CN218808602U - STV smoke box appearance detection device and smoke box conveying system - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a STV smoke box appearance detection device and smoke box conveying system, wherein, detection device includes: the trolley comprises a trolley body, a first conveying part and a second conveying part, wherein the trolley body is used for bearing a cigarette box assembly, the cigarette box assembly comprises a tray and a plurality of cigarette boxes stacked on the tray, the trolley body is provided with the first conveying part, and the first conveying part extends along the left-right direction of the STV and is configured to convey the cigarette box assembly to the trolley body; the installation frame comprises four vertical rods arranged on the vehicle body, the projections of the four vertical rods on the vehicle body are positioned outside the first conveying part, and the four vertical rods surround to form an accommodating space for accommodating the smoke box assembly; and at least part of the detection components are arranged on the mounting frame and are configured to detect whether the smoke boxes exceed the outer contour formed after all the smoke boxes are stacked when the smoke box components enter the accommodating space or are positioned in the accommodating space.

Description

STV smoke box appearance detection device and smoke box conveying system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a tobacco logistics automation technical field, in particular to STV smoke box appearance detection device and smoke box conveying system.

Background

After fifty cigarettes are stacked in the cigarette boxes, the cigarette boxes are conveyed to a stacking area through a sorting line, the cigarette boxes are stacked on a tray by a manipulator, and after stacking is completed, the cigarette box assemblies are conveyed to an elevated warehouse through a conveyor, an STV and a stacker.

The smoke box can appear not sealing well in the actual production process, and when manipulator pile up neatly, the strip cigarette in the smoke box drops, and unable normal when placing the smoke box by the manipulator is put, leads to the smoke box to surpass normal position. When STV carries crooked smoke box, the smoke box that surpasss hits guardrail, goods shelves, other smoke boxes easily and leads to the smoke box to drop, causes the damage. The current STV can not detect that the smoke box exceeds the part of the tray, and when the smoke box on the tray exceeds the position of the tray, the STV still continues to move ahead, and is taken into storage by the stacker fork after being conveyed in place by the conveyor, however, when the stacker forks the smoke box assembly, the body of the stacker is easily hit, and when the stacker is operated, the cigarette box of the excessive cigarette can also hit the goods shelves or the smoke boxes on the goods shelves, so that the smoke box of a large area drops. Therefore, the cigarette box can fall off to damage the cigarette box, and the stacker equipment and the collecting rail can be damaged by crashing, so that the normal operation of the stacker is influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model provides a security when STV smoke box appearance detection device and smoke box conveying system can improve the smoke box and carry out the commodity circulation and transport.

The first aspect of the present disclosure provides an STV smoke box appearance detection device, including:

the trolley body is used for bearing the smoke box assembly, the smoke box assembly comprises a tray and a plurality of smoke boxes stacked on the tray, and a first conveying part is arranged on the trolley body, extends along the left-right direction of the STV and is configured to convey the smoke box assembly to the trolley body;

the installation frame comprises four vertical rods arranged on the vehicle body, the projections of the four vertical rods on the vehicle body are positioned outside the first conveying part, and the four vertical rods surround to form an accommodating space for accommodating the smoke box assembly; and

and at least part of the detection components are arranged on the mounting frame and are configured to detect whether the smoke boxes exceed the outer contour formed after all the smoke boxes are stacked when the smoke box components enter the accommodating space or are positioned in the accommodating space.

In some embodiments, the plurality of detection elements includes at least one photo-electric correlation element disposed on the same vertical rod, and including two photo-electric switches spaced apart along the vertical rod, one of the photo-electric switches being higher than the top surface of the smoke box element, and the other photo-electric switch being lower than the bottom surface of the smoke box element.

In some embodiments, the first transport component is configured to enter the smoke box assembly in a side-to-side direction from a side where the photoemissive assembly is disposed.

In some embodiments, the photoelectric switch protrudes outside the mounting frame in both left and right directions.

In some embodiments, the at least one optoelectronic correlation assembly comprises a first optoelectronic correlation group, which is arranged on the upright of the front side and is configured to detect whether the smoke box exceeds the front side during the transportation of the smoke box assembly into the accommodating space; and/or at least one photoelectric correlation component comprises a second photoelectric correlation group which is arranged on the upright rod at the rear side and is configured to detect whether the smoke box exceeds the rear side or not in the process of conveying the smoke box component into the accommodating space.

In some embodiments, the first transport component is configured to stop operation in the event that a smoke box is out of the front side and the back side.

In some embodiments, the plurality of detection assemblies further includes a third photo-electric correlation group, provided on the two uprights on the right side, configured to detect whether the smoke box assembly in the accommodating space has a smoke box exceeding on the right side; and/or the plurality of detection assemblies further comprise a fourth photoelectric correlation group, which is arranged on the two vertical rods on the left side and is configured to detect whether the smoke box assembly in the accommodating space exceeds the smoke box on the left side.

In some embodiments, the third and/or fourth photoelectric correlation groups include two gratings, the two gratings are respectively disposed on the two vertical rods on the same side in the left-right direction, and the gratings extend in the height direction and cover the smoke boxes of all layers.

In some embodiments, the STV is configured to stop walking if the smoke box is exceeded.

In some embodiments, the cigarette box further comprises two guardrails which are arranged at intervals in the front-back direction and are respectively positioned at two sides of the first conveying part, the guardrails extend in the left-right direction, and the distance between the two guardrails is larger than the front-back distance of the cigarette box assembly.

In some embodiments, the plurality of detection assemblies further comprises a fifth photoelectric correlation group, which is arranged in the right area of the vehicle body and is configured to detect whether the tray is in place when the smoke box assembly is conveyed from left to right; and/or the plurality of detection assemblies further comprise a sixth photoelectric correlation group which is arranged in the left area of the vehicle body and is configured to detect whether the tray is in place or not when the smoke box assembly is conveyed from right to left.

In some embodiments, the distance of the fifth and sixth photo-alignment groups in the left-right direction is less than the left-right width of the tray.

