CN219192802U

CN219192802U - Socks plastic folding equipment

Info

Publication number: CN219192802U
Application number: CN202223577482.6U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王键强; 薛凤婷; 黄美秀
Original assignee: Walt Technology Group Co ltd
Current assignee: Walt Technology Group Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-12-28
Filing date: 2022-12-28
Publication date: 2023-06-16
Anticipated expiration: 2032-12-28

Abstract

The utility model relates to sock production equipment, in particular to sock shaping and folding equipment, which comprises a turnover feeding device, a sock opening leveling device and a sock placing and folding device which are sequentially connected, wherein the sock opening leveling device comprises a leveling rack; be provided with belt conveying mechanism and flattening backup plate and pressure socks mechanism in the flattening frame, belt conveying mechanism's feed end links up to have and presss from both sides socks conveying mechanism, it is provided with the shower nozzle of blowing to press from both sides one side of socks conveying mechanism, just it is provided with the detection camera directly over clamp socks conveying mechanism's conveying surface, the position of detection camera with the position of shower nozzle of blowing is corresponding. The equipment provided by the utility model can directly treat the socks which are randomly stacked after weaving, does not need to manually pick and sort the socks, then immediately conveys the socks to the sock placing and folding device for folding, does not need material turnover between two working procedures of shaping and folding, does not need heat setting, and is beneficial to reducing the production period and the production cost of the socks.

Description

Socks plastic folding equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a sock production device, in particular to a sock shaping and folding device.

Background

The knitted sock is woven, the knitted sock is further required to be flattened, folded, packaged and the like, all the working procedures are usually completed in independent working stations or workshops, materials are required to be circulated among the working procedures, the knitted sock is usually stacked in a material frame or a bag in a disordered manner after the knitted sock is woven, the knitted sock is soft in texture, the knitted sock is shaped and flattened in a heat setting mode in order to facilitate the fact that the materials are disordered under the action of external force such as vibration in the process of being conveyed to the folding working stations after being flattened, manual picking and sorting are required to be conducted before the knitted sock is fed into a shaping machine for heat setting, the working procedures are complicated, the production period is relatively long, and the production cost is relatively high.

In view of this, the present application has made intensive studies on the above problems, and has been made.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to provide sock shaping and folding equipment which is beneficial to reducing the production period and the production cost of socks.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

the sock shaping and folding equipment comprises a turnover feeding device, a sock opening leveling device and a sock placing and folding device which are sequentially connected, wherein the sock opening leveling device comprises a leveling frame; the leveling frame is provided with a belt conveying mechanism which is horizontally arranged, a leveling backup plate and a sock pressing mechanism which are sequentially arranged along the conveying direction of the belt conveying mechanism, the feeding end of the belt conveying mechanism is connected with a sock clamping conveying mechanism, and a blowing nozzle is arranged on one side of the sock clamping conveying mechanism, a detection camera is arranged right above the conveying surface of the sock clamping conveying mechanism, and the position of the detection camera corresponds to the position of the blowing nozzle.

The turnover feeding device comprises a conveying frame, a turnover stocking mechanism, a driving rod, a driven rod, a conveying belt and a conveying motor, wherein the driving rod and the driven rod are respectively connected onto the conveying frame in a rotating mode, the conveying belt is wound between the driving rod and the driven rod, the conveying motor is used for driving the driving rod to rotate, the turnover stocking mechanism comprises a base frame, two power rollers, the power rollers are arranged in parallel with each other and are respectively connected onto the base frame in a rotating mode, the turnover motor is used for driving each power roller to rotate, the rollers directly or indirectly abut against each power roller, an opening is formed in one side of each roller, a cover plate is covered on the base frame and is directly or indirectly fixedly connected onto the base frame, a feeding port and a discharging port are formed in the cover plate, a feeding end of the conveying belt penetrates into an inner cavity of the roller from the discharging port, a recognition camera is arranged right above the discharging end of the conveying belt, and a stocking clamping manipulator is arranged beside the discharging end of the conveying belt and used for clamping socks onto the stocking clamping conveying mechanism from the conveying belt.

As an improvement of the utility model, a plurality of sock turning hoppers are fixedly connected to the circumferential side wall of the inner cavity of the roller, each sock turning hopper comprises a supporting plate fixedly connected to the roller, an inclined support plate fixedly connected to one end of the supporting plate, which faces the central shaft of the roller, and two material plates respectively fixedly connected to the inclined support plates, an included angle is formed between the supporting plate and each inclined support plate, the two material plates are simultaneously and fixedly connected to the supporting plate, the distance between the two material plates is gradually increased from one end of the material plates connected with the inclined support plate to the other end, and a sock turning cavity is formed between the two material plates.

As an improvement of the utility model, the turnover feeding device further comprises a scattering component positioned above the conveying surface of the conveying belt, the scattering component comprises an inclined slide rod which is directly or indirectly fixedly connected to the conveying frame, an inclined slide seat which is slidingly connected to the inclined slide rod, an inclined slide cylinder which is used for driving the inclined slide seat to slide, two horizontal sliding seats which are respectively and horizontally slidingly connected to the inclined slide seat, a horizontal sliding cylinder which is respectively matched with each horizontal sliding seat one by one, and clamping plates which are respectively and fixedly connected to piston rods of each horizontal sliding cylinder, the inclined slide rod is gradually arranged in an inclined manner from bottom to top towards the feeding end direction of the conveying belt, the sliding direction of the horizontal sliding seat is vertical to the length direction of the conveying belt, a space is formed between the clamping plates and the conveying surface of the conveying belt, and the two clamping plates are vertically arranged and are mutually correspondingly arranged.

As an improvement of the utility model, a bottom plate positioned below the conveying belt is fixedly connected to the conveying frame, a return channel is formed between the bottom plate and the conveying belt, a pushing cylinder positioned at one side of a discharging end of the conveying belt, which is far away from the scattering component, is connected to the bottom plate, a piston rod of the pushing cylinder horizontally faces to the return channel, and a pushing plate is fixedly connected to a piston rod of the pushing cylinder.

As an improvement of the utility model, one side of the sock clamping conveying mechanism, which is far away from the blowing nozzle, is provided with a material collecting channel communicated or connected with the material returning channel.

As an improvement of the utility model, the sock pressing mechanism comprises a supporting rod, a sock pressing cylinder, a leveling cylinder, a movable block, a leveling rod, a sock pressing frame and a sock pressing roller, wherein the supporting rod is arranged above a conveying surface of the belt conveying mechanism and is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the belt conveying mechanism, the sock pressing cylinder is fixedly connected to the supporting rod, a piston rod of the sock pressing cylinder is arranged vertically downwards, the leveling cylinder is fixedly connected to the lower end of the piston rod of the sock pressing cylinder, the piston rod of the leveling cylinder faces horizontally to the output end of the belt conveying mechanism, the movable block is fixedly connected to the piston rod of the leveling cylinder, the leveling rod is fixedly connected to the lower end of the movable block and is horizontally arranged, the sock pressing frame is fixedly connected to the lower end of a cylinder body of the leveling cylinder, the sock pressing roller is rotatably connected to the sock pressing frame, the sock pressing roller is arranged in parallel to the supporting rod, and the distance between the sock pressing roller and the conveying surface of the belt conveying mechanism is always smaller than the distance between the leveling rod and the conveying surface of the belt conveying mechanism.

