CN218057520U

CN218057520U - Flexible box folding machine

Info

Publication number: CN218057520U
Application number: CN202221652670.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈传军; 霍达; 徐汉均; 周强龙
Original assignee: Beizisuo Beijing Technology Development Co ltd
Current assignee: Beizisuo Beijing Technology Development Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-06-29
Filing date: 2022-06-29
Publication date: 2022-12-16
Anticipated expiration: 2032-06-29

Abstract

The utility model provides a flexible case folding machine relates to the automatic thing flow box type and carries technical field, has solved the workbin of the single size of current case folding machine adaptation, can't satisfy the technical problem who folds of tearing open of many sizes box. The flexible box unpacking and folding machine comprises a conveying device for conveying box bodies and an unpacking and folding device for unpacking and folding the box bodies, wherein the unpacking and folding device comprises a clamping mechanism, an adjusting mechanism and a stopping mechanism, and the adjusting mechanism and the stopping mechanism are in transmission connection with the clamping mechanism. The clamping distance of the clamping mechanism is adjusted through the adjusting mechanism to adapt to the sizes of various box types, the single box or the piled box sent by the conveying device stops at the unfolding and folding station through the action of the stop mechanism when reaching the unfolding and folding station, the clamping mechanism is driven by the adjusting mechanism to lift and move, and the clamping box body carries the box to move so as to realize the unfolding and folding. Compared with the prior art, the folding box has the advantages that the adaptability of the folding box is improved, one machine has multiple purposes, multiple box folding machines do not need to be arranged, the occupied area is small, the structure is simple, and the application range is wide.

Description

Flexible box folding machine

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of automatic thing flow box carries technique and specifically relates to a flexible case unpacking and folding machine is related to.

Background

In the field of automation logistics, the tray folding machine for standard trays is quite popular, and the technology is relatively mature. Along with the development of the industry, the functions of a logistics distribution center and a conveying system are extended, a box type conveying system is gradually developed into the mainstream of an automatic logistics device, the requirement of a bin conveying line is increased, the bin conveying line is particularly embodied in the food and medicine industry, a bin disassembling and folding mechanism for bins can be used in certain specific working scenes, and the bin disassembling and folding machine cannot apply the tray disassembling and folding principle to the bin disassembling and folding machine due to the fact that the bin is greatly different from a standard tray in size and shape and needs to be independently researched and developed.

The current single type case stacker can't reach the flexible effect of folding open, if want to solve multiple type workbin and tear open and fold the problem, need arrange multiple single case stacker, required area is big, and system flow is more complicated, only leans on the case stacker of switch location in addition, and the precision is not enough, can't accurately match various workbins.

It can be seen that the prior art has at least the following technical problems:

the existing box folding machine only aims at a single-size material box generally, and cannot realize flexible folding and unfolding compatible with all material boxes under the special condition that the sizes of the material boxes required by customers cannot be unified.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a flexible case unstacker, the case unstacker who exists among the solution prior art at least generally only adapts the workbin of single size, can't satisfy the technical problem of the unstacking of many sizes box. The utility model provides a plurality of technical effects that preferred technical scheme among a great deal of technical scheme can produce see the explanation below in detail.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides a following technical scheme:

it should be noted that the unpacking of the utility model means that the piled boxes are divided into a plurality of single boxes; the stacking means a case in which a plurality of individual cases are stacked in a pile.

The utility model provides a pair of flexible case unpacking machine, including the support, be used for transmission box's conveyor and be used for the unpacking and the device of folding the case, wherein the device of folding includes of opening:

the clamping mechanism is used for clamping the box body and moving along with the box body so as to realize the box folding and unfolding;

the adjusting mechanism is in transmission connection with the clamping mechanism and is used for adjusting the height and the clamping distance of the clamping mechanism;

and the stopping mechanism is used for stopping the box body at the folding station.

Optionally, the clamping mechanism includes a fixed fork tooth and a movable fork tooth which are arranged oppositely, the fixed fork tooth and the movable fork tooth are respectively located on two sides of the conveying track of the conveying device, and the movable fork tooth can be moved in a direction close to or far away from the fixed fork tooth under the action of the adjusting mechanism.