In some embodiments, the plurality of detection assemblies further comprises a seventh photoelectric correlation group, located outside the fifth photoelectric correlation group in the left-right direction, configured to detect whether the tray exceeds a predetermined position when the smoke box assembly is conveyed from left to right; and/or the plurality of detection assemblies further comprise an eighth photoelectric correlation group, the eighth photoelectric correlation group is positioned at the outer side of the sixth photoelectric correlation group along the left-right direction, and the eighth photoelectric correlation group is configured to detect whether the tray exceeds a preset position when the cigarette box assembly is conveyed from right to left.

In some embodiments, further comprising: the fifth photoelectric correlation group, the sixth photoelectric correlation group, the seventh photoelectric correlation group and/or the eighth photoelectric correlation group comprise two photoelectric switches, the two photoelectric switches are arranged at intervals in the front-back direction, and the interval is larger than the size of the tray in the front-back direction.

In some embodiments, the plurality of detection assemblies further include a third photo-electric correlation group, provided on the two uprights on the right side, configured to detect whether a smoke box of the smoke box assembly in the accommodating space exceeds the smoke box on the right side;

and the third photoelectric correlation group is positioned between the fifth photoelectric correlation group and the seventh photoelectric correlation group in the left-right direction.

In some embodiments, the plurality of detection assemblies further include a fourth photo-electric correlation group, provided on the two uprights on the left side, configured to detect whether the smoke box assembly in the accommodating space has a smoke box exceeding on the left side;

the fourth photoelectric correlation group is located between the sixth photoelectric correlation group and the eighth photoelectric correlation group in the left-right direction.

A second aspect of the present disclosure provides a smoke box conveying system comprising:

the STV smoke box outline detection apparatus of the above embodiment; and

a second conveying component configured to interface with the first conveying component in a left-right direction to achieve conveyance of the smoke box assembly.

The STV smoke box appearance detection device of the embodiment of the disclosure, through increase box subassembly appearance detection device on STV's automobile body, when the smoke box subassembly gets into accommodation space or be in accommodation space, the condition that surpasses of smoke box can in time be detected out, can in time stop carrying on the STV or make the STV stop walking when discovering the smoke box and surpassing, so that maintainer in time handles, in order to avoid the smoke box to drop and lead to equipment or finished product cigarette to take place to damage, thereby improve the security when the smoke box carries out the commodity circulation and transports.

Drawings

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

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a normally palletized smoke box assembly;

FIG. 2 is a smoke box assembly with a smoke box extending from the rear side;

FIG. 3 is a left side smoke box assembly with a smoke box extending beyond;

FIG. 4 is a left side view of some embodiments of a mounting frame and detection assembly in the disclosed STV smoke box profile detection apparatus;

figure 5 is a schematic structural view of some embodiments of the STV smoke box outline detection apparatus of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a normal transfer of the smoke box assembly;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the rear-side-out smoke box assembly;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the left side of the excess smoke box assembly;

FIG. 9 is a circuit diagram of a first photo-electric correlation group;

FIG. 10 is a circuit diagram of a second photo-electric correlation group;

FIG. 11 is a circuit diagram of a third photo-electric correlation group;

FIG. 12 is a circuit diagram of a fourth electro-optic correlation block;

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of some embodiments of an emergency stop normally closed circuit.

Detailed Description

The technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are presently preferred embodiments of the invention and are not to be taken as an exclusion of other embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without any inventive step based on the embodiments of the present invention, are within the scope of the present invention.

In the claims, the description and the drawings of the present invention, unless explicitly defined otherwise, the terms "first", "second" or "third", etc. are used to distinguish between different objects and are not used to describe a particular sequence.

In the claims, the specification and the drawings of the present invention, unless otherwise expressly limited, all directional or positional relationships indicated by the terms "center," "lateral," "longitudinal," "horizontal," "vertical," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," and the like are based on the directional or positional relationships indicated in the drawings and are used for convenience in describing the present invention and for simplicity in description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element so indicated must have a particular orientation or be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. In fig. 5, the front, rear, left, and right directions are defined with reference to the STV traveling direction, and the side on which the electric control cabinet 1 is provided is the front side.

In the claims, the description and the drawings of the present application, unless otherwise expressly limited, the terms "fixedly connected" or "fixedly connected" should be interpreted broadly, that is, any connection between the two that does not have a relative rotational or translational relationship, that is, non-detachably fixed, integrally connected, and fixedly connected by other devices or elements.

In the claims, the specification and the drawings of the present invention, the terms "including", "having" and their variants, if used, are intended to be inclusive and not limiting.

As shown in figure 1, the cartons are typically palletized, i.e. a plurality of cartons are stacked on a pallet 20, during their transport through the STV (shuttle car). The number of cigarette boxes in the stacked cigarette boxes refers to the number of cigarette boxes on one plate of tray 20, one plate is 1-28, and 28 are 1 plate of completely stacked cigarette boxes. For example, the smoke box can be stacked with four layers, and comprises a first layer smoke box 21, a second layer smoke box 31, a third layer smoke box 41 and a fourth layer smoke box 45 from bottom to top in sequence.

As shown in fig. 2, the second layer smoke box 31 has a smoke box protruding from the rear side. As shown in fig. 3, the first tier smoke box 21 presents smoke boxes that are left-hand-excess. References herein to "front", "rear", "left" and "right" are defined with reference to the STV, the direction of travel of which is defined as the front.

The present disclosure provides an STV smoke box outline detection apparatus, as shown in fig. 4 to 13, comprising:

the vehicle body 30 is used for carrying the smoke box assembly 100, the smoke box assembly 100 comprises a tray 20 and a plurality of smoke boxes stacked on the tray 20, a first conveying part 8 is arranged on the vehicle body 30, the first conveying part 8 extends along the left-right direction x of the STV, and the first conveying part is configured to convey the smoke box assembly 100 to the vehicle body 30;

the mounting frame 13 comprises four upright posts 13-1 mounted on the vehicle body 30, projections of the four upright posts 13-1 on the vehicle body 30 are positioned outside the first conveying part 8, and the four upright posts 13-1 enclose to form a containing space for placing the smoke box assembly 100; and

a plurality of detection components, at least part of which are disposed on the mounting frame 13, are configured to detect whether there is an outer contour formed by stacking all the smoke boxes when the smoke box component 100 enters the accommodating space or is in the accommodating space.

