CN218433303U - Annular cross belt sorting device - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of logistics sorting equipment, in particular to an annular cross belt sorting device, which comprises a track assembly and a transfer assembly, wherein the transfer assembly is arranged on the track assembly, the track assembly comprises a closed annular track and a track bracket, and the annular track is made of circular tubes; move and carry the subassembly and include the carriage body and remove the wheelset, remove the wheelset and set up in carriage body bottom, carriage body top is equipped with the conveyer belt, removes the wheelset and includes walking wheel and locating wheel, and the wheel face between them all has sunkenly, and walking wheel and locating wheel are respectively through the upper portion and the lateral part of respective sunken joint in annular rail's pipe outer wall. The utility model can realize high-speed and silent operation of the equipment, and improve the service life and stability of the equipment; the mechanical structure of the main body of the annular crossed belt is simplified, the weight-level complexity of the installation chassis is simplified, the cost is further saved, the production cost and the installation and maintenance cost are reduced, and the product competitiveness is improved.

Description

Annular cross belt sorting device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a commodity circulation letter sorting equipment technical field, concretely relates to annular cross area sorting device.

Background

With the rapid development of modern internet economy and logistics industries and the continuous change of daily life and shopping modes of people, the number of express packages is on a trend of explosive growth year by year. The accompanying contradiction is that the traditional manual parcel sorting mode is increasingly difficult to meet the requirements of express sorting timeliness and accuracy in the existing logistics mode. Therefore, in recent years, automated express sorting equipment and related technologies are favored by large express companies and operators, and among these technologies and equipment, the circular cross belt sorting equipment is receiving a great deal of attention.

The cross belt sorting system is a high-efficiency and high-precision automatic sorting solution, and an independent belt conveying trolley is arranged on an annular track to form a circulating operation loop, so that the cross belt sorting system is suitable for occasions with requirements on complicated orders, various varieties, large sorting quantity and the like. However, the prior art crossband endless track sortation system suffers from the following disadvantages:

1) Most of the tracks are plane low-speed tracks, and generally only support a belt conveying trolley with the circumferential running speed less than 2 m/s;

2) The running noise is high, the jitter is large, the equipment maintenance period is short, and the maintenance cost is high;

3) The track and the installation chassis structure as an organic whole, the quality is heavier, and installation and debugging waste time and energy, and the maintenance degree of difficulty is great.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide an annular cross area sorting device, technical problem more than solving.

The utility model provides a technical problem can adopt following technical scheme to realize:

the annular crossed belt sorting device comprises a track assembly and a transfer assembly convenient for carrying cargos, wherein the transfer assembly is arranged on the track assembly and moves along a track surface of the track assembly, the track assembly comprises a closed annular track and a track support used for supporting the annular track, and the annular track is made of circular tubes;

the shifting assembly comprises a carriage body and a moving wheel set, the moving wheel set is arranged at the bottom of the carriage body, a conveying belt is arranged at the top of the carriage body,

remove the wheelset including walking wheel and locating wheel, wheel face between them all has sunkenly (this is sunken to be the cross-section of the wheel face of walking wheel and locating wheel and is a recessed structure), the walking wheel through sunken joint in the upper portion of annular orbit's pipe outer wall, the locating wheel through sunken joint in the lateral part of annular orbit's pipe outer wall, wherein, the walking wheel provides and moves the support of carrying the subassembly when walking, and the locating wheel provides and moves the direction of carrying the subassembly when walking and prevent the side pendulum, can provide sufficient land fertility of grabbing for the year subassembly that moves in high-speed operation through the integrated configuration of walking wheel and locating wheel, effectively prevents the problem of derailing.

The utility model discloses a set up the closed track structure of annular of making by the pipe structure, the cooperation removes the wheel face of wheelset and has sunken year subassembly that moves, makes it can stably erect on the circular orbit to it walks to go at high speed and transports above that. The utility model discloses the circular orbit mentioned in adopt the pipe to make, its cross-section is circular structure.

