60 toward the second channel 48 and away from the first channel 47.

Specifically, in some embodiments, an ejection opening 45 is disposed at a communication position of the first passage 47 and the second passage 48, the ejection opening 45 is located in an extending direction of the second passage 48 close to the first passage 47, one end of the pushing element 43 is hinged to the outside of the discharging pipe 41, and the other end of the pushing element 43 is provided with an ejection portion 44 located at the ejection opening 45. One end of the spring 42 is connected to the discharge pipe 41, and the other end of the spring 42 is connected to the ejector 44. Before the ball 60 enters the second channel 48, the ejection part 44 is pressed to move from the ejection port 45 to the outside of the discharge pipe 41, so that the energy storage of the spring 42 is realized, and at the moment when the ball 60 enters the second channel 48, the ejection part 44 immediately ejects the ball 60 under the action of the spring 42. The process is repeated with the next ball 60 passing through the first passage 47 and the second passage 48.

Specifically, in some embodiments, the ejection part 44 includes a positioning shaft disposed at one end of the material pushing member 43, and a roller disposed on the positioning shaft for smoothly moving the ball 60.

Specifically, in some embodiments, the tapping mechanism 40 further includes a tapping sensor (not shown) mounted on the tapping pipe 41. The discharging sensor is used for detecting the passing ball 60 in the second channel 48, and may detect whether the ball 60 passes or may detect the number of passing balls.

Specifically, in some embodiments, the hopper 10 has a storage chute 11, the first limiting seat 22 and the second limiting seat 23 are both installed on the inner wall of the storage chute 11, the first limiting seat 22 is located at the upstream of the rotation direction of the feeding tray 21, the second limiting seat 23 is located at the downstream of the rotation direction of the feeding tray 21, and when the feeding tray 21 rotates, the same portion of the feeding tray 21 passes through the first limiting seat 22, then the feeding channel 26, and then the second limiting seat 23. The second limiting seat 23 has a material blocking portion 27. The arc surface of the first limiting seat 22 is a convex arc surface, and the arc surface of the second limiting seat 23 is a concave arc surface, so that the ball 60 in the material poking groove 211 can smoothly enter the feeding channel 26. After the material shifting groove 211 of the feeding tray 21 moves to the feeding channel 26, the ball 60 in the material shifting groove 211 is blocked by the blocking part 27 when the material shifting groove 211 continues to rotate, so that the ball 60 in the material shifting groove 211 can only enter the feeding channel 26.

Specifically, in some embodiments, the feeding mechanism 20 further includes a pressure plate 28 mounted on the hopper 10; the pressure plate 28 and the inner wall of the stock tank 11 are arranged at intervals along the axial direction of the feed tray 21, and the pressure plate 28 and the inner wall of the stock tank 11 are arranged oppositely. The feed tray 21 is located between the pressure plate 28 and the inner wall of the stock chute 11, and the pressure plate 28 and the inner wall of the stock chute 11 prevent the ball 60 in the material stirring groove 211 from moving away from the feed tray 21 along the axial direction of the feed tray 21. The cross section of the feeding channel 26 is U-shaped, the pressure plate 28 is opposite to the opening of the feeding channel 26, and the pressure plate 28 and the inner wall of the feeding channel 26 form a feeding hole to prevent the ball 60 from separating from the feeding channel 26.

Specifically, in some embodiments, the feed mechanism 20 further comprises a bracket 25 mounted on the hopper 10; the driver 24 is mounted on a bracket 25.

Specifically, in some embodiments, the feed mechanism 20 further includes a rotating flange 29; the driver 24 is in transmission connection with the feed tray 21 via a rotary flange 29.

Specifically, in some embodiments, a side plate 50 is disposed on the inner wall of the storage chute 11; the side plate 50 is provided with a guide groove 51 communicated with the feeding channel 26, and the feeding plate 21 is positioned in an area formed by enclosing the side plate 50, the first limiting seat 22 and the second limiting seat 23. The side plates 50 enable the ball body 60 to rotate more smoothly under the driving of the feeding disc 21, collision and friction between the ball body 60 and a dead angle of the hopper 10 are reduced, abrasion and motor resistance of the ball body 60 are reduced, and the service life of the feeder is prolonged.

Specifically, in some embodiments, the delivery tube 30 is a hose. The feeding tube 30 is mounted to the hopper 10 by a tube holder 31. The feeding pipe 30 is a metal corrugated pipe, and can be bent arbitrarily and can be a metal piece with a determined direction. The feeding pipe 30 is not in a fixed shape and can be freely bent and stretched in a certain range, so that the direction and the angle can be conveniently changed in a narrow space, the ball body 60 can be fed to different places, and the flexibility is high.