Where the STV is a shuttle, the body 30 may be a rectangular plate structure for carrying the smoke box assembly 100, the bottom of the body 30 is provided with a front wheel assembly and a rear wheel assembly, and the first conveying member 8 may be disposed between the front wheel assembly and the rear wheel assembly, for example, a chain conveyor, a roller conveyor, a belt conveyor, etc. First conveyance member 8 may include conveyance members 8-1 and 8-2 arranged at intervals in front-rear direction y.

The mounting frame 13 may be a rectangular parallelepiped frame, the length of the vertical rod 13-1 is greater than the height of the smoke box assembly 100, and in order to improve the overall rigidity of the mounting frame 13, the mounting frame 13 further includes four cross rods 13-2, and the cross rods 13-2 are connected to the tops of two adjacent vertical rods 13-1. The receiving space within the mounting frame 13 is used to house the smoke box assembly 100.

At least part of the detection components are arranged on the installation frame 13, when the smoke box component 100 enters the accommodating space through the first conveying component 8, whether the smoke box exceeds the outer contour formed after all the smoke boxes are stacked can be detected, wherein the exceeding refers to the exceeding of the distance influencing safe transportation, and if the smoke box component 100 exists, the smoke box component 100 cannot enter the installation frame, so that the smoke box component 100 can stop conveying; or when the smoke box assembly 100 is in the containing space, in the process of STV walking, whether smoke boxes exceed the outline formed after all the smoke boxes are stacked can be detected, if yes, the STV stops walking, so that the smoke box assembly 100 is prevented from colliding with guardrails, goods shelves and other smoke boxes to cause the smoke boxes to fall off and damage, or is not easy to fork and take when a subsequent stacker puts in storage, or exceeds the smoke boxes to collide with the goods shelves or the smoke boxes on the goods shelves to cause the smoke boxes of a large area to fall off.

This embodiment is through increasing box subassembly appearance detection device on STV's automobile body 30, when smoke box subassembly 100 gets into accommodation space or is in accommodation space, but in time detect out the condition of surpassing of smoke box, can in time stop carrying on the STV or make the STV stop walking when discovering the smoke box and surpassing, so that maintainer in time handles, in order to avoid the smoke box to drop and lead to equipment or finished product cigarette to take place to damage, thereby improve the security that the smoke box carried out the commodity circulation when transporting.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5, the plurality of detecting elements includes at least one photo-electric correlation element, which is disposed on the same vertical rod 13-1 and includes two photo-electric switches, the two photo-electric switches are disposed at intervals along the vertical rod 13-1, and one of the photo-electric switches is higher than the top surface of the smoke box assembly 100, and the other photo-electric switch is lower than the bottom surface of the smoke box assembly 100.

Before the smoke box assembly 100 is conveyed to the first conveying part 8, or even if the smoke box assembly 100 partially enters the accommodating space, if the smoke box exceeds the front side or the rear side, shielding occurs between the two photoelectric switches, a trigger signal can be sent out, so that the smoke box assembly 100 is stopped to continue to be conveyed into the accommodating space in time, the position of the smoke box is adjusted in time by maintenance personnel, the smoke box is prevented from touching the vertical rod 13-1 to fall off, the damage of equipment or finished product cigarettes caused by the falling of the smoke box in a subsequent link can be avoided, and the safety of the smoke box in logistics transportation is improved.

In some embodiments, the first transport component 8 is configured to enter the smoke box assembly 100 in the left-right direction x from the side where the photo-correlation assembly is located.

For example, if the optoelectronic correlation assembly is disposed on the right pillar 13-1, the smoke box assembly 100 enters the mounting frame 13 from the right side; if the photoelectric correlation component is arranged on the upright post 13-1 on the left side, the smoke box component 100 enters the mounting frame 13 from the left side; if the vertical columns 13-1 on the left side and the right side are provided with the photoelectric correlation components, the smoke box component 100 can enter from the left side or the right side selectively.

In some embodiments, the photoelectric switches are protruded outside the mounting frame 13 in both the left and right directions x, as shown in fig. 5. For example, the photoelectric switch may be mounted on the pillar 13-1 by a mounting rod, which may extend outward in the left-right direction x.

This embodiment can make the smoke box that front side or rear side surpass when carrying to being close to stand 13-1, just can be detected by two photoelectric switches in same photoelectric correlation subassembly, can make smoke box subassembly 100 in time stop carrying to prevent that the smoke box that surpasss from colliding stand 13-1, further improve the security of smoke box transportation process.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5, the at least one photo-electric correlation assembly comprises a first photo-electric correlation group 10, the first photo-electric correlation group 10 being provided on the front upright 13-1 and configured to detect whether a smoke box is over the front side during the transportation of the smoke box assembly 100 into the receiving space.

For example, the first photo-electric correlation group 10 comprises photo-electric switches 10-1 and 10-2, the photo-electric switch 10-1 is disposed at the bottom position of the pillar 13-1, the photo-electric switch 10-2 is disposed at the area of the pillar 13-1 near the top, and the photo-electric switch 10-2 is higher than the top surface of the smoke box assembly 100. The photoelectric switches 10-1 and 10-2 extend out of the vertical rod 13-1 along the left-right direction x.

When the smoke box assembly 100 is conveyed into the accommodating space, if the smoke box exceeding the front side exists on the front side, the smoke box assembly 100 can be detected by the two photoelectric switches on the front upright post 13-1 when conveyed to the upright post 13-1 close to the front side, so that the conveying of the smoke box assembly 100 can be stopped in time, the smoke box exceeding the front side is prevented from colliding with the upright post 13-1, and the safety of the smoke box conveying process is further improved.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5 and 7, the at least one optoelectronic correlation assembly comprises a second optoelectronic correlation group 9, the second optoelectronic correlation group 9 being disposed on the rear upright 13-1 and configured to detect whether a smoke box extends from the rear side during the transportation of the smoke box assembly 100 into the accommodating space.

For example, the second photo-electric correlation group 9 comprises photo-electric switches 9-1 and 9-2, the photo-electric switch 9-1 is disposed at the bottom position of the upright post 13-1, the photo-electric switch 9-2 is disposed at the area of the upright post 13-1 near the top, and the photo-electric switch 9-2 is higher than the top surface of the smoke box assembly 100. The photoelectric switches 9-1 and 9-2 extend out of the vertical rod 13-1 along the left-right direction x.