As an improvement of the utility model, the sock placing and folding device comprises a support frame, wherein a material receiving and conveying mechanism, a sock placing mechanism and a sock stacking station which are sequentially arranged in a straight line are arranged on the support frame, the sock placing mechanism comprises a working table plate, a transverse moving cylinder, a moving support, a longitudinal moving cylinder, a pressing plate, a jacking cylinder and a sock clamping mechanism, the working table plate is horizontally and slidably connected to the support frame, the transverse moving cylinder is used for driving the working table plate to slide, the moving support is slidably connected to the lower side or the side of the working table plate, the longitudinal moving cylinder is used for driving the moving support to slide, the pressing plate is arranged above the working table plate, the jacking cylinder is used for driving the pressing plate to move up and down, the sock clamping mechanism is arranged above the pressing plate, the sliding direction of the working table plate is perpendicular to the length direction of the working table plate, and the sliding direction of the moving support is parallel to the length direction of the working table plate.

As an improvement of the utility model, the sock stacking mechanism is arranged on the sock stacking station and comprises a horizontally arranged receiving plate, a receiving cylinder for driving the receiving plate to move up and down, a sock pressing frame arranged right above the receiving plate, a sock pressing cylinder for driving the sock pressing frame to move up and down, a sock pressing roller rotatably connected to the sock pressing frame, a vertically arranged bending plate, a bending cylinder for driving the bending plate to move up and down, a clamping assembly horizontally and slidingly connected to the supporting frame and a folding motor for driving the clamping assembly to slide, wherein the sliding direction of the clamping assembly is parallel to the length direction of the working table, the sock pressing roller is parallel to the receiving plate and perpendicular to the sliding direction of the clamping assembly, and the bending plate is arranged on one side of the receiving plate far away from the working table.

As an improvement of the utility model, the sock stacking station is further provided with a discharging and conveying mechanism, the conveying direction of the discharging and conveying mechanism is parallel to the length direction of the working table plate, and when the clamping assembly moves to the limit position in the direction away from the bearing plate, the clamping assembly is positioned right above the discharging and conveying mechanism.

By adopting the scheme, the utility model has the following beneficial effects:

1. through setting up upset feed arrangement, can directly handle the socks of random unordered stacking after weaving the completion to through detecting the cooperation of camera and blow shower nozzle, reject unqualified or not having the socks that discharge well automatically, need not the manual work and pick the sequencing, carry out the flattening to socks through setting up welt leveling device, then carry socks immediately to put folding device and fold, need not to carry out the material turnover between plastic and folding two processes, also need not to carry out the heat setting, help reducing socks production cycle and manufacturing cost.

2. Through setting up convertible socks mechanism of depositing to penetrate the one end of conveyer belt in the cylinder of convertible socks mechanism of depositing, can directly pack into the cylinder with socks during the use, utilize the rotor socks of cylinder to throw the feed end of sending the conveyer belt, reuse the conveyer belt to carry socks out the cylinder, production efficiency and degree of automation are relatively higher.

3. Through the subassembly of scattering in the conveying face top of conveyer belt, utilize the subassembly of scattering to constantly get the socks clamp of socks heap upper portion on the conveyer belt and reverse transport for the socks heap is flattened, and socks are tiled on the conveying face, the processing of the follow-up process of being convenient for.

4. By arranging the feed back channel, the socks which are not taken away on the discharge end of the conveyer belt can be timely recovered, and the problem that the socks are piled up in the next procedure to influence the working time sequence of the whole assembly line is avoided.

5. Through setting up the flattening cylinder that the piston rod level was arranged and rotating on the socks pressing frame and connect the socks pressing roller, when the socks pressing roller compresses tightly socks on the conveying face, belt conveying mechanism need not to stop carrying, utilizes the flattening cylinder to release the leveling pole and realizes the leveling action to the welt, and the process is simple and leveling efficiency is relatively higher.

6. Through setting up pendulum socks mechanism, can be in advance put the socks in advance, effectively improved production efficiency.

7. The sock folding mechanism adopted by the utility model can realize the folding of socks in the process of conveying the socks, and the folding efficiency is relatively high.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a sock shaping and folding apparatus according to an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the structure of the overturning feeding device in the embodiment;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the turnover sock storing mechanism in the embodiment, and parts such as a roller are omitted in the figure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a sock stack breaking-up and conveying mechanism according to an embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a sock stack break-up conveyor mechanism according to another embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a welt leveling apparatus according to an embodiment;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a portion of the position A of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a welt leveling apparatus according to another embodiment;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of a sock placement and folding device in the embodiment;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of another view angle of the sock placement and folding device according to the embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of a sock swinging mechanism according to an embodiment;

fig. 12 is a partial enlarged view of the position B in fig. 11.

The labels correspond to the following:

100-turning over the feeding device;

110-a conveyor frame; 111-an active lever;

112-a driven rod; 113-a conveyor belt;

114-driving a motor; 115-separator;

120-breaking up the assembly; 121-an inclined slide bar;

122-oblique sliding seat; 123-oblique sliding cylinder;

124-a traversing seat; 125-traversing cylinder;

126-splints; 127-guiding slide bar;

130-front baffle; 140-a tailgate;

150-a bottom plate; 151-pushing cylinder;

152-pushing plates; 160-a turnover sock storing mechanism;

161-base frames; 162-powered roller;

163-turning over the motor; 164-a roller;

165-cover plate; 170-turning over the stocking bucket;

171-a support plate; 172-inclined support plate

173-material plate; 174-sock blocking plate;

181-a box body; 182-discharging box;

183-locking lever; 184-lock catch;

190-sock clamping manipulator; 200-a sock opening leveling device;

210-leveling a frame; 220-a belt conveying mechanism;

221-a conveyor belt; 222-a belt conveyor motor;

230-leveling back plate; 231-an adjusting frame;

232-a waist-shaped aperture; 233-guide plates;

240-a sock pressing mechanism; 241-supporting bars;

242-sock pressing cylinder; 243-leveling cylinder;

244-movable block 245-leveling rod;

246-sock pressing rack; 247-sock pressing roller;

248-connecting plates; 249-guide bar;

250-sock clamping conveying mechanism; 251-blowing nozzle;

252-a receiving plate; 253-aggregate channel;

300-sock placing and folding device;

310-supporting a frame; 320-a receiving and conveying mechanism;

330-sock swinging mechanism; 331-a work table;

332-traversing cylinder; 333-moving the carriage;

334-a longitudinally moving cylinder; 335-a platen;

336-jacking cylinder; 337-transition frame;

340-a stocking mechanism; 341-a receiving plate;

342-receiving cylinder; 343-stocking press rack;

344-a sock pressing cylinder; 345-stocking rolls;

346-bending plate; 347-bending cylinder;

348—strip; 349—positioning the fence;

350-a discharge conveying mechanism; 351-folding motor;

360-sock clamping mechanism;

361-sock clamping bracket; 362-sock clamping motor;

363-lifting frame; 364—lifting cylinder;

365-unseating cylinder; 366-connecting plates;

367-lower telescopic cylinder; 368-upper telescoping cylinder;

369-lower splint; 370-upper clamp plate;

371-stopper; 380-a clamping assembly;

381-a carriage; 382-finger cylinder;

383-clamping plates; 390-adjustment mechanism;

391-adjusting the cylinder; 392-riser.