The track support is including connecting bedplate and chassis, it is used for supporting to connect the bedplate the circular orbit, the chassis is used for supporting connect the bedplate, the chassis upwards connects connect the bedplate.

The utility model discloses a set up the connection bedplate, guaranteed the accuracy of annular rail mounting butt joint, because the track is according to deployment length, can adopt multistage concatenation form, consequently, often cause the concatenation department can't be in same height and horizontal butt joint position owing to factors such as structure size, the levelness of installation basis, material deformation, installation middleware joint gap adjoining orbital concatenation department, and through the connection bedplate in adjustable clearance, can effectively deal with all kinds of actual problems that appear in on-the-spot installation and the maintenance.

The track assembly comprises a position correction plate, and the position correction plate is arranged on the bottom frame.

The utility model discloses a set up the position correction board, can cooperate and set up the position and the length that move the sensor on moving the subassembly and move the subassembly through detecting the position correction board and carry out real-time location, also help eliminating the device simultaneously and walk the line accumulative error, avoid producing and get the unsafe condition in put goods position.

The moving wheel set comprises a steering shaft, and the traveling wheel is connected with the carriage body through the steering shaft.

The positioning wheel with the sunk structure of the wheel face of walking wheel adopts the V font to cave in, perhaps, the positioning wheel with the sunk structure of the wheel face of walking wheel adopts the arc sunken.

The track assembly comprises a support leg through which the annular track is supported.

The travelling wheel with the wheel face of locating wheel is equipped with the inoxidizing coating, inoxidizing coating laminating wheel face sets up, the inoxidizing coating that the inoxidizing coating adopted polymer plastics to make.

Has the beneficial effects that: by adopting the technical scheme, the utility model can realize high-speed and silent operation of the equipment, and improve the service life and stability of the equipment; because the circular tube type track mechanism is adopted, the mechanical structure of the main body of the annular cross belt is simplified, and compared with the traditional equipment structure, the mechanical structure simplifies the weight-level complexity of the installation underframe, further saves the cost, reduces the production cost and the installation and maintenance cost, and improves the product competitiveness.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a portion of the structure of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 2;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the track assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a portion of the structure of FIG. 4;

fig. 6 is a first structural schematic view of the travelling wheel of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a second structural schematic view of the travelling wheel of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical means, creation features, achievement purposes and functions of the present invention easy to understand, the present invention will be further explained with reference to the specific drawings. It is noted that the terms "first," "second," "third," "fourth," and the like (if any) in the description and in the claims of the present invention are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It will be appreciated that the data so used may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments described herein may be practiced otherwise than as specifically illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprises" or "comprising," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions, such that a product or apparatus that comprises a list of elements or units is not necessarily limited to those elements or units expressly listed, but may include other elements or units not expressly listed or inherent to such product or apparatus.

Referring to fig. 1, an endless cross belt sorting apparatus includes a transfer component 100 and a rail component 200, wherein the transfer component 100 is used for picking and placing goods and transferring, and the rail component 200 is used for bearing the transfer component 100. The transfer assembly 100 is placed on the rail assembly 200 and moves along the rail surface thereof. The track assembly 200 is mounted to a mounting base (e.g., the ground) by a support structure. In the structure shown in fig. 1, the track assembly 200 is composed of an arc-shaped track assembly 201 and a straight track assembly 202, and the two types of track assemblies are connected end to form a track assembly with a closed loop structure.