When the smoke box assembly 100 is conveyed into the accommodating space, if the smoke box exceeding the rear side exists, the smoke box assembly can be detected by the two photoelectric switches on the rear upright post 13-1 when the smoke box assembly is conveyed to the upright post 13-1 close to the front side, so that the smoke box assembly 100 can be stopped conveying in time, the smoke box exceeding the rear upright post is prevented from colliding with the upright post 13-1, and the safety of the smoke box conveying process is further improved.

In some embodiments, the first transport component 8 is configured to stop operation in the event of a smoke box overrun on the front side and the rear side.

This embodiment is at the in-process that smoke box subassembly 100 carried to accommodation space in, if it has the smoke box to surpass to detect out front side or rear side, make first conveyor component 8 bring to rest, can in time stop to continue carrying smoke box subassembly 100 to accommodation space in to maintainer in time adjusts the smoke box position, the smoke box that prevents to surpass touches pole setting 13-1 and takes place to drop, also can avoid the follow-up link in the smoke box to drop and lead to equipment or finished product cigarette to take place to damage, thereby the security when the smoke box carries out the commodity circulation and transports.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5, the plurality of detection assemblies further comprises a third photo-electric correlation group 11, provided on the two uprights 13-1 on the right, configured to detect whether a smoke box exceeds the smoke box assembly 100 in the containing space on the right.

According to the embodiment, the third photoelectric correlation group 11 is arranged on the two vertical rods 13-1 on the right side at the same time, so that in the process of transporting the smoke box assembly by the STV, if the smoke box exceeds the right side due to shaking, the exceeding smoke box can influence part of receiving signals of the third photoelectric correlation group 11 on the two vertical rods 13-1, the exceeding of the smoke box from the right side can be detected in time, the STV stops walking and the positions of the smoke boxes are sorted by maintenance personnel, the situation that the smoke box falls to cause damage to equipment or finished cigarettes in subsequent links can be avoided, and the safety of the smoke box in logistics transportation is improved.

In some embodiments, the plurality of detection assemblies further comprises a fourth photo-electric correlation group 12, provided on the two uprights 13-1 on the left side, configured to detect whether the smoke box assembly 100 inside the housing space has a smoke box beyond the left side.

This embodiment is through establishing fourth photoelectricity correlation group 12 simultaneously on two left pole settings 13-1, can be at the in-process of STV transportation smoke box subassembly, if lead to the smoke box to surpass from the left side because rocking, the smoke box that surpasses can influence the partial received signal of fourth photoelectricity correlation group 12 on two pole settings 13-1, can in time detect out the smoke box and surpass from the left side from this to make STV stop the walking and put in order the smoke box position by maintainer, can avoid the smoke box to drop in the follow-up link and lead to equipment or finished product cigarette to take place the damage, thereby security when the smoke box carries out the commodity circulation and transports improves.

In some embodiments, the third photo-electric correlation group 11 and/or the fourth photo-electric correlation group 12 includes two gratings, the two gratings are respectively disposed on the two pillars 13-1 on the same side along the left-right direction x, and the gratings extend along the height direction z and cover all layers of the smoke box. For example, the grating is in the form of an elongated stripe structure comprising a plurality of opto-electronic switches along the height direction z.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 5, the third optical-electrical correlation group 11 includes gratings 11-1 and 11-2 respectively disposed on the two right-side vertical pillars 13-1, and if the smoke box exceeds from the right side due to shaking during the transportation of the smoke box assembly by the STV, the exceeding smoke box will affect the signal received between the gratings 11-1 and 11-2, so that the exceeding of the smoke box from the right side can be detected in time. As shown in fig. 5 and 8, the fourth photoelectric correlation group 12 comprises gratings 12-1 and 12-2 respectively arranged on two left vertical columns 13-1, and if the smoke box exceeds from the left due to shaking in the process of transporting the smoke box assembly by the STV, the exceeding smoke box can influence the signal received between the gratings 12-1 and 12-2, so that the smoke box exceeding from the left can be timely detected.

In the embodiment, the two vertical rods 13-1 on the same side in the left-right direction x are respectively provided with the grating, and the grating extends along the height direction z and covers all layers of smoke boxes, so that when any layer of smoke box in the height direction z exceeds from the left side or the right side, the grating can be accurately detected. Since the vehicle body 30 has margins on both the front and rear sides of the mounting frame 13, the smoke box that has been excessive in time does not collide with other objects in the path.

In some embodiments, the STV is configured to stop walking if the smoke box is exceeded.

The embodiment can stop the STV from walking if the smoke box exceeds from the left side or the right side due to shaking in the process of transporting the smoke box assembly by the STV, and the smoke box position is cleared up by maintenance personnel, so that the smoke box can be prevented from falling or being damaged due to collision between the exceeding smoke box and other objects in the path; still can avoid the smoke box to drop in follow-up link and lead to equipment or finished product cigarette to take place to damage to security when the improvement smoke box carries out the commodity circulation and transports.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5, the STV smoke box outline detection device further comprises two guardrails 7 spaced apart in the front-to-back direction y and respectively located on both sides of the first conveying member 8, and the guardrails 7 extend in the left-to-right direction x, the distance between the two guardrails 7 being greater than the front-to-back distance of the smoke box assembly 100.

This embodiment can move the smoke box assembly 100 in the front-rear direction y during movement of the STV by providing the guard rails 7, improving safety during transportation.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the plurality of detection assemblies further includes a fifth photovoltaic correlation block 4, provided in the right-hand region of the vehicle body 30, configured to detect whether the tray 20 is in position when the smoke box assembly 100 is conveyed from left to right; and/or the plurality of detection assemblies further comprises a sixth photoelectric correlation group 5, arranged on the left side area of the vehicle body 30 and configured to detect whether the tray 20 is in place when the smoke box assembly 100 is conveyed from right to left.

The fifth photoelectric correlation group 4 and/or the sixth photoelectric correlation group 5 include two photoelectric switches, the two photoelectric switches are arranged at intervals along the front-back direction y, and the interval is greater than the size of the tray 20 along the front-back direction y. For example, the fifth photoelectric correlation group 4 includes photoelectric switches 4-1 and 4-2, which are provided at intervals in the front-rear direction y on the vehicle body 30. The sixth photoelectric correlation group 5 includes photoelectric switches 5-1 and 5-2, which are provided at intervals in the front-rear direction y on the vehicle body 30. The opto-electronic switches 4-1, 4-2, 5-1 and 5-2 may enclose a rectangle for testing the tray 20.