Detailed Description

The utility model will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific examples.

As shown in fig. 1, the present embodiment provides a sock shaping and folding device, which includes a turnover feeding device 100, a welt leveling device 200, and a sock placement and folding device 300, which are sequentially connected.

The turning feeding device 100 is a device for realizing feeding by using turning action, and can adopt the existing device, for example, a turning device for socks disclosed in Chinese patent with publication number of CN217349686U is matched with the existing multi-joint serial manipulator to form the turning feeding device 100, when the turning feeding device 100 is used, socks are directly poured into a turning frame of the turning feeding device 100, the socks are placed at the uppermost position by using the turning action of the turning frame, and the socks are clamped to the next station by using the multi-joint serial manipulator to realize feeding. As shown in fig. 2 to 5, the overturning feeding device 100 provided in this embodiment includes a conveying frame 110, an overturning stocking mechanism 160, a driving rod 111 and a driven rod 112 rotatably connected to the conveying frame 110, a conveying belt 113 wound between the driving rod 111 and the driven rod 112, and a conveying motor 114 for driving the driving rod 111 to rotate, where a specific transmission connection structure between the conveying motor 114 and the driving rod 111 may be a conventional structure, such as a belt transmission or a chain transmission, which will not be described in detail herein. The conveyor belt 113 is formed with a conveying section and a circulating section located below the conveying section between the driving rod 111 and the driven rod 112, the upper side surface of the conveying section forming a conveying surface, one end of the conveying surface being a feed end, and the other end being a discharge end.

Preferably, the overturning feeding device 100 further comprises a scattering assembly 120 located above the conveying surface of the conveying belt 113, and specifically, the scattering assembly 120 is located between the feeding end and the discharging end of the conveying belt 113. The conveyor frame 110, the driving rod 111, the driven rod 112, the conveyor belt 113, the conveyor motor 114, and the break-up assembly 120 together constitute a sock stack break-up conveying mechanism.

The breaking assembly 120 comprises an inclined slide bar 121 directly or indirectly fixedly connected to the conveying frame 110, an inclined slide seat 122 slidingly connected to the inclined slide bar 121, an inclined slide cylinder 123 for driving the inclined slide seat 122 to slide, two horizontal moving seats 124 respectively horizontally slidingly connected to the inclined slide seat 122, horizontal moving cylinders 125 respectively matched with the horizontal moving seats 124 one by one, and clamping plates 126 respectively fixedly connected to piston rods of the horizontal moving cylinders 125, wherein the inclined slide bar 121 is gradually and obliquely arranged from bottom to top towards the feeding end direction of the conveying belt 113, the sliding direction of the horizontal moving seats 124 is perpendicular to the length direction of the conveying belt 113, a guide slide bar 127 horizontally slidingly connected to the inclined slide seat 122 is fixedly connected to the horizontal moving seats 124, so that the improvement of moving precision is facilitated, the two clamping plates 126 are vertically arranged and are correspondingly arranged, and a distance is formed between the lower end of each clamping plate 126 and the conveying surface of the conveying belt 113 and slightly greater than the height of the clamping plates 115.

Preferably, each clamping plate 126 is provided with a vertically arranged bar-shaped hole, and connecting bolts spirally connected to the corresponding traversing seat 124 are inserted into the bar-shaped holes, so that the distance between the clamping plate 126 and the conveying surface of the conveying belt 113 can be conveniently adjusted to adapt to the production of different similar socks.

The turnover sock storing mechanism 160 includes a base frame 161 fixedly arranged relative to the conveying frame 110, two power rollers 162 arranged parallel to each other and respectively connected to the base frame 161 in a rotating manner, a turnover motor 163 for driving each power roller 162 to rotate, and a drum 164 directly or indirectly abutted against each power roller 162, wherein the base frame 161 and the conveying frame 110 can be respectively fixedly connected to the ground or the same frame, so that the two can be fixedly arranged relative to each other, and in this embodiment, the base frame 161 is directly and fixedly connected to the conveying frame 110. The specific transmission connection structure between the turnover motor 163 and the two power rollers 162 may be a conventional structure, for example, connection is achieved through a gear assembly or a chain assembly, and in this embodiment, the two power rollers 162 are respectively connected with the output shaft of the turnover motor 163 through a conventional belt assembly, so as to achieve transmission connection between the turnover motor 163 and the two power rollers 162. The central axis of the drum 164 is arranged in parallel with both the power rollers 162, the two power rollers 162 are located on the same horizontal plane, and the distance between the two power rollers 162 is smaller than the diameter of the drum 164 so that the drum 164 can be supported by the two power rollers 162. In addition, the power roller 162 is preferably sleeved with a rubber sleeve or a rubber wheel, and the roller 164 indirectly abuts against the power roller 162 by abutting against the rubber sleeve or the rubber wheel, so that friction force is improved, and slipping of the power roller 162 when the roller 164 is driven to rotate is avoided. It should be noted that, only one power roller 162 may be in transmission connection with the turnover motor 163, the other power roller 162 is indirectly driven by the turnover motor 163 in a manner of driving the rotation of the roller 164, and similarly, the turnover motor 163 may be directly driven or indirectly driven by the gear assembly to rotate the roller 164, and the two power rollers 162 are driven by the roller 164 to rotate and are indirectly driven by the turnover motor 163.

One axial side of the drum 164 has an opening, and the opening is covered with a cover plate 165 directly or indirectly fixedly connected to the base frame 161, and the cover plate 165 can block socks inside the drum 164 from flowing out of the opening and not rotate along with the drum 164. The cover plate 165 is provided with a feeding hole and a discharging hole, and the feeding hole and the discharging hole are arranged in a staggered manner in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction. A plurality of sock turning plates or sock turning hoppers 170 are fixedly connected to the circumferential side wall of the inner cavity of the drum 164 so as to better lift socks located in the drum 164, in this embodiment, the sock turning hoppers 170 are fixedly connected to the circumferential side wall of the inner cavity of the drum 164, and in this embodiment, the sock turning hoppers 170 include a support plate 171 directly or indirectly and fixedly connected to the drum 164 through a connecting piece, an inclined support plate 172 fixedly connected to one end of the support plate 171 facing the central axis of the drum 164, and two material plates 173 fixedly connected to the inclined support plate 172 respectively, wherein the support plate 171 and the inclined support plate 172 can be fixedly connected in an integrally connected manner, an included angle is formed between the support plate 171 and the inclined support plate 172, the two material plates 173 are fixedly connected to the support plate 171 at the same time, that is, each material plate 173 is fixedly connected to the support plate 171 and the inclined support plate 172 at the same time, the distance between the two material plates 173 is gradually increased from one end connected to the other end connected to the inclined support plate 172, and a sock turning cavity is formed between the two material plates 173, so that the lifted socks can be conveniently conveyed to the belt 113 to be mentioned. Preferably, the end of each material plate 173 far away from the supporting plate 171 is fixedly connected with a sock blocking plate 174, and each sock blocking plate 174 is arranged in a staggered manner with the corresponding sock turning cavity, so as to prevent socks from being thrown to one side of the material plate 173 far away from the corresponding sock turning cavity, and of course, the sock blocking plate 174 can be adopted to seal or semi-seal the space surrounded by the side of the material plate 173 far away from the corresponding sock turning cavity, the supporting plate 171 and the inclined support plate 172, so as to prevent the socks from entering the space.