Specifically, in some embodiments, multiple feed tubes 30, multiple feed mechanisms 20, and multiple feed mechanisms 20 may be provided for each feeder. The plurality of feeding pipes 30, the plurality of feeding mechanisms 20, and the plurality of feeding mechanisms 20 correspond to one another. The size of a plurality of conveying pipes 30 is the same or different, and a plurality of conveying pipes 30 direction of delivery can be the same also can be inequality, and the silo 211 size of dialling of each feed table 21 is the same or different for the feeder can carry different model spheroid 60, also can improve the efficiency that spheroid 60 carried. The feeder can be used according to different requirements and can be of different types, such as a single-outlet feeder, a bidirectional (two different directions) double-outlet feeder, a unidirectional three-outlet feeder and the like, and the adaptability is strong.

The feeder is controlled by a control system consisting of a circuit control board and a program, and the working principle of the embodiment is as follows:

a plurality of balls are arranged in the hopper, the control system is used for electrifying the motor, and the motor works to drive the feeding plate to rotate. The feeding disc drives the ball bodies to enter the feeding channel one by one, the ball bodies in front enter the feeding channel, the ball bodies newly entering the feeding disc at the back push the ball bodies in front forwards, and the ball bodies enter the feeding pipe one by one. After the ball firstly passes through the material pushing part, the ball is ejected out of the material discharging pipe due to the action of the spring. The ball body can be detected by the discharging sensor in the process of being ejected, the ball-ejecting sensor transmits a signal back to the control system, and the control system finishes one ball-ejecting work after receiving the signal.

The above examples are not intended to be exhaustive list of the present invention, and there may be many other embodiments not listed. Any replacement and improvement made on the basis of not violating the conception of the utility model belong to the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims (10)

1. The feeder is characterized by comprising a hopper, a feeding mechanism and a feeding pipe;

the feeding mechanism comprises a feeding disc rotatably mounted on the hopper, a first limiting seat mounted on the hopper, a second limiting seat mounted on the hopper, and a driver in transmission connection with the feeding disc; the first limiting seat and the second limiting seat are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the feeding plate, the first limiting seat, the second limiting seat and the hopper are jointly enclosed to form a feeding channel, the feeding pipe is communicated with the feeding channel, a material stirring groove is arranged on the feeding plate, and the feeding channel is positioned on a rotating path of the material stirring groove.

2. The feeder of claim 1, further comprising a discharge mechanism mounted on the feed tube;

the discharging mechanism comprises a discharging pipe, a spring and a pushing part; the tapping pipe has a first channel extending in a first linear direction and a second channel extending in a second linear direction; the first channel and the second channel form a preset included angle, and the feeding pipe, the first channel and the second channel are sequentially communicated;

the material pushing part rotary type is installed on the discharging pipe, the one end of spring with the discharging pipe is connected, the other end of spring with material pushing part connects, and material pushing part has and is used for following the material first passageway is seen in the bullet of second passageway, launch the portion and be located first passageway with the intercommunication department of second passageway just is located on the removal route of the material in the first passageway.

3. The feeder according to claim 2, wherein a material ejection port is formed at a communication part of the first passage and the second passage, the material ejection portion is installed at the material ejection port, one end of the spring is connected with the material discharge pipe, and the other end of the spring is connected with the material ejection portion.

4. The feeder of claim 2, wherein the ejector includes a positioning shaft disposed at one end of the pusher and a roller disposed around the positioning shaft.

5. The feeder of claim 2, wherein the tapping mechanism further comprises a tapping sensor mounted on the tapping pipe.

6. The feeder according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the hopper is provided with a stock chest, the first limiting seat and the second limiting seat are both arranged on the inner wall of the stock chest, the first limiting seat is positioned at the upstream of the rotation direction of the feeding plate, the second limiting seat is positioned at the downstream of the rotation direction of the feeding plate, and the second limiting seat is provided with a material blocking part.

7. The feeder of claim 6, wherein the feed mechanism further comprises a swage plate mounted on the hopper; the inner walls of the material pressing plate and the material storage tank are arranged at intervals along the axial direction of the feeding plate, and the feeding plate is positioned between the material pressing plate and the inner wall of the material storage tank.

8. The feeder of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the feed mechanism further comprises a bracket mounted on the hopper; the driver is mounted on the bracket.

9. The feeder of claim 8, wherein the feed mechanism further comprises a rotating flange; the driver is in transmission connection with the feeding plate through the rotating flange.

10. The feeder of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the feed tube is a hose.

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