This embodiment enables to detect by the fifth opto-electronic correlation group 4 whether the smoke box assembly 100 is in place when the smoke box assembly 100 is transported from left to right, indicating in place if triggered, at which time the first transport element 8 is stopped. When the cigarette box assembly 100 is conveyed from right to left, whether the cigarette box assembly 100 is conveyed in place is detected through the sixth photoelectric correlation group 5, if the cigarette box assembly is triggered, the conveying in place is indicated, and at the moment, the first conveying component 8 is stopped. Thus, the delivery position of the smoke box assembly 100 on the vehicle body 30 can be accurately determined.

In some embodiments, the distance of the fifth and sixth photoelectric correlation groups 4 and 5 in the left-right direction x is less than the left-right width of the tray 20, i.e., the distance of the photoelectric switches 4-1 and 5-1, or the distance of the photoelectric switches 4-2 and 5-2 is less than the left-right width of the tray 20. This embodiment can effectively detect that the tray 20 is in place.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5, the plurality of detection assemblies further includes a seventh photo-alignment group 3, located outside the fifth photo-alignment group 4 in the left-right direction x, configured to detect whether the tray 20 exceeds a predetermined position when the smoke box assembly 100 is conveyed from left to right; and/or the plurality of detection assemblies further comprises an eighth photovoltaic correlation group 6, located outside the sixth photovoltaic correlation group 5 in the left-right direction x, configured to detect whether the tray 20 exceeds a predetermined position when the smoke box assembly 100 is conveyed from right to left. The outer side here means the side remote from the receiving space.

The seventh photo-electric correlation group 3 and/or the eighth photo-electric correlation group 6 include two photo-electric switches, the two photo-electric switches are arranged at intervals along the front-back direction y, and the interval is greater than the size of the tray 20 along the front-back direction y. For example, the seventh photoelectric correlation group 3 includes photoelectric switches 3-1 and 3-2, which are provided at intervals in the front-rear direction y on the vehicle body 30. The eighth photoelectric correlation group 6 includes photoelectric switches 6-1 and 6-2, which are provided at intervals in the front-rear direction y on the vehicle body 30. The optoelectronic switches 3-1, 3-2, 6-1 and 6-2 may enclose a rectangle for inspecting the tray 20. The photoelectric switches 3-1, 4-1, 5-1 and 6-1 are located at the same position in the front-rear direction y, and the photoelectric switches 3-2, 4-2, 5-2 and 6-2 are located at the same position in the front-rear direction y.

This embodiment can detect whether the smoke box assembly 100 exceeds the limit position in the left-right direction x after being conveyed in place by the seventh photo-electric correlation group 3 and/or the eighth photo-electric correlation group 6, so as to prevent the smoke box assembly 100 from deflecting left and right on the STV, and prevent the smoke box from falling.

Optionally, the effective detection distance between the seventh photo-alignment group 3 and the sixth photo-alignment group 5 is greater than the left-right distance of the tray 20, if the smoke box assembly 100 is conveyed from right to left, it passes through the photo-switches 3-1/3-2 and 4-1/4-2 in sequence, and when the tray 20 is detected at 5-1/5-2, the first conveying component 8 stops continuously conveying the tray 20 to the left, and then the STV moves back and forth. In order to better judge whether the tray 20 is conveyed in place, the photoelectric switch 3-1/3-2 can not detect the tray at the moment, otherwise, the tray 20 is not conveyed in place or exceeds the right side, and the STV is not allowed to move back and forth.

Optionally, the effective detection distance between the fifth optical electrical correlation group 4 and the eighth optical electrical correlation group 6 is greater than the left-right distance of the tray 20, so that if the tray 20 is conveyed from left to right, the tray passes through the optical electrical switches 6-1/6-2 and 5-1/5-2 in sequence, and when the tray 20 is detected by 4-1/4-2, the first conveying component 8 stops conveying the tray 20 to the right, and then the STV moves back and forth. In order to better judge whether the tray 20 is conveyed in place, the photoelectric switch 6-1/6-2 can not detect the tray 20 at the moment, and if the tray 20 is not conveyed in place or exceeds the left side, the STV is not allowed to move back and forth.

In some embodiments, the plurality of detection assemblies further comprises a third photo-electric correlation group 11, provided on the two uprights 13-1 on the right, configured to detect whether the smoke box assembly 100 in the containing space has a smoke box exceeding on the right; the third photoelectric correlation group 11 is located between the fifth photoelectric correlation group 4 and the seventh photoelectric correlation group 3 in the left-right direction x.

Since the positions of the third photoelectric correlation group 11, the fifth photoelectric correlation group 4 and the third photoelectric correlation group 11 in the front-back direction y can be the same, the third photoelectric correlation group 11 is arranged between the fifth photoelectric correlation group 4 and the seventh photoelectric correlation group 3 in the left-right direction x, so that mutual influence of photoelectric switches with short distances can be avoided, and the detection accuracy and reliability can be improved.

In some embodiments, the plurality of detection assemblies further comprises a fourth photo-electric correlation group 12, provided on the two uprights 13-1 on the left side, configured to detect whether the smoke box assembly 100 located in the containing space has a smoke box exceeding on the left side; wherein the fourth photo-electric correlation group 12 is located between the sixth photo-electric correlation group 5 and the eighth photo-electric correlation group 6 in the left-right direction x.

Since the positions of the fourth photoelectric correlation group 12, the sixth photoelectric correlation group 5, and the eighth photoelectric correlation group 6 in the front-rear direction y can be the same, the fourth photoelectric correlation group 12 is disposed between the sixth photoelectric correlation group 5 and the eighth photoelectric correlation group 6 in the left-right direction x, so that mutual influence of the photoelectric switches at a short distance can be avoided, and the detection accuracy and reliability can be improved.

Secondly, this disclosure provides a smoke box conveying system, includes: the STV smoke box outline detection apparatus of the above embodiment; and a second conveyance member 50 configured to interface with the first conveyance member 8 in the left-right direction x to effect conveyance of the smoke box assembly 100.