In use, the sock can be directly poured into the drum 164 from the feed port, however, if the sock is directly poured into the drum 164 from the outside of the feed port, the sock is easy to fall out of the drum 164, if the sock is stretched into the drum 164 to be poured into the drum 164, the sock is required to be stopped, otherwise, the sock is easy to be knocked by the sock turning plate or the sock turning bucket 170, the sock in the drum 164 is also easy to be thrown out, in order to avoid the above problem, in this embodiment, the cover plate 165 is fixedly connected with the feed tank at the position corresponding to the feed port, the feed tank comprises a tank body 181 fixedly connected to the cover plate 165, one side of the tank body 181 facing the cover plate 165 is provided with a blanking port connected with the feed port, one circumferential side wall of the tank body 181 is provided with a feed port, of course, the feed port and the blanking port are located on different side walls, and in addition, the bottom of the inner cavity of the tank body 181 is gradually inclined upward from one side relatively close to the cover plate 165 to the corresponding other side, so that the sock can flow into the drum 164 along the inclined bottom surface through the feed port after being fed into the tank body 181.

Preferably, the box body 181 is rotatably connected with the discharging box 182 at a position below the feeding hole, a rotary connecting shaft between the discharging box 182 and the discharging box is horizontally arranged, one end of the discharging box 182 is provided with a material moving hole, when the discharging box 182 rotates to a position clinging to the box body 181, the discharging box 182 covers the feeding hole, the material moving hole and the feeding hole are mutually communicated, when the discharging box 182 is turned downwards to a limit position from the position covering the feeding hole, the side wall of the discharging box 182 abuts against the side wall of the box body 181, the material moving hole is upwards arranged, in addition, the box body 181 is rotatably connected with a lock rod 183, one end of the lock rod 183 is provided with a lock groove, the discharging box 182 is fixedly connected with a lock catch 184 matched with the lock groove, so that socks can be poured into the discharging box 182 firstly, and then the socks are poured into the box body 181 through the turning-over discharging box 182, when feeding is not needed, the discharging box 182 can be locked on the box body 181 through the lock rod 183, so that the feeding hole is closed, and other objects are prevented from being mistakenly thrown into the drum 164.

One end of the conveyer belt 113 penetrates into the inner cavity of the roller 164 from the discharge hole, the end is the feeding end of the conveyer belt 113, when the conveyer belt 113 is used, socks in the roller 164 are lifted from the bottom of the roller 164 under the stirring of the sock turning plate or the sock turning bucket 170 and are thrown to the feeding end of the conveyer belt 113, at this time, the conveyer belt 113 does not move, the socks are arranged in a pile shape at the feeding end of the conveyer belt 113, in order to ensure that the socks can be accurately thrown to the feeding end of the conveyer belt 113, and if necessary, a guide mechanism (such as a conventional guide plate or a guide hopper) fixedly connected to the conveyer rack 110 or the cover plate 165 can be arranged at the feeding end of the conveyer belt 113.

When the sock is used, when the piled sock is conveyed to the position corresponding to the scattering component 120, the conveying belt 113 stops moving, the two sideslip cylinders 125 drive the two clamping plates 126 to move in opposite directions respectively to clamp the sock at the upper part of the sock pile, then the oblique sliding cylinders 123 drive the oblique sliding seat 122 to slide upwards along the oblique sliding rod 121 to convey the clamped sock to the direction of the feeding end, the sideslip cylinders 125 drive the two clamping plates 126 to move in opposite directions respectively to enable the sock to fall onto the conveying belt 113 under the action of gravity, the scattering component 120 is reset, the conveying belt 113 continues to move, and the next sock pile is conveyed to the position corresponding to the scattering component 120, and the above actions are repeated.

Preferably, a plurality of partition plates 115 are fixedly connected to the outer circumferential surface of the conveyor belt 113 at equal intervals, so that a pile of socks can be conveniently stacked, and simultaneously, materials in a return passage, which will be mentioned later, can be pushed by the partition plates 115. The diaphragm 115 is preferably a hard rubber having a certain elastic deformability.

The front baffle 130 and the rear baffle 140 that are directly or indirectly fixedly connected to the conveying frame 110 are further disposed above the conveying surface of the conveying belt 113, in this embodiment, the front baffle 130 and the rear baffle 140 are fixedly connected to the conveying frame 110 through brackets, respectively, and the connection structures between the front baffle 130 and the rear baffle 140 and the corresponding bracket brackets are the same as the connection structures between the clamping plate 126 and the traversing seat 124, that is, the height positions of the front baffle 130 and the rear baffle 140 are also adjustable.

The front baffle 130 is a metal plate, and is located at one side of the scattering component 120 facing the feeding end of the conveying belt 113, and the front baffle 130 is gradually arranged from bottom to top in an inclined manner towards the direction of the discharging end of the conveying belt 113, so that a sock pile with a relatively high height can be pre-flattened, and the effect of spreading the socks due to too much socks to be flattened by the scattering component 120 is avoided. In view of the fact that the presence of the front flap 130 may push the sock off the conveyor belt 113, it is preferable to provide means for receiving the sock, such as a material frame or the like, below the feed end of the conveyor belt 113.

The back plate 140 is a flexible plate with a certain elastic deformation capability, and is located on one side of the scattering component 120 facing the discharge end of the conveyor belt 113, so as to prevent the non-flattened sock stacks from being directly sent to the discharge end of the conveyor belt 113. Meanwhile, the lower part of the rear baffle 140 is provided with a wave-shaped structure, so that socks can be combed, the socks on the conveying belt 113 are approximately arranged along the length direction of the conveying belt 113, and the subsequent process treatment is facilitated.

An identification camera is disposed above the discharge end of the conveyor belt 113, and a sock gripping manipulator 190 (see fig. 1) for gripping and moving socks from the conveyor belt 113 onto a sock gripping conveyor mechanism 250, which will be mentioned later, is disposed beside the discharge end of the conveyor belt 113, and in this embodiment, the sock gripping manipulator 190 is a multi-joint parallel manipulator disposed above the discharge end of the conveyor belt 113, and is commercially available. Thus, the socks and the sock welts are laid on the discharge end of the conveyor belt 113 at the positions of the sock welts, which are identified by the identification camera, and then taken away by the sock clamping manipulator 190 and placed on the sock welt leveling device 200, so that automatic feeding of the sock production line is realized.

Considering that the socks flattened by the scattering assembly 120 may still have a situation that part of the socks are stacked on each other, but the socks stacked under the socks are not taken away by the sock clamping manipulator 190, therefore, in this embodiment, the bottom plate 150 located under the circulation section of the conveyor belt 113 is fixedly connected to the conveyor frame 110, a return channel is formed between the bottom plate 150 and the conveyor belt 113, and an end of one end of the bottom plate 150 corresponding to the discharge end of the conveyor belt 113 is located on a side of the discharge end of the conveyor belt 113 away from the scattering assembly 120 so as to receive the socks falling from the discharge end of the conveyor belt 113, and the other end of the bottom plate 150 passes through the cover plate 165 and extends into the drum 164 so that the socks flowing out of the return channel flow back into the drum 164. In addition, a pushing cylinder 151 located at one side of the discharging end of the conveying belt 113 far away from the scattering component 120 is connected to the bottom plate 150, a piston rod of the pushing cylinder 151 horizontally faces the return channel, and a pushing plate 152 is fixedly connected to the piston rod of the pushing cylinder 151. In use, socks not removed from the discharge end of the conveyor 113 will drop onto the bottom plate 150 under the force of gravity, and then pushed into the return channel by the pushing cylinder 151 to flow back under the feed end of the conveyor 113 and drop into the drum 164 under the force of gravity.