As shown in fig. 2, the rail assembly 200 includes a closed circular rail 2001 and a rail holder 2002 for holding the circular rail, the circular rail 2001 is a circular rail made of a circular tube;

the transferring assembly 100 comprises a carriage body 101 and a moving wheel set 102, the moving wheel set 102 is arranged at the bottom of the carriage body 101, a conveying belt 103 is arranged at the top of the carriage body 101,

the moving wheel set 102 includes a traveling wheel 1021 and a positioning wheel 1022, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, both wheel surfaces of the traveling wheel 1021 and the positioning wheel 1022 have a recess (the recess means that the cross sections of the wheel surfaces of the traveling wheel 1021 and the positioning wheel 1022 are in a recessed structure, which is shown in fig. 6 and 7), the traveling wheel 1021 is connected to the upper part of the outer wall of the circular tube of the circular track 2001 through the recess, and the positioning wheel 1022 is connected to the side part of the outer wall of the circular tube of the circular track 2001 through the recess, wherein the traveling wheel 1021 provides support for the transfer unit 100 during traveling, the positioning wheel 1022 provides guidance and lateral swing prevention for the transfer unit 100 during traveling, and the combined structure of the traveling wheel 1021 and the positioning wheel 1022 can provide sufficient ground holding force for the transfer unit 100 during high-speed traveling, thereby effectively preventing the problem of derailment.

The utility model discloses a set up the closed track structure of annular of making by the pipe structure, the cooperation removes the wheel face of wheelset and has sunken year subassembly that moves, makes it can stably erect on the circular orbit to it walks to go at high speed and transports above that. The utility model discloses in mentioned annular track adopt the pipe to make, its cross-section is circular structure.

The utility model discloses an annular rail 2001 considers shaping and life, can adopt steel structure or stereoplasm modified plastics to make the pipe structure. In some embodiments, the circular rail 2001 is made of a stainless steel tube, for example, a precision cold-drawn seamless carbon steel tube, and has a stable outer shape and a high bearing capacity, wherein when the circular-arc-segment circular-tube rail is manufactured and formed, a numerical-control hydraulic pipe bender can be used to assist a special mold in forming, and the dimensional precision is high.

In other embodiments, the annular track 2001 is made of a high-strength wear-resistant hard plastic, such as POM Polyoxymethylene (POM) made of a solid circular tube structure.

It should be noted that, the present invention belongs to a cross belt conveying scheme, so the conveying belt 103 on the top of the carriage body 101 of the transfer assembly 100 is perpendicular to the transfer traveling direction, so as to conveniently and rapidly receive or discharge goods from the side. The carriage body 101 is internally provided with a motor, a transmission shaft and other power structures for driving the conveying belt so as to drive the conveying belt 103 to carry out high-speed goods taking and placing operation in the high-speed traveling process, and is also provided with a connecting piece for connecting circulating driving power. As shown in fig. 1, the transfer units 100 are arranged in a stacked manner on the track surface of the endless track 2001 so as to be closely arranged. Each of the transferring assemblies 100 is connected with the same power structure, and the power structure can adopt the power structure mode of the traditional cross belt sorting equipment to carry out the traveling driving of the transferring assemblies. For example, an endless power belt is disposed below the rail support, the carriage body of any transfer unit is fixedly connected to the endless power belt through a connecting member (in the structure shown in fig. 3, it can be seen that a driving belt connecting plate 9 is connected to the carriage body downward, the driving belt connecting plate 9 is used for connecting to a driving mechanism such as a power belt located below the driving belt connecting plate 9), and when the power belt is driven by a motor system and then circulates, each transfer unit 100 is driven to transfer on the endless rail 2001.

The utility model discloses when setting up, circular orbit 2001 generally includes interior outer lane structure (fig. 2 shows that only can observe circular orbit's outer lane structure in the structure), and both interval mountings are in track support 2002. In order to ensure the smooth operation of the transfer assembly 100, a set of moving wheel sets 102 is disposed at four corners of the bottom of the carriage body 101, and the inner ring and the outer ring of the annular track 2001 respectively correspond to the two sets of moving wheel sets disposed at the front and rear sides of the bottom of the carriage body 101, so as to ensure the support and guidance of the transfer assembly 100 during traveling.

Each group of the moving wheel sets at the four corners of the bottom of the carriage body 101 comprises at least one moving wheel and at least one positioning wheel.