Optionally, the adjusting mechanism includes a translation mechanism, a fixed lifting mechanism, a fixed telescopic mechanism, a movable lifting mechanism and a movable telescopic mechanism, the fixed lifting mechanism is disposed on the bracket, the fixed telescopic mechanism is mounted on a lifting component of the fixed lifting mechanism, and the fixed fork teeth are fixedly connected to a telescopic end of the fixed telescopic mechanism; the translation mechanism is arranged on the support, the movable lifting mechanism is arranged on a translation part of the translation mechanism, the movable telescopic mechanism is arranged on a lifting part of the movable lifting mechanism, and the movable fork teeth are fixedly connected to a telescopic end of the movable telescopic mechanism.

Optionally, the translation mechanism comprises a drive portion and a translation transmission assembly, the translation transmission assembly being a screw transmission assembly or a rack and pinion transmission assembly.

Optionally, the fixed lifting mechanism and the movable lifting mechanism each comprise a driving part and a screw transmission assembly.

Optionally, the drive part is a motor.

Optionally, the fixed telescopic mechanism and the movable telescopic mechanism are both driven by an air cylinder.

Optionally, the conveyor is a roller conveyor, a belt conveyor or a chain conveyor.

Optionally, the stop mechanism comprises a stop plate and an air cylinder which are in transmission connection, and the stop plate can be arranged near the folding station in a lifting mode.

Optionally, the flexible box folding and unfolding machine further comprises an optoelectronic switch arranged on the stop plate, and the optoelectronic switch is electrically connected with the conveying device.

The utility model provides a pair of flexible case unpacking machine, including the conveyor who is used for the transmission box and the device of folding open that is used for unpacking and fold the case, the centre gripping interval that adjustment mechanism adjusted fixture through the device of folding open comes the multiple box model size of adaptation, and single case that conveyor sent or the case that becomes the buttress when reacing the station of folding open that stop gear moves makes single or case that becomes the buttress stop in the station of folding open, and fixture goes up and down to move under adjustment mechanism's drive to the centre gripping box takes its removal in order to realize folding open. Compared with the condition that the box folding machine in the prior art is only matched with a single-size material box, the box folding machine has the advantages that the adaptability of the box folding machine is improved, the box folding machine is multifunctional, a plurality of box folding machines are not required to be configured, the occupied area is small, the structure is simple, and the application range is wide.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic front view of a flexible box folding and unfolding machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic top view of a flexible box folding machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic side view of a flexible box folding and unfolding machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a flexible box folding and unfolding machine according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration of the unpacking process at a first view;

FIG. 6 is a schematic illustration of the unpacking process at a second viewing angle;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the stacking process from a first perspective;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of the stacking process from a second perspective.

100 in the figure, fixed end; 200. a mobile terminal; 1. fixing the fork teeth; 2. moving the fork teeth; 3. fixing a telescopic mechanism; 4. moving the telescoping mechanism; 5. fixing the lifting mechanism; 6. a movable lifting mechanism; 7. a translation mechanism; 8. an encoder; 9. a conveying device; 10. and a stop plate.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions of the present invention will be described in detail below. It is to be understood that the disclosed embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention, and are not intended to limit the invention to the precise embodiments disclosed. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1-4, the utility model provides a flexible case unstacking and folding machine, including support, the conveyor 9 that is used for transporting the box and the device of unstacking and folding that is used for unpacking and folding, wherein the device of unstacking and folding includes:

The clamping distance of the clamping mechanism is adjusted through an adjusting mechanism of the unstacking device to adapt to the sizes of various box types, when a single box or a piled box sent by the conveying device 9 reaches the unstacking station, the stop mechanism acts to stop the single or piled box at the unstacking station, and the clamping mechanism is driven by the adjusting mechanism to lift and move and clamps the box to move so as to realize the unstacking. Compared with the condition that the box folding machine in the prior art is only matched with a single-size material box, the box folding machine has the advantages that the adaptability of the box folding machine is improved, the box folding machine is multifunctional, a plurality of box folding machines are not required to be configured, the occupied area is small, the structure is simple, and the application range is wide.

As an optional implementation manner, the clamping mechanism comprises a fixed fork tooth 1 and a movable fork tooth 2 which are oppositely arranged, the fixed fork tooth 1 and the movable fork tooth 2 are respectively located at two sides of a conveying track of the conveying device 9, and the movable fork tooth 2 can be horizontally moved towards a direction close to or far away from the fixed fork tooth 1 under the action of the adjusting mechanism, so that the adjustment of the distance between the fixed fork tooth 1 and the movable fork tooth 2 is conveniently realized, and the clamping mechanism is suitable for boxes with various models and sizes.