As shown in fig. 6 to 8, the welt leveling device 200 includes a leveling frame 210, on which a horizontally arranged belt conveyor 220 and a leveling back plate 230 and a sock pressing mechanism 240 sequentially arranged along a conveying direction of the belt conveyor 220 are provided, wherein the belt conveyor 220 is a conventional mechanism commercially available, and includes a driving roller, a driven roller, a conveyor belt 221 wound between the driving roller and the driven roller, and a belt conveyor motor 222 for driving the driving roller to rotate, wherein the conveyor belt 221 is formed with a conveying section and a circulating section located below the conveying section between the driving roller and the driven roller (the conveying section and the circulating section are not a fixed belt section on the conveyor belt 221, and the conveying section and the circulating section are continuously changed corresponding to the belt section on the conveyor belt 221 as the conveyor belt 221 rotates), a support table or a support roller for supporting the conveying section is provided between the conveying section and the circulating section, and an upper side of the conveying section forms a conveying surface.

The feeding end of the belt conveyor 220 is connected with a sock clamping conveyor 250, and the sock clamping conveyor 250 may be a conventional conveyor, such as a belt conveyor having the same structure as the belt conveyor 220 or a conventional chain plate conveyor, etc., which will not be described in detail herein. The sock clamping conveying mechanism 250 is provided with a blowing nozzle 251 on one side, and a detection camera is arranged right above the conveying surface of the sock clamping conveying mechanism 250, of course, the position of the detection camera corresponds to the position of the blowing nozzle 251, and in addition, the sock clamping conveying mechanism 250 is provided with a material collecting channel 253 (see fig. 1) which is communicated with or connected with the material returning channel on one side far away from the blowing nozzle 251, and the material collecting channel 253 can be a material groove or a stripper plate which is obliquely arranged. When the sock clamping manipulator 190 is used, after the sock is tiled on the conveying surface of the sock clamping conveying mechanism 250, when the sock is conveyed to the position corresponding to the detection camera, the detection camera is used for photographing and detecting the sock, if the defect exists in the sock or the placing position is not in accordance with the process requirement, the blowing nozzle 251 is used for blowing the sock away from the conveying surface of the sock clamping conveying mechanism 250, so that the sock flows back into the roller 164 through the aggregate channel 253 and the return channel in sequence, otherwise, the sock is conveyed into the feeding end of the belt conveying mechanism 220 through the output end of the sock clamping conveying mechanism 250. Further, a receiving plate 252 is preferably provided between the belt conveyor 220 and the sock clamping conveyor 250 to prevent the sock from falling off during conveyance between the two conveyors. It should be noted that, in the process of tiling the socks on the sock clamping and conveying mechanism 250 by using the sock clamping manipulator 190, the sock clamping manipulator 190 should move the socks along the conveying direction of the sock clamping and conveying mechanism 250 by a distance so as to ensure that the sock openings of the socks placed on the sock clamping and conveying mechanism 250 face the discharge end of the sock clamping and conveying mechanism 250.

The leveling back plate 230 is arranged in parallel with the conveying direction of the belt conveying mechanism 220 and is located above the conveying surface of the belt conveying mechanism 220, specifically, an adjusting frame 231 is fixedly connected to the leveling back plate 230, at least two waist-shaped holes 232 which are respectively arranged in parallel with supporting rods 241 which will be mentioned below are formed in the adjusting frame 231, namely, the length direction of the waist-shaped holes 232 is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the belt conveying mechanism 220, adjusting bolts (not shown in the drawing) fixedly connected to the leveling rack 210 are inserted into the waist-shaped holes 232, so that the fixed connection between the leveling back plate 230 and the leveling rack 210 is realized, and meanwhile, the position of the leveling back plate 230 is conveniently adjusted to adapt to the production of socks with different specifications. The spacing between the leveling fence 230 and the conveying surface of the belt conveyor 220 is less than the thickness of the sock to be leveled to avoid penetration of the sock under the leveling fence 230. Preferably, one end of the leveling fence 230 facing the input end of the belt conveying mechanism 220 is connected with a guide plate 233 to guide socks on the conveying surface to the same side of the leveling fence 230, so that manual leaning is facilitated.

The sock pressing mechanism 240 includes a support rod 241 positioned above the conveying surface of the belt conveying mechanism 220 and arranged perpendicular to the conveying direction of the belt conveying mechanism 220, a sock pressing cylinder 242 fixedly connected to the support rod 241 and having a piston rod arranged vertically downward, a leveling cylinder 243 fixedly connected to the lower end of the piston rod of the sock pressing cylinder 242 and having a piston rod horizontally oriented to the output end of the belt conveying mechanism 220, a movable block 244 fixedly connected to the piston rod of the leveling cylinder 243, a leveling rod 245 fixedly connected to the lower end of the movable block 244 and arranged horizontally, a sock pressing frame 246 fixedly connected to the lower end of the cylinder body of the leveling cylinder 243, and a sock pressing roller 247 rotatably connected to the sock pressing frame 246, wherein the support rod 241 is arranged horizontally and both ends thereof are respectively fixedly connected to the leveling frame 210 through vertical rods.

The sock pressing rollers 247 are more than two, the sock pressing rollers 247 are located on the same horizontal plane and are sequentially arranged along the conveying direction of the belt conveying mechanism 220, the sock pressing rollers 247 are arranged in parallel with the supporting rods 241, the distance between the sock pressing rollers 247 and the conveying surface of the belt conveying mechanism 220 is always smaller than the distance between the leveling rod 245 and the conveying surface of the belt conveying mechanism 220, and the leveling rod 245 can still act when the sock pressing rollers 247 press socks. In addition, the stocking roller 247 is preferably a rubber roller or a roller covered with a rubber sleeve, which not only helps to increase friction between the stocking roller 247 and the stocking, but also prevents the stocking from being crushed, and the leveling rod 245 is a metal rod.

Preferably, a connecting plate 248 horizontally arranged is fixedly connected to a piston rod of the stocking pressing cylinder 242, a cylinder body of the leveling cylinder 243 is indirectly connected to the piston rod of the stocking pressing cylinder 242 through the connecting plate 248, and a guide rod 249 vertically and slidably connected to the supporting rod 241 is fixedly connected to the connecting plate 248, so that stability of the pressing action is improved.