For example, the second conveying member 50 may be a conveyor. When it is desired to transport the smoke box assembly 100, the STV may be moved to align the first transport component 8 with the second transport component 50. The second conveyor member 50 is selectively aligned with either the left or right side of the first conveyor member 8.

This embodiment enables flexible transfer of the smoke box assembly 100 by cooperation of the two transport components. Moreover, in the process of conveying the smoke box assembly 100 into the accommodating space, if it is detected that the smoke box exceeds the front side or the rear side, the first conveying part 8 and the second conveying part 50 can stop running, and the smoke box assembly 100 can be timely stopped to continue conveying into the accommodating space, so that maintenance personnel can timely adjust the position of the smoke box, prevent the exceeding smoke box from touching the vertical rod 13-1 to fall off, and also avoid the damage of equipment or finished cigarettes caused by the falling of the smoke box in the subsequent links, thereby improving the safety of the smoke box in logistics transportation.

The working principle of the disclosed smoke box conveying system is explained below.

1. After the robot has finished stacking 24 (the number of pieces may be 1 to N, for example, 24) and has conveyed to the second conveying member 50, the STV moves until the first conveying member 8 abuts against the second conveying member 50, and the second conveying member 50 conveys the magazine assembly 100 from right to left to the STV. If the carton assemblies 100 are stacked neatly (as shown in fig. 1 and 6), neither the photoelectric switch 9-1/9-2 nor 10-1/10-2 is blocked by the carton during the conveying process, and the sudden stop of the first conveying member 8 in the STV is not triggered. When the tray 20 is detected by the opto-electronic switch 5-1/5-2, the STV stops continuing to transport the smoke box assembly 100. At this time, the smoke boxes are arranged orderly, so that the photoelectric switches 11-1/11-2 and 12-1/12-2 are not shielded, and the STV can move back and forth to the corresponding input station.

2. After the robot has finished stacking 24 (the number of pieces may be 1 to N, for example, 24) and has conveyed to the second conveying member 50, the STV moves until the first conveying member 8 abuts against the second conveying member 50, and the second conveying member 50 conveys the magazine assembly 100 from right to left to the STV. If the cigarette box assemblies 100 are not stacked neatly, for example, if the cigarette boxes 31 exceed from the rear side (as shown in fig. 7), in the conveying process, the photoelectric switches 9-1/9-2 are shielded by the cigarette boxes, and then the trigger signal is transmitted to the relay KM1 through the photoelectric signal transmission line S1 (as shown in fig. 9), so that the relay KM1 is actuated, the normally open contact KM1 is closed, the emergency stop line between a and B is connected, and the emergency stop of the first conveying component 8 in the STV is triggered to alarm (as shown in fig. 13).

Or if the cigarette box assemblies 100 are not stacked neatly and the cigarette boxes 31 exceed from the front side, the photoelectric switches 10-1/10-2 are shielded by the cigarette boxes in the conveying process, the trigger signal is transmitted to the relay KM2 (fig. 10) through the photoelectric signal transmission line S1, so that the relay KM2 acts, the normally open contact KM2 is closed, the emergency stop line between A and B is connected, and the emergency stop of the first conveying component 8 in the STV is triggered to alarm (fig. 13). SBEs are emergency stop buttons of the STV body, the emergency stop of the STV is triggered to alarm, the STV stops, a buzzer of the STV body makes a sound and a warning lamp is lighted.

Waiting for the maintenance personnel to put the smoke box 31 in order or to manually move the smoke box assembly 100 to a maintenance station for disposal. After finishing, the smoke box assembly 100 continues to be conveyed to the left, and when the photoelectric switch 5-1/5-2 detects the tray, the STV stops the first conveying component 8 to convey the smoke box assembly 100 continuously. At this time, as the smoke boxes are arranged in order, the photoelectric switches 11-1/11-2 and 12-1/12-2 are not shielded, and the STV can move back and forth to the corresponding input station.

3. After the robot has finished stacking 24 (the number of pieces may be 1 to N, for example 24), and has conveyed to the second conveying member 50, the STV moves into abutment with the second conveying member 50, and the second conveying member 50 conveys the carton assemblies 100 from right to left to the STV. If the cigarette box assemblies 100 are not stacked neatly, for example, 21 cigarettes (as shown in fig. 8), since the cigarette box assemblies 100 are stacked neatly in front and back and the left side of the cigarette box assemblies exceeds, the photoelectric switches 9-1/9-2 or 10-1/10-2 are not shielded by the cigarette box in the conveying process, and the sudden stop of the first conveying component 8 in the STV is not triggered. When the tray 20 is detected by the opto-electronic switch 5-1/5-2, the STV stops continuing to convey the smoke box assembly 100, the tray 20 is also detected by the opto-electronic switch 4-1/4-2, and the tray 20 is not detected by the opto-electronic switch 3-1/3-2.

At the moment that the STV moves back and forth, the smoke box 21 exceeds, so that the grating 12-1/12-2 is shielded, the trigger signal is transmitted to the relay KM4 (figure 12) through the grating signal transmission line S2, so that the relay KM4 acts, the normally open contact KM4 is closed, the emergency stop line between A and B is connected, and the emergency stop of the STV is triggered to alarm (figure 13). When the grating 12-1/12-2 is shielded instantaneously in the movement process of the STV, the relay KM4 is also triggered, and the emergency stop of the STV is triggered to alarm. Waiting for the maintenance personnel to put the smoke box 21 in order or to manually move the smoke box assembly 100 to a maintenance station for disposal. After finishing, the STV can move back and forth to the corresponding input station.

4. When 24 pieces (the number of pieces can be 1-N, for example, 24 pieces) are stacked by the manipulator, the conveyor conveys the cigarette box assemblies 100 from left to right to the STV. If the cigarette box assemblies 100 are not stacked neatly and the right sides of the end surfaces of the cigarette box assemblies 100 exceed, the right sides of the end surfaces of the cigarette box assemblies 100 are stacked neatly and neatly, and the right sides of the end surfaces of the cigarette box assemblies 100 exceed, then in the conveying process, the photoelectric switches 9-1/9-2 or 10-1/10-2 cannot be shielded by the cigarette boxes, and the emergency stop of the first conveying component 8 in the STV cannot be triggered. When the tray 20 is detected by the opto-electronic switch 4-1/4-2, the STV stops continuing to convey the smoke box assembly 100, and the opto-electronic switch 5-1/5-2 detects the tray 20 while the opto-electronic switch 6-1/6-2 does not detect the tray 20.