As shown in fig. 5, the circular track 2001 of the present invention includes a straight track 2001-1 and a curved track 2001-2, wherein the curved track 2001-2 includes an outer circular track 2001-2-1 and an inner circular track 2001-2-2; the straight-traveling section rail 2001-1 includes straight circular tube rails respectively located at inner and outer races. The circular pipe tracks of all types can be independently fixed on the track support 2002, have the advantages of light weight, convenient installation and adjustment and the like, can support the moving and carrying assembly to have the speed higher than the traditional structure when the circular moving is carried out, has low noise and high stability in the operation process, has safe and reliable structure, and is particularly suitable for the automatic logistics sorting industry of modern high-speed development.

When in laying, after the outer arc circular tube track 2001-2-1 and the inner arc circular tube track 2001-2-2 are butted with the straight circular tube track of the straight section track 2001-1, the joints are further connected by adopting a spot welding mode, and polishing and grinding are carried out after spot welding. When the arc-shaped section track is formed by splicing a plurality of sections of inner arc circular tube tracks and outer arc circular tube tracks, the circular tube seams of the arc-shaped section tracks are connected into a whole in the same welding mode.

In addition, the rail holder 2002 also includes an arc-segment holder and a straight-segment holder corresponding to the circular rail 2001.

The utility model discloses when carrying out each structure of circular orbit 2001 and being connected of track support 2002, can set up according to following structure: the outer arc circular tube track 2001-2-1, the inner arc circular tube track 2001-2-2 and the straight circular tube track of the straight section track 2001-1 are respectively welded with connecting plates 301, connecting plates 302 and connecting plates 303, and the connecting plates are distributed at intervals along the length of the circular tubes; each pipe track is connected fixedly with the installation chassis that corresponds separately through the connecting plate of self respectively, and the connected mode can adopt welding or fastener mode to connect, when adopting the fastener mode to connect, all sets up the fastener hole on each connecting plate and rather than the hookup location of the chassis that corresponds.

The utility model discloses in, more reasonable for making the wheel face sunk structure of walking wheel 1021 and positioning wheel 1022, more be fit for long-time moving the operation of carrying, can set up according to following structure:

in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 6, the concave structure of the wheel surface of the road wheel 1021 is a V-shaped concave, and the positioning wheel 1022 and the road wheel 1021 are the same structure. That is, when the recessed structure adopts a V-shaped recess, the cross section of the wheel surface of the positioning wheel 1022 or the traveling wheel 1021 is V-shaped.

In other embodiments, as shown in fig. 7, the concave configuration of the wheel surface of the road wheel 1021 is an arc-shaped concave, and the positioning wheel 1022 and the road wheel 1021 are the same configuration. That is, when the recessed structure is an arc-shaped recess, the wheel surface cross-section of each wheel is a concave arc-shaped structure.

What kind of structure in the V font or the arc structure is adopted in the use scene specifically can be decided according to the processing difficulty of the wheel structure and the adaptation requirement of the size such as the track face width.

In addition, for improving manufacturing efficiency and the maintenance degree of difficulty, in some embodiments, positioning wheels or walking wheels can be arranged by adopting the following structures:

the positioning wheel and the travelling wheel are of the same structure, the positioning wheel and the travelling wheel are spliced into a mold by two half structures of the same structure, any half wheel is provided with an inclined plane on one side, and after the positioning wheel and the travelling wheel are spliced oppositely, a V-shaped recess of a wheel surface is formed, or any half wheel is provided with an arc-shaped side surface protruding outwards, so that when the two half wheels are spliced, the arc-shaped recess is formed on the wheel surface.

The utility model discloses a track support 2002 can further set up according to following structure: as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the rail bracket 2002 includes a connection seat plate 20021 and a bottom frame 20022, the connection seat plate 20021 is used for supporting the circular rail 2001, the bottom frame 20022 is used for supporting the connection seat plate 20021, and the bottom frame 20022 is connected to the connection seat plate 20021 upward.