When the sock clamping mechanism is used, the sock is sequentially placed on the sock clamping conveying mechanism 250 by the sock clamping mechanical arm 190, after unqualified socks are removed by the air blowing nozzle 251, other socks are sequentially conveyed to the belt conveying mechanism 220, the socks are manually attached to the leveling leaning plate 230 and are flatly placed on the belt conveying mechanism 220, the sock openings of the socks face the direction of the output end of the belt conveying mechanism 220, the well-placed socks move to the position right below each sock pressing roller 247 under the driving of the belt conveying mechanism 220, then, the sock pressing cylinders 242 drive each sock pressing roller 247 to press the socks on the conveying surface of the belt conveying mechanism 220 and roll on the socks along with the movement of the socks, and meanwhile, the leveling cylinders 243 drive the leveling rods 245 to push towards the direction of the output end of the belt conveying mechanism 220 so as to level the sock openings. After the above-mentioned actions are completed, each cylinder is reset.

The sock placement and folding device 300 may employ conventional means, such as manual folding by a number of conventional manipulators. As shown in fig. 9-12, the sock placement and folding device 300 provided in this embodiment includes a support frame 310, and a material receiving and conveying mechanism 320, a sock placing mechanism 330, and a sock stacking station that are sequentially arranged in a straight line are disposed on the support frame 310, where the sock stacking station may be an artificial station, and in this embodiment, a sock stacking mechanism 340 and a material discharging and conveying mechanism 350 are disposed on the sock stacking station.

The receiving conveyor 320 is a conventional belt conveyor that is commercially available and will not be described in detail herein.

The stocking mechanism 330 includes a work table 331 horizontally slidably connected to the support frame 310, a traversing cylinder 332 for driving the work table 331 to slide, a moving bracket 333 slidably connected to the lower side or the side of the work table 331, a longitudinal moving cylinder 334 for driving the moving bracket 333 to slide, a pressing plate 335 located above the work table 331, a jacking cylinder 336 for driving the pressing plate 335 to move up and down, and a stocking clamping mechanism 360 located above the pressing plate 335, wherein the pressing plate 335 is preferably a transparent plate so that whether or not the stocking pressed by the pressing plate 335 is flat can be directly observed. The horizontal position of the conveying surface of the material receiving and conveying mechanism 320 is higher than that of the workbench plate 331, so that the height difference between the material receiving and conveying mechanism and the workbench plate 331 is higher, and in the process that the sock is clamped onto the workbench plate 331 by the sock clamping mechanism 360 from the material receiving and conveying mechanism 320, the tail end of the sock can drop under the action of gravity, and the sock leveling mechanism has a certain sock leveling function and ensures that the sock is flat and not twisted.

The cylinder body of the transverse moving cylinder 332 is fixedly connected to the supporting frame 310, the lower side surface of the working table plate 331 is fixedly connected with a transition frame 337 which is horizontally and slidingly connected to the supporting frame 310, and the transition frame 337 is fixedly connected with the piston rod of the transverse moving cylinder 332, so that the connection between the transverse moving cylinder 332 and the working table plate 331 is realized; the piston rod of the traverse cylinder 332 is horizontally disposed and vertically disposed with respect to the longitudinal direction of the work table 331 to ensure that the sliding direction of the work table 331 is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the work table 331.

A sliding rod is fixedly connected to the transition frame 337, and the movable bracket 333 is connected to the sliding rod in a sliding manner to realize sliding connection with the working platform plate. The cylinder body of the longitudinal moving cylinder 334 is fixedly connected to the moving bracket 333, and the piston rod of the longitudinal moving cylinder 334 is fixedly connected to the moving bracket 333, so that the connection between the longitudinal moving cylinder 334 and the moving bracket 333 is realized; the piston rod of the longitudinal moving cylinder 334 is arranged in parallel with the length direction of the table 331 to ensure that the sliding direction of the moving bracket 333 is parallel with the length direction of the table 331.

The cylinder body of the jacking cylinder 336 is fixedly connected to the movable bracket 333 (i.e., the jacking cylinder 336 is mounted on the movable bracket 333), and the piston rod of the jacking cylinder 336 is vertically disposed upward and fixedly connected to the pressure plate 335, so that the connection between the pressure plate 335 and the jacking cylinder 336 is achieved.

The sock clamping mechanism 360 may be a conventional multi-joint manipulator, in this embodiment, the sock clamping mechanism 360 includes a sock clamping bracket 361 horizontally slidably connected to the support frame 310, a sock clamping motor 362 for driving the sock clamping bracket 361 to move, a lifting frame 363 vertically slidably connected to the sock clamping bracket 361, a lifting cylinder 364 for driving the lifting frame 363 to slide, a retracting cylinder 365 mounted on the lifting frame 363, a connecting plate 366 fixedly connected to a piston rod of the retracting cylinder 365, a lower telescopic cylinder 367 fixedly connected to the cylinder with the connecting plate 366, an upper telescopic cylinder 368 fixedly connected to the cylinder with the lifting frame 363, a lower clamping plate 369 fixedly connected to a piston rod of the lower telescopic cylinder 367, and an upper clamping plate 370 fixedly connected to a piston rod of the upper telescopic cylinder 368, wherein a sliding direction of the sock clamping bracket 361 is parallel to a length direction of the working plate 331, and a specific transmission connection structure between the sock clamping motor 362 and the sock clamping bracket 361 may be a conventional structure, for example, a transmission connection is realized by a conventional chain assembly or a rack-and-pinion assembly, in this embodiment, a transmission connection is realized by a conventional transmission belt assembly. The cylinder body of the lifting cylinder 364 is fixedly connected to the sock clamping bracket 361, and the piston rod of the lifting cylinder 364 is vertically downward arranged and fixedly connected to the lifting frame 363, and in addition, in order to ensure the movement accuracy of the lifting frame 363, a guide rod which is vertically and slidably connected to the sock clamping bracket 361 is fixedly connected to the lifting frame 363.

The cylinder body of the retraction cylinder 365 is fixedly connected to the lifting frame 363, and the piston rod of the retraction cylinder 365 is parallel to the length direction of the table plate 331 and faces to the side far away from the material receiving and conveying mechanism 320. The lower telescopic cylinder 367 is located right below the retraction cylinder 365, and the piston rods of the lower telescopic cylinder 367 and the upper telescopic cylinder 368 are all vertically arranged downwards, the upper clamping plate 370 is located right above the lower clamping plate 369, and preferably, the upper clamping plate 370 is fixedly connected or integrally connected with a limiting block 371.

The stocking mechanism 340 includes a horizontally arranged supporting plate 341, a supporting cylinder 342 for driving the supporting plate 341 to move up and down, a stocking pressing frame 343 located right above the supporting plate 341, a stocking pressing cylinder 344 for driving the stocking pressing frame 343 to move up and down, a stocking pressing roller 345 rotatably connected to the stocking pressing frame 343, a vertically arranged bending plate 346, a bending cylinder 347 for driving the bending plate 346 to move up and down, a clamping assembly 380 horizontally slidably connected to the supporting frame 310, and a folding motor 351 for driving the clamping assembly 380 to slide, wherein the supporting plate 341 is located at one side of the work platen 331 far from the material conveying mechanism 320, the horizontal position of the supporting plate 341 when the supporting plate 341 moves to a lower limit position is lower than the horizontal position of the work platen 331, a guide rod vertically arranged on the supporting frame 310 is fixedly connected to the supporting plate 341 to ensure movement accuracy, and a cylinder body of the supporting cylinder 342 is fixedly connected to the supporting frame 310, and a piston rod thereof is vertically arranged upward and fixedly connected to the supporting plate 341; the sock pressing frame 343 is also fixedly connected with a guide rod vertically arranged on the support frame 310, the cylinder body of the sock pressing cylinder 344 is fixedly connected on the support frame 310, and the piston rod of the cylinder body is vertically downwards arranged and fixedly connected with the sock pressing frame 343; the upper end of the bending plate 346 is fixedly connected with a cross rod, two ends of the cross rod are respectively fixedly connected with a guide rod which is vertically and slidingly connected to the supporting frame 310, the cylinder body of the bending cylinder 347 is fixedly connected to the supporting frame 310, and the piston rod of the cylinder body is vertically upwards arranged and is fixedly connected with the cross rod. In addition, bending plate 346 is located at one side of receiving plate 341 away from working table 331, and the projections of bending plate 346 and receiving plate 341 on the horizontal plane are arranged in a staggered manner, and the distance between the two is slightly larger than 1-5 times of the thickness of a pair of socks.