At the moment, the right side of the smoke box exceeds, so that the grating 11-1/11-2 is shielded, the trigger signal is transmitted to the relay KM3 (figure 11) through the grating signal transmission line S2, so that the relay KM3 acts, the normally open contact KM3 is closed, the emergency stop line between A and B is connected, and the emergency stop of the STV is triggered to alarm (figure 13). When the grating 11-1/11-2 is shielded instantaneously in the STV moving process, the relay KM3 is also triggered, and the emergency stop of the STV is triggered to alarm. Waiting for the maintenance personnel to put the smoke box in order or to manually move the smoke box assembly 100 to a maintenance station for disposal. After finishing, the STV can move back and forth to the corresponding input station.

According to the embodiment, in the conveying process of the smoke box assembly 100, the front side and the rear side of the smoke box assembly 100 are dynamically detected, and if the smoke box assembly exceeds the smoke box, the first conveying component 8 and the second conveying component 50 stop running in time; after the smoke box assembly 100 is conveyed in place, the left and right sides of the smoke box assembly 100 are statically detected, and if the smoke box assembly exceeds the smoke box, the STV stops walking in time. The STV may be manually moved to a service area to clean up the excess smoke box when the smoke box is exceeded.

Specifically, the present disclosure adds a detection frame above the first conveyance member of the STV body 30. Whether the side surpasss the smoke box around the dynamic verification when STV carries smoke box subassembly 100, the photoelectric switch of correlation about the both sides increase of direction of delivery, when smoke box subassembly 100 carries from the pile up neatly region toward STV, as long as the smoke box exceedes normal scope, the photoelectricity of correlation from top to bottom will be sheltered from by the smoke box that surpasss the scope, in case the scram button that will trigger the STV body is sheltered from to the correlation photoelectricity, prevent that the smoke box hits the electric control cabinet 1 of installation frame 13 and STV body, be equipped with scram button 2 on the electric control cabinet 1.

Because the prior art cannot detect whether the smoke box assembly 100 exceeds the normal range during the conveying process, the grating which is shot back and forth is arranged in a reasonable range at the position where the smoke box assembly 100 is conveyed to the stop position from the second conveying component 50 to the STV. When the magazine assembly 100 is stopped after being transported in place from the second transport component 50 to the first transport component 8 of the STV, the magazine assembly 100 is statically checked for lateral overtravel by the light barrier. The stop button of the STV body is triggered once the grating is blocked, so that the maintenance personnel can process the stop button in time.

When exceeding occurs, the STV emergency stop button is triggered, and maintenance personnel can rightly place the exceeding smoke box on site or manually pull the STV to a maintenance area for sorting.

Finally, the present disclosure provides a detection method based on the STV smoke box outline detection apparatus in the above embodiment, including:

in the process of conveying the cigarette box assembly 100 into the accommodating space, whether the cigarette boxes exceed the outer contour formed after all the cigarette boxes are stacked is detected through the plurality of detection assemblies, and if yes, the first conveying component 8 stops running; and/or

When the smoke box assembly 100 is located in the accommodating space, whether the smoke boxes exceed the outer contour formed after all the smoke boxes are stacked is detected through the detection assemblies, and if yes, the STV stops walking.

This embodiment is through increasing box subassembly appearance detection device on STV's automobile body 30, when smoke box subassembly 100 gets into accommodation space or is in accommodation space, but in time detect out the condition of surpassing of smoke box, can in time stop carrying on the STV or make the STV stop walking when discovering the smoke box and surpassing, so that maintainer in time handles, in order to avoid the smoke box to drop and lead to equipment or finished product cigarette to take place to damage, thereby improve the security that the smoke box carried out the commodity circulation when transporting.

In some embodiments, detecting the presence of the smoke box by the plurality of detection assemblies during transport of the smoke box assembly 100 into the receiving space comprises:

whether the smoke box exceeds the front side or not is detected in the process that the smoke box assembly 100 is conveyed into the accommodating space through the first photoelectric correlation group 10 arranged on the vertical rod 13-1 at the front side;

through the second photoelectric correlation group 9 arranged on the upright 13-1 at the rear side, whether the smoke box exceeds the rear side or not is detected in the process of conveying the smoke box assembly 100 into the accommodating space.

The embodiment can enable the smoke box assembly 100 to be conveyed into the accommodating space, if the smoke box which exceeds the accommodating space exists on the front side, the smoke box can be detected by two photoelectric switches on the front upright post 13-1 when being conveyed to the upright post 13-1 close to the front side; if the excessive smoke box exists on the rear side, the excessive smoke box can be detected by two photoelectric switches on the rear upright post 13-1 when being conveyed to the upright post 13-1 close to the front side, and the conveying of the smoke box assembly 100 can be stopped in time under the two conditions so as to prevent the excessive smoke box from colliding with the upright post 13-1, and further improve the safety of the smoke box conveying process.

In some embodiments, detecting the presence of the smoke box beyond by the plurality of detection assemblies while the smoke box assembly 100 is within the receiving space comprises:

through the third photoelectric correlation group 11 arranged on the two upright rods 13-1 on the right side, whether the smoke box exceeds the right side or not is detected when the smoke box assembly 100 is in the accommodating space;

by means of the fourth photo-electric correlation group 12 provided on the two uprights 13-1 on the left, it is detected whether a smoke box is over at the left when the smoke box assembly 100 is in the containing space.

According to the embodiment, the third photoelectric correlation group 11 is arranged on the two vertical rods 13-1 on the right side at the same time, and the fourth photoelectric correlation group 12 is arranged on the two vertical rods 13-1 on the left side at the same time, so that in the process of transporting the smoke box assembly by the STV, if the smoke box exceeds the right side or the left side due to shaking, the detection can be timely carried out, the STV can stop walking, the positions of the smoke box can be sorted by maintenance personnel, the damage to equipment or finished cigarettes caused by the falling of the smoke box in the subsequent links can be avoided, and the safety of the smoke box in logistics transportation is improved.

The above description is only exemplary of the present disclosure and is not intended to limit the present disclosure, and any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present disclosure should be included in the scope of the present disclosure.