The utility model discloses a set up the connection bedplate, guaranteed the accuracy of annular rail mounting butt joint, because the track is according to deployment length, can adopt multistage concatenation form, consequently, often cause the concatenation department can't be in same height and horizontal butt joint position owing to factors such as structure size, the levelness of installation basis, material deformation, installation middleware joint gap adjoining orbital concatenation department, and through the connection bedplate in adjustable clearance, can effectively deal with all kinds of actual problems that appear in on-the-spot installation and the maintenance.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 3, the bottom frame 20022 is a groove structure, the groove opening of the groove structure is upward, the bottom surface of the groove bottom is downward connected with a mounting support structure (the support structure includes the support legs mentioned below, or other support structures for supporting the bottom frame), two opposite groove side edges are respectively upward connected with a connecting seat plate 20021, and the annular rail 2001 is disposed in the connecting seat plate 20021. The connection seat plate 20021 may also be provided in a groove type structure with its notch facing in the horizontal direction. Fig. 3 shows a structure in which notches of the connection seat plates 20021 corresponding to the inner and outer races of the endless track 2001 are arranged to face each other. The circular tube structure of the circular track 2001 is located in the groove of the connecting seat plate 20021, and the traveling wheels 1021 in the moving wheel set 102 of the transferring assembly 100 are also located in the groove of the connecting seat plate 20021.

The top of the transfer assembly 100 is higher than the highest position of the connecting seat plate 20021.

The utility model discloses a ensure to move the position accuracy of carrying subassembly 100 when walking, the displacement error volume of accumulation when eliminating walking and braking is avoided it to lead to getting to put the goods position not accurate, can set up according to following structure: the track assembly comprises a position correction plate, and the position correction plate is arranged on the bottom frame.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, in some embodiments, a position correction plate 8 is disposed on an inner wall of the slot of the bottom frame 20022, and a photoelectric sensor or a proximity sensor (not shown) is disposed on the transferring assembly 100 to cooperate with the position correction plate 8 to obtain a displacement of the transferring assembly 100, so as to correct an accumulated offset of the transferring assembly 100 during a traveling process, thereby ensuring that a real-time position of each transferring assembly 100 is within an error range, and avoiding an over-limit displacement of a goods taking and placing position due to an excessive accumulated offset.

The utility model discloses turn when circular orbit's segmental arc is smooth and easy for moving the subassembly, can set up according to following structure for the convenience: the moving wheel set comprises a steering shaft, and the traveling wheels are connected with the carriage body through the steering shaft.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, in some embodiments, a support plate is disposed at the bottom of the car body 101 to facilitate installation of the movable wheel set 102. The steering shaft 104 is fixed on the support plate and is vertically provided with a rotating shaft in the vertical direction, and the mounting wheel frame 10211 of the walking wheel 1021 is connected with the steering shaft 104, so that when the transfer assembly 100 is positioned on the arc-shaped section of the annular track 2001 to turn, the steering shaft 104 can be used for steering around the vertical rotating shaft, and the groove structure of the wheel surface is ensured to be tightly attached to the outer wall of the circular track pipe all the time.

In some preferred embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, 6 and 7, the lower part of the wheel frame of the traveling wheel 1021 is provided with a blocking structure 10212 to further prevent the traveling wheel 1021 from derailing. As can be seen in the illustrated construction, the blocking structure 10212 includes two blocking plates attached to the lower ends of the wheel frames 10211 on both sides of the road wheel so that they are in a splayed configuration when viewed in the direction of travel.

The utility model discloses a realization can be according to following structure setting to orbital leveling: the track assembly comprises a supporting leg 203, the track assembly 200 of the closed loop structure is supported through the supporting leg 203, and the integral flatness of the track assembly 200 can be leveled by adjusting the height of the supporting leg 203.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 and 4, the bottom of the supporting leg 203 is supported on the installation base and can be fixed to the installation base by a fastener. As shown in fig. 1, 3 and 4, the top end of the supporting leg 203 is fixedly connected to the groove bottom of the bottom frame 20022.

In addition, in order to achieve the shock absorbing effect, a pad 2031 may be disposed at the bottom of the supporting leg 203, and the pad 2031 may be made of rubber or silica gel.