Preferably, a strip 348 arranged parallel to the stocking roller 345 and/or a positioning backup plate 349 arranged perpendicular to the stocking roller 345 are fixedly connected to the receiving plate 341. In this embodiment, the receiving plate 341 is provided with the strip 348 and the positioning backup plate 349, where the projections of the strip 348 and the sock pressing roller 345 on the horizontal plane are arranged in a staggered manner, so that after the sock pressing roller 345 presses the sock on the receiving plate 341, the existence of the strip 348 can cause the sock to bend, increase the resistance of the sock moving relative to the receiving plate 341, and ensure the accuracy of the folding position. The two positioning backup plates 349 are arranged in parallel, and are located on one side of the strip 348 facing the working platform 331, so as to ensure that socks can be located in a range corresponding to the length of the sock pressing roller 345.

The specific drive connection between the folding motor 351 and the clamping assembly 380 may be of conventional construction, such as a belt assembly, a rack and pinion assembly, or a chain assembly, etc., and will not be described in detail herein. The sliding direction of the clamping assembly 380 is parallel to the length direction of the table 331, and the stocking roller 345 is arranged parallel to the receiving plate 341 and perpendicular to the sliding direction of the clamping assembly 380.

The clamping assembly 380 comprises a sliding frame 381 slidably connected to the supporting frame 310 and a finger cylinder 382 mounted on the sliding frame 381, wherein two finger rods of the finger cylinder 382 are fixedly connected with clamping plates 383 respectively, and the two clamping plates 383 are arranged up and down.

The outfeed conveyor 350 is a conventional belt conveyor that is commercially available and will not be described in detail herein. The conveying direction of the outfeed conveying mechanism 350 is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the table 331. When the clamp assembly 380 moves to the limit position in the direction away from the receiving plate 341, the clamp assembly 380 is positioned right above the conveying surface of the discharge conveying mechanism 350, and when the clamp assembly 380 moves to the limit position in the direction toward the work table 331, the receiving plate is interposed between the two clamp plates 383.

Preferably, a position adjusting mechanism 390 is arranged on one side of the discharging and conveying mechanism 350, the position adjusting mechanism 390 comprises an adjusting cylinder 391 fixedly connected to the supporting frame 310 and a vertical plate 392 fixedly connected to a piston rod of the adjusting cylinder 391, the piston rod of the adjusting cylinder 391 is arranged in parallel with the width direction of the discharging and conveying mechanism 350, the vertical plate 392 is arranged vertically to the piston rod of the adjusting cylinder 391, and thus the vertical plate 392 can be pushed to move by utilizing the telescopic action of the adjusting cylinder 391, so that the position of socks on the conveying surface of the discharging and conveying mechanism 350 is pushed, the sock conveying position is adjusted, and the subsequent packaging is facilitated.

When the sock is used, the leveled sock is conveyed to the receiving and conveying mechanism 320, the sock opening of the sock faces to the sock swinging mechanism 330, when the sock is conveyed to the tail end of the conveying surface of the receiving and conveying mechanism 320 by the receiving and conveying mechanism 320, the sock opening of the sock is clamped by the sock clamping mechanism 360 (the actions of the upper clamping plate 370 and the lower clamping plate 369 are driven by the lower telescopic cylinder 367 and the upper telescopic cylinder 368), then the sock clamping motor 362 drives the sock clamping bracket 361 to move in the direction away from the receiving and conveying mechanism 320, meanwhile, the lifting cylinder 364 drives the lifting frame 363 to move downwards, the sock clamp is placed on one end of the working table 331 away from the receiving and conveying mechanism 320, then the lower telescopic cylinder 367 and the upper telescopic cylinder 368 drive the upper clamping plate 370 and the lower clamping plate 369 to move loose, and meanwhile, the piston rod of the lower clamping plate 369 is driven to move away from the sock from the right under so as to avoid the sock clamping mechanism 360 from touching the sock in the resetting process; in the process of resetting the sock clamping mechanism 360, the traversing cylinder 332 drives the working platform plate 331 to move along the width direction, and then the sock clamping mechanism 360 is utilized to clamp and place another sock on the working platform plate 331 again, and the sock is placed in parallel with the previously placed sock, wherein the number of socks placed in parallel on the working platform plate 331 can be determined according to actual needs, and the above actions are only required to be repeated, and the two parallel socks are placed on the working platform plate 331 at the same time for illustration. After the above actions are completed, the vertical moving cylinder 334 drives the pressing plate 335 to move to the position right above each sock arranged on the working platform 331 side by side, then the jacking cylinder 336 drives the pressing plate 335 to move downwards and press the sock body of each sock (namely, the sock opening position is not pressed), then the sock clamping mechanism 360 clamps the socks again and stacks the socks above each sock on the working platform 331, the specific actions are the same as the actions described above, and after stacking, the pressing plate is clamped between two socks stacked mutually, so that the sock placing actions are completed; then, each sock placed on the working table 331 is clamped by the clamping assembly 380, and then the pressing plate 335 is reset, the clamping assembly 380 clamps and places the sock on the carrying plate 341 and the conveying surface of the discharging conveying mechanism 350, that is, one end of the sock is located on the working table 331, and the other end of the sock is located on the conveying surface of the discharging conveying mechanism 350, of course, when the sock is shorter, the sock can be placed on the working table 331 only, then the carrying cylinder 342 drives the carrying plate 341 to move upwards, and meanwhile the sock pressing cylinder 344 drives the sock pressing roller 345 to move downwards and press the sock on the carrying plate 341, so that the movement stroke is shortened, and the efficiency is improved; then, the bending cylinder 347 drives the bending plate 346 to move downwards, and one end of the sock (namely, the portion placed on the conveying surface of the discharging and conveying mechanism 350) to be pressed is pushed downwards, so that the sock is bent at right angles; after the bending action is completed, the bending plate 346 is reset, the bending part of the sock is clamped by the clamping assembly 380, then the sock pressing roller 345 is reset, the clamping assembly 380 drives the sock to move and loosen in the direction away from the receiving plate 341, so that the sock is dragged to the conveying surface of the discharging conveying mechanism 350, and the sock is in a folded state; finally, the sock is transported to the next station (typically, a conventional station such as a packaging station, which is not a part of this embodiment, and needs to be configured separately during use, and not described in detail herein) via the outfeed conveyor 350, so that the placing and folding actions are completed, and the position of the sock can be adjusted by the position adjustment mechanism 390 during the process of transporting the sock on the outfeed conveyor 350, so as to better match with the next station.