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1. An STV smoke box appearance detection device, its characterized in that includes:

the trolley body (30) is used for bearing a smoke box assembly (100), the smoke box assembly (100) comprises a tray (20) and a plurality of smoke boxes stacked on the tray (20), a first conveying component (8) is arranged on the trolley body (30), the first conveying component (8) extends along the left-right direction (x) of the STV, and the trolley body is configured to convey the smoke box assembly (100) to the trolley body (30);

the mounting frame (13) comprises four vertical rods (13-1) mounted on the vehicle body (30), the projections of the four vertical rods (13-1) on the vehicle body (30) are positioned outside the first conveying part (8), and the four vertical rods (13-1) enclose to form a containing space for placing the smoke box assembly (100); and

a plurality of detection components, at least part of which are arranged on the mounting frame (13), and are configured to detect whether the smoke box exceeds the outer contour formed after all the smoke boxes are stacked when the smoke box component (100) enters the accommodating space or is positioned in the accommodating space.

2. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said plurality of detection modules comprises at least one opto-electronic correlation module provided on the same upright (13-1), comprising two opto-electronic switches spaced along said upright (13-1), one of said opto-electronic switches being higher than the top surface of said smoke box module (100) and the other of said opto-electronic switches being lower than the bottom surface of said smoke box module (100).

3. An STV smoke box outline detection apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said first transport component (8) is configured to bring said smoke box assembly (100) in a left-right direction (x) from the side where said photoemission assembly is located.

4. An STV smoke box outline detection apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said photoelectric switch protrudes outside said mounting frame (13) in both left and right directions (x).

5. The STV smoke box outline inspection device of claim 2,

at least one photoelectric correlation component comprises a first photoelectric correlation group (10), the first photoelectric correlation group (10) is arranged on the upright (13-1) at the front side and is configured to detect whether a smoke box exceeds the front side when the smoke box component (100) is conveyed into the accommodating space; and/or

At least one photoelectric correlation assembly comprises a second photoelectric correlation group (9), wherein the second photoelectric correlation group (9) is arranged on the vertical rod (13-1) at the rear side and is configured to detect whether a smoke box exceeds the rear side or not when the smoke box assembly (100) is conveyed into the accommodating space.

6. An STV smoke box outline detection apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the first conveyor member (8) is configured to stop operation in the event of a smoke box overrun at the front or rear side.

7. The STV smoke box outline inspection device of claim 1,

the detection components also comprise a third photoelectric correlation group (11) which is arranged on the two upright rods (13-1) at the right side and is configured to detect whether the smoke box component (100) in the accommodating space has a smoke box to exceed at the right side; and/or

The plurality of detection assemblies further comprise a fourth photoelectric correlation group (12) which is arranged on the two vertical rods (13-1) on the left side and is configured to detect whether the smoke box assembly (100) in the accommodating space exceeds the smoke box on the left side.

8. An STV smoke box outline detection device according to claim 7, characterized in that said third (11) and/or fourth (12) set of photo-electric correlation comprises two gratings, respectively arranged on two of said uprights (13-1) of the same side, in the left-right direction (x), said gratings extending in the height direction (z) and covering all layers of the smoke box.

9. An STV smoke box outline detection apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the STV is configured to stop walking in the event of a smoke box overrun.

10. An STV smoke box outline detection apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising two guardrails (7) spaced apart in a fore-aft direction (y) and located on either side of said first conveyor member (8), respectively, and said guardrails (7) extending in a left-right direction (x), the spacing of said two guardrails (7) being greater than the fore-aft spacing of said smoke box assembly (100).

11. An STV smoke box outline inspection device according to any one of claims 1 to 10,

the detection assemblies further comprise a fifth photoelectric correlation group (4) which is arranged in the right side area of the vehicle body (30) and is configured to detect whether the tray (20) is in place or not when the smoke box assembly (100) is conveyed from left to right; and/or

The detection assemblies further comprise a sixth photoelectric correlation group (5) which is arranged in the left area of the vehicle body (30) and is configured to detect whether the tray (20) is in place or not when the smoke box assembly (100) is conveyed from right to left.

12. An STV smoke box outline detection device according to claim 11, wherein the distance of said fifth and sixth photo-electric correlation groups (4, 5) in the left-right direction (x) is smaller than the left-right width of the tray (20).

13. The STV smoke box outline inspection device of claim 11,

the plurality of detection assemblies further comprise a seventh photoelectric correlation group (3), which is positioned at the outer side of the fifth photoelectric correlation group (4) along the left-right direction (x) and is configured to detect whether the tray (20) exceeds a preset position when the cigarette box assembly (100) is conveyed from left to right; and/or

The plurality of detection assemblies further comprise an eighth photoelectric correlation group (6) which is positioned at the outer side of the sixth photoelectric correlation group (5) along the left-right direction (x) and is configured to detect whether the tray (20) exceeds a preset position when the cigarette box assembly (100) is conveyed from right to left.

14. An STV smoke box outline detection apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising:

the fifth photoelectric correlation group (4), the sixth photoelectric correlation group (5), the seventh photoelectric correlation group (3) and/or the eighth photoelectric correlation group (6) comprise two photoelectric switches, the two photoelectric switches are arranged at intervals along the front-back direction (y), and the interval is larger than the size of the tray (20) along the front-back direction (y).

15. An STV smoke box outline detection apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said plurality of detection modules further comprises a third photo-electric correlation group (11), provided on two of said uprights (13-1) on the right, configured to detect if a smoke box extends beyond a smoke box module (100) located in said housing space on the right;

wherein the third photovoltaic correlation group (11) is located between the fifth photovoltaic correlation group (4) and the seventh photovoltaic correlation group (3) in the left-right direction (x).

16. The STV smoke box outline detection apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said plurality of detection modules further comprises a fourth photo-electric correlation group (12) provided on two of said uprights (13-1) on the left side, configured to detect if a smoke box extends beyond the smoke box module (100) in said housing space on the left side;

wherein the fourth photo-electric correlation group (12) is located between the sixth photo-electric correlation group (5) and the eighth photo-electric correlation group (6) in a left-right direction (x).

17. A smoke box conveying system, comprising:

an STV smoke box outline detection apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 16; and

a second transport component (50) configured to interface with the first transport component (8) in a left-right direction (x) to enable transport of the smoke box assembly (100).

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