It should be noted that in actual use, the number of the support legs, the support position and the interval between adjacent support legs can be set according to different actual load tolerances, so that a reasonable support structure capable of supporting the maximum load is constructed.

In some embodiments, the supporting legs 203 can be further configured as follows: as shown in fig. 1 and 4, the supporting leg 203 includes a vertical supporting rod and a horizontal supporting rod, and two ends of the horizontal supporting rod are connected to the vertical supporting rod respectively. In order to increase the structural strength, a triangular reinforcing plate or a reinforcing rod can be connected between the vertical support rod and the transverse support rod, and only the structure with one reinforcing rod arranged between the transverse support rod and the vertical support rod is shown in the structure shown in the figure.

The utility model discloses a ensure to carry walking of moving the subassembly stationarity, can set up according to following structure: the wheel surfaces of the travelling wheels and the positioning wheels are provided with protective layers, the protective layers are arranged in a manner of being attached to the wheel surfaces, and the protective layers are made of high polymer plastics. Set up the inoxidizing coating through laminating the wheel face on positioning wheel and walking wheel, not only play the effect that reduces the running noise, can also absorb the impact momentum, reduce equipment vibrations, the security of effective lifting means operation, extension equipment life. For example, a protective layer made of POM polyformaldehyde material is attached to the wheel surfaces of the positioning wheels and the travelling wheels, or a protective layer made of PTFE polytetrafluoroethylene material provides assistance for the logistics transportation and sorting industry with high working load through the characteristics of high strength and high wear resistance.

In summary, compared with the traditional structure, the utility model can not only effectively increase the running speed of the transferring assembly, but also ensure the stability and safety of the transferring process, and the noise reduction effect in the transferring process is better than that of the traditional structure; in addition, thanks to the circular tube type track structure, the installation underframe structure of the circular tube type track is simplified, the laying difficulty of the whole track and the corresponding support structure is correspondingly reduced, and the maintenance difficulty and the cost are also correspondingly reduced.

The basic principles and the main features of the invention and the advantages of the invention have been shown and described above. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and the above embodiments and descriptions are only illustrative of the principles of the present invention, and that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and all such changes and modifications fall within the scope of the present invention as claimed. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

Claims (8)

1. The sorting device is characterized in that the track assembly comprises a closed annular track and a track support used for supporting the annular track, and the annular track is made of circular tubes;

the shifting assembly comprises a carriage body and a moving wheel set, the moving wheel set is arranged at the bottom of the carriage body, a conveying belt is arranged at the top of the carriage body,

the moving wheel set comprises a moving wheel and a positioning wheel, the wheel surfaces of the moving wheel and the positioning wheel are all provided with a recess, the moving wheel is connected with the upper portion of the outer wall of the circular rail through the recess in a clamped mode, and the positioning wheel is connected with the side portion of the outer wall of the circular rail through the recess in a clamped mode.

2. The endless cross belt sorter as in claim 1 wherein the track support includes connection shoes for supporting the endless track and a bottom frame for supporting the connection shoes, the bottom frame connecting the connection shoes upwardly.

3. The endless cross belt sorter of claim 2 wherein the track assembly includes a position correction plate, the position correction plate being disposed on the chassis.

4. The endless cross belt sorter device of claim 1 wherein the moving wheel set includes a steering shaft, the traveling wheels being connected to the car body by the steering shaft.

5. The sorting device according to claim 1, wherein the concave structures of the wheel surfaces of the positioning wheels and the travelling wheels are V-shaped concave.

6. The endless cross belt sorter of claim 1 wherein the concave configuration of the wheel faces of the positioning wheels and the travel wheels is arcuate.

7. An endless cross belt sorter as in any of claims 1 to 6 wherein the track assembly comprises support legs by which the endless track is supported.

8. The sorting device of any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the wheel surfaces of the travelling wheels and the positioning wheels are provided with protective layers, the protective layers are arranged to be attached to the wheel surfaces, and the protective layers are made of high polymer plastics.

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