The present utility model has been described in detail with reference to the drawings, but the embodiments of the present utility model are not limited to the above embodiments, and those skilled in the art may make various changes and applications to the present utility model according to the prior art, for example, replace the air cylinder in the above embodiment with a hydraulic cylinder or a push rod motor, etc., which all fall within the scope of the present utility model.

Claims

1. The sock shaping and folding device is characterized by comprising a turnover feeding device, a sock opening leveling device and a sock placing and folding device which are sequentially connected, wherein the sock opening leveling device comprises a leveling rack; the leveling frame is provided with a belt conveying mechanism which is horizontally arranged, a leveling backup plate and a sock pressing mechanism which are sequentially arranged along the conveying direction of the belt conveying mechanism, the feeding end of the belt conveying mechanism is connected with a sock clamping conveying mechanism, and a blowing nozzle is arranged on one side of the sock clamping conveying mechanism, a detection camera is arranged right above the conveying surface of the sock clamping conveying mechanism, and the position of the detection camera corresponds to the position of the blowing nozzle.

2. The sock shaping and folding device according to claim 1, wherein the turning feeding device comprises a conveying frame, a turning sock storage mechanism, a driving rod and a driven rod which are respectively and rotatably connected to the conveying frame, a conveying belt wound between the driving rod and the driven rod and a conveying motor for driving the driving rod to rotate, the turning sock storage mechanism comprises a base frame which is fixedly arranged relative to the conveying frame, two power rollers which are mutually parallel and are respectively and rotatably connected to the base frame, a turning motor for driving each power roller to rotate and a roller which directly or indirectly abuts against each power roller, an opening is formed in one side of the roller, a cover plate which is directly or indirectly and fixedly connected to the base frame is covered on the opening, a feeding port and a discharging port are formed in the cover plate, a feeding end of the conveying belt penetrates into an inner cavity of the roller from the discharging port, an identification camera is arranged right above the discharging end of the conveying belt, and a mechanical hand for moving socks from the conveying belt to the sock clamping mechanism is arranged beside the discharging end of the conveying belt.

3. The sock shaping and folding device as claimed in claim 2, wherein a plurality of sock turning hoppers are fixedly connected to the circumferential side wall of the inner cavity of the drum, each sock turning hopper comprises a supporting plate fixedly connected to the drum, an inclined supporting plate fixedly connected to one end of the supporting plate, which faces the central shaft of the drum, and two material plates respectively fixedly connected to the inclined supporting plate, an included angle is formed between the supporting plate and the inclined supporting plate, the two material plates are simultaneously and fixedly connected to the supporting plate, the distance between the two material plates is gradually increased from one end connected with the inclined supporting plate to the other end, and a sock turning cavity is formed between the two material plates.

4. The sock shaping and folding device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the overturning feeding device further comprises a scattering component located above the conveying surface of the conveying belt, the scattering component comprises an inclined sliding rod directly or indirectly fixedly connected to the conveying frame, an inclined sliding seat slidingly connected to the inclined sliding rod, an inclined sliding cylinder used for driving the inclined sliding seat to slide, two traversing seats respectively horizontally slidingly connected to the inclined sliding seat, traversing cylinders respectively matched with the traversing seats one by one, and clamping plates respectively fixedly connected to piston rods of the traversing cylinders, the inclined sliding rod is gradually arranged in an inclined manner from bottom to top towards the feeding end direction of the conveying belt, the sliding direction of the traversing seats is perpendicular to the length direction of the conveying belt, a space is formed between the clamping plates and the conveying surface of the conveying belt, and the two clamping plates are vertically arranged and correspondingly arranged.

5. The sock shaping and folding device according to claim 4, wherein a bottom plate located below the conveying belt is fixedly connected to the conveying frame, a return channel is formed between the bottom plate and the conveying belt, a pushing cylinder located on one side, far away from the breaking assembly, of a discharging end of the conveying belt is connected to the bottom plate, a piston rod of the pushing cylinder faces horizontally to the return channel, and a pushing plate is fixedly connected to a piston rod of the pushing cylinder.

6. The sock shaping and folding apparatus of claim 5, wherein a side of the sock clamping and conveying mechanism remote from the blow head is provided with an aggregate channel in communication with or engagement with the return channel.

7. The sock shaping and folding device according to claim 1, wherein the sock pressing mechanism comprises a support rod located above a conveying surface of the belt conveying mechanism and arranged vertically to the conveying direction of the belt conveying mechanism, a sock pressing cylinder fixedly connected to the support rod and having a piston rod arranged vertically downwards, a leveling cylinder fixedly connected to the lower end of the piston rod of the sock pressing cylinder and having a piston rod horizontally oriented to the output end of the belt conveying mechanism, a movable block fixedly connected to the piston rod of the leveling cylinder, a leveling rod fixedly connected to the lower end of the movable block and arranged horizontally, a sock pressing frame fixedly connected to the lower end of a cylinder body of the leveling cylinder, and a sock pressing roller rotatably connected to the sock pressing frame, wherein the sock pressing roller is arranged parallel to the support rod, and a distance between the sock pressing roller and the conveying surface of the belt conveying mechanism is always smaller than a distance between the leveling rod and the conveying surface of the belt conveying mechanism.

8. The sock shaping and folding device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the sock placing and folding device comprises a support frame, a material receiving and conveying mechanism, a sock placing mechanism and a sock stacking station which are sequentially arranged in a straight line are arranged on the support frame, the sock placing mechanism comprises a workbench plate, a traversing cylinder, a moving support, a longitudinal moving cylinder, a pressing plate, a jacking cylinder and a sock clamping mechanism, the workbench plate is horizontally and slidably connected to the support frame, the traversing cylinder is used for driving the workbench plate to slide, the traversing cylinder is slidably connected to the lower portion or the side face of the workbench plate, the pressing plate is arranged above the workbench plate, the jacking cylinder is used for driving the pressing plate to move up and down, the jacking cylinder is arranged on the moving support, the sliding direction of the workbench plate is perpendicular to the length direction of the workbench plate, and the sliding direction of the moving support is parallel to the length direction of the workbench plate.

9. The sock shaping and folding device according to claim 8, wherein the sock folding mechanism is provided on the sock folding station, the sock folding mechanism comprises a horizontally arranged receiving plate, a receiving cylinder for driving the receiving plate to move up and down, a sock pressing frame located right above the receiving plate, a sock pressing cylinder for driving the sock pressing frame to move up and down, a sock pressing roller rotatably connected to the sock pressing frame, a vertically arranged bending plate, a bending cylinder for driving the bending plate to move up and down, a clamping assembly horizontally slidably connected to the supporting frame, and a folding motor for driving the clamping assembly to slide, the sliding direction of the clamping assembly is parallel to the length direction of the working platen, the sock pressing roller is parallel to the receiving plate and perpendicular to the sliding direction of the clamping assembly, and the bending plate is located on one side of the receiving plate away from the working platen.

10. The sock shaping and folding apparatus of claim 9, wherein the sock stacking station is further provided with a discharge conveyor mechanism having a direction of conveyance parallel to the length direction of the work platen, the clamp assembly being located directly above the discharge conveyor mechanism when the clamp assembly is moved to a limit position in a direction away from the receiving plate.