As an optional embodiment, the adjusting mechanism comprises a translation mechanism 7, a fixed lifting mechanism 5, a fixed telescopic mechanism 3, a movable lifting mechanism 6 and a movable telescopic mechanism 4, the fixed lifting mechanism 5 is arranged on the bracket, the fixed telescopic mechanism 3 is arranged on a lifting component of the fixed lifting mechanism 5, and the fixed fork teeth 1 are fixedly connected to a telescopic end of the fixed telescopic mechanism 3; the translation mechanism 7 is arranged on the support, the movable lifting mechanism 6 is arranged on a translation part of the translation mechanism 7, the movable telescopic mechanism 4 is arranged on a lifting part of the movable lifting mechanism 6, and the movable fork teeth 2 are fixedly connected to a telescopic end of the movable telescopic mechanism 4.

The two fork teeth of the fixed fork tooth 1 and the movable fork tooth 2 have lifting and stretching functions, are used for lifting and clamping a box body in the box unpacking and box stacking processes, and the movable fork tooth 2 horizontally moves through the moving mechanism to adjust the distance between the fixed fork tooth 1 and the movable fork tooth 2, and is simple in structure and easy to achieve.

As an alternative embodiment, the translation mechanism 7 comprises a drive portion and a translation transmission assembly, which is a screw transmission assembly or a rack and pinion transmission assembly. Screw transmission is adopted, so that transmission is stable and reliability is high; and the gear and the rack are adopted for transmission, so that the bearing capacity is high, and the transmission precision is high.

As an alternative embodiment, the fixed lifting mechanism 5 and the moving lifting mechanism 6 each comprise a drive and a screw drive assembly. The screw transmission is stable, the bearing capacity is large, and the acceleration can be rapidly realized.

Specifically, the driving part is a motor, and the control is convenient.

As an alternative embodiment, both the fixed telescopic mechanism 3 and the movable telescopic mechanism 4 are driven by air cylinders. The cylinder driving mode has high reaction speed and can realize the quick telescopic action of the fork teeth.

As an alternative embodiment, the conveyor 9 is a roller conveyor 9, a belt conveyor 9 or a chain conveyor 9. The roller conveying efficiency is high, the bearing capacity is strong, and the safety is high; the belt transmission is stable, the noise is low, and a certain buffering effect is achieved; the chain conveying transmission efficiency is high, and the transmission reliability is high.

As an alternative embodiment, the stop mechanism comprises a stop plate 10 and an air cylinder which are in transmission connection, and the stop plate 10 can be arranged near the folding station in a lifting mode. The box body is stopped by the stop mechanism, the structure is simple, and the box folding operation is convenient.

As an alternative embodiment, the flexible box folding machine further comprises an optoelectronic switch disposed on the stop plate 10, and the optoelectronic switch is electrically connected with the conveying device 9. Set up photoelectric switch and come control conveyor 9 to stop, the box is steady, the more be convenient for tear open the folding box.

The principles of the unstacking box will be analysed in connection with the figures.

Unpacking: referring to fig. 5 and 6, when the piled boxes on the conveyor are ready to enter the working area of the box unpacking machine, the system feeds back the model number of the box to be entered into the working area by the PLC, then the translation mechanism 7 works, the screw rod is driven by the motor, and the positioning is carried out by the encoder 8; the movable end 200 is moved left and right correspondingly to move close to or away from the fixed end 100, and the width between the movable fork teeth 2 and the fixed fork teeth 1 is adjusted to adapt to the size of the box. At this time, the box enters, a plate stopper (stopper plate 10) driven by a cylinder ascends, and when the box hits the stopper plate 10, a photoelectric switch is triggered, so that the conveying device 9 stops conveying. At the moment, the fixed fork teeth 1 and the movable fork teeth 2 on the two sides move downwards to the position of the upper edge of the penultimate box, the lifting mechanism works, a screw rod is driven by a motor, and the positioning is realized by an encoder 8; the telescopic mechanism drives the fork teeth to extend out under the driving of the air cylinder, clamps the side face of the box and then lifts the box to a certain height, and at this time, the lowest box is separated from all the boxes above. The stop plate 10 is lowered and the conveyor 9 starts to operate to convey the box forward. After leaving the work area of case stripping machine, fixed elevating system 5 and removal elevating system 6 descend simultaneously, stop after touchhing the conveying face to case bottom, rise to the side of the next to last case edge after the fork tooth withdrawal and promote to the take the altitude after the fork tooth stretches out the side of blocking the case, and the case below at this moment is separated with all cases above, and the conveyer begins work and carries the second case forward, circulates in proper order until will become a pile of cases and tear open, and at this moment a complete flow of unpacking finishes.

The box stacking process comprises: referring to fig. 7 and 8, when a single box on the conveying device 9 is ready to enter the working area of the box folding machine, the system feeds back the model of the box to be entered into the working area by the PLC, then the translation mechanism 7 works, the screw rod is driven by the motor, the encoder 8 is used for positioning, the movable end 200 is correspondingly moved left and right, and the width between the movable fork teeth 2 and the fixed fork teeth 1 is adjusted to adapt to the size of the box. At this time, the box enters, the stop plate 10 driven by the air cylinder rises, and after the box touches the stop plate 10, the photoelectric switch is triggered, so that the conveying of the conveying device 9 can be stopped. The lifting mechanism works, the screw rod is driven by the motor and positioned by the encoder 8, the fork teeth on two sides move downwards to the upper edge position of the box, the telescopic mechanism driven by the air cylinder enables the fork teeth to extend out, the side face of the box is clamped and then lifted to a certain height, the second box is conveyed to the box stacking area by the conveyor in operation, and the box stops after touching the plate type retainer. The fork teeth clamp the box and descend until the bottom of the box contacts with a second box, and the fork teeth retract. The fork teeth on the two sides move downwards again to the upper edge position of the second box, the fork teeth extend out of the side faces of the clamped boxes and then are lifted to a certain height, at the moment, the conveying device 9 operates to convey the third box to the box stacking area, and the box stops after touching the stop plate 10. This cycle is continued until the boxes are stacked to a predetermined number, whereupon the prongs retract, the stop plate 10 descends, the conveyor 9 conveys the stacked boxes away from the stacking area, and a complete stacking sequence is completed.

The utility model discloses on replacing the basis of artifical unstacking box with automation equipment, have that the structure is succinct, save space, the compatibility of many varieties workbin is high, relies on advantages such as absolute value code location accuracy.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified; the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "inner", "outer", "front", "rear", "head", "tail", and the like refer to orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, merely for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Moreover, the terms "first," "second," "third," and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present invention, it should also be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted", "connected" and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as being fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood as the case may be, by those of ordinary skill in the art.

The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and all should be covered within the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A flexible case unstacker, comprising a support, conveying means for conveying cases and unstacking means for unstacking and stacking the cases, wherein the unstacking means comprises:

the clamping mechanism is used for clamping the box body and moving with the box body so as to realize box folding and unfolding;

2. The flexible box unstacker according to claim 1, wherein the clamping mechanism includes a fixed fork tooth and a movable fork tooth which are oppositely arranged, and the fixed fork tooth and the movable fork tooth are respectively located on two sides of the conveying track of the conveying device, and the movable fork tooth can be translated to a direction close to or far away from the fixed fork tooth under the action of the adjusting mechanism.

3. The flexible box unstacker according to claim 2, wherein the adjusting mechanism includes a translation mechanism, a fixed lifting mechanism, a fixed telescoping mechanism, a movable lifting mechanism and a movable telescoping mechanism, the fixed lifting mechanism is disposed on the support, the fixed telescoping mechanism is mounted on a lifting part of the fixed lifting mechanism, and the fixed fork teeth are fixedly connected to a telescoping end of the fixed telescoping mechanism; the translation mechanism is arranged on the support, the movable lifting mechanism is arranged on a translation part of the translation mechanism, the movable telescopic mechanism is arranged on a lifting part of the movable lifting mechanism, and the movable fork teeth are fixedly connected with a telescopic end of the movable telescopic mechanism.

4. The flexible case unstacker of claim 3 wherein the translating mechanism includes a drive and a translation drive assembly, the translation drive assembly being a screw drive assembly or a rack and pinion drive assembly.

5. The flexible case unstacker of claim 3 wherein the fixed lifting mechanism and the movable lifting mechanism each include a drive portion and a screw drive assembly.

6. A flexible box unstacker according to claim 4 or 5 wherein the drive is an electric motor.

7. A flexible case unstacker according to claim 3 wherein the fixed telescoping mechanism and the moving telescoping mechanism are both cylinder driven.

8. A flexible unstacker according to claim 1 wherein the conveyor is a roller conveyor, a belt conveyor or a chain conveyor.

9. The flexible box unstacker of claim 1 wherein the stop mechanism includes a stop plate and a cylinder drivingly connected, the stop plate being arranged in a raised and lowered position adjacent the unstacking station.

10. The flexible case unstacker of claim 9 further comprising an opto-electronic switch disposed on the stop plate, the opto-electronic switch being electrically connected to the conveyor.