CN219899150U - Article sorting device - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of article sorting, in particular to an article sorting device, which comprises a conveying belt, wherein the conveying belt is provided with an article inlet, an information acquisition station and an article pushing-out station which are sequentially arranged along a conveying direction, an information acquisition component for acquiring information of articles is arranged in the information acquisition station, a pushing plate and a pushing plate driving mechanism are arranged in the article pushing-out station, the pushing plate driving mechanism is used for enabling the pushing plate to reciprocate along a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction to push the articles on the conveying belt out of an article pushing-out port, a receiving mechanism is arranged below the article pushing-out port, the receiving mechanism comprises at least two receiving boxes and a receiving box shifting component for enabling the receiving boxes to shift, and the receiving box shifting component enables the receiving boxes corresponding to the information to move to the lower portion of the article pushing-out port according to the information of the articles acquired by the information acquisition component. The utility model reduces the cost and the occupied area.

Description

Article sorting device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of article sorting, in particular to an article sorting device.

Background

Sorting is an action of sorting and placing articles with the same attribute after picking out the articles in a stack, for example, the attribute of the articles can be defined according to the information of the type, batch and the like of the articles, so that the articles with the same type or batch are sorted.

The utility model patent of China (CN 109675815B) discloses a logistics automatic sorting device, which comprises a frame and a main conveyor belt arranged on the frame, wherein two sides of the frame are respectively provided with a discharge hole at intervals, one end of the frame is a feeding hole, a code scanner is arranged at the feeding hole, a push plate for pushing goods is arranged at the discharge hole, a cylinder is arranged at one side of the push plate, which is away from the discharge hole, of the push plate, a piston rod of the cylinder is connected with a fixed plate, a plurality of buffers are connected between the fixed plate and the push plate, and when the device is used, the code scanner collects logistics information of objects and transmits the logistics information to the cylinder at a corresponding position.

Above-mentioned equipment sets up a plurality of discharge gate at the interval on main conveyor to every discharge gate is equipped with a cylinder, thereby can sort article, when less to article kind, can obtain good result of use. However, when the number of kinds of articles is too large, for example, 10 kinds or more, it is necessary to provide a corresponding number of cylinders, resulting in an increase in cost. In addition, as the variety of articles increases, the number of discharge ports also needs to be increased, resulting in an excessively large footprint of the apparatus.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to provide an article sorting device, which reduces the cost and the occupied area.

In order to achieve the above object, there is provided an article sorting device, comprising a conveyor belt, the conveyor belt is provided with an article inlet, an information acquisition station and an article pushing station which are sequentially arranged along a conveying direction, an information acquisition component for acquiring information of articles is arranged in the information acquisition station, a push plate and a push plate driving mechanism are arranged in the article pushing station, the push plate driving mechanism is used for enabling the push plate to reciprocate along a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction, articles on the conveyor belt are pushed out of an article pushing outlet, a material receiving mechanism is arranged below the article pushing outlet, the material receiving mechanism comprises at least two material receiving boxes and a material receiving box shifting component for enabling the material receiving boxes to shift, and the material receiving box shifting component enables the material receiving boxes corresponding to the information to move to the lower portion of the article pushing outlet according to the information of the articles acquired by the information acquisition component.

In certain embodiments, the push plate drive mechanism employs a slider-crank mechanism.

In some embodiments, the push plate driving mechanism comprises a first motor, a first connecting rod is fixedly connected to a motor shaft of the first motor, a second connecting rod is rotatably connected to the first connecting rod, the push plate is fixedly arranged on the second connecting rod, the second connecting rod is arranged on a sliding rail in a sliding mode, and the sliding rail extends along a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction.

In certain embodiments, the cartridges are arranged circumferentially and the cartridge displacement assembly is configured to drive the cartridges to move circumferentially.

In certain embodiments, the cartridge displacement assembly comprises a rotary seat and a second motor for driving the rotary seat to rotate, and the cartridge is fixedly arranged on the rotary seat.

In some embodiments, the output end of the second motor is provided with a driving gear, a driven gear is meshed on the driving gear, and the rotating seat is fixedly arranged on the driven gear.

In some embodiments, the cartridge displacement assembly further comprises a fixed seat, the second motor is fixedly arranged on the fixed seat, and the driven gear is arranged on the fixed seat through a bearing.

In certain embodiments, the information acquisition component is a code scanner.

In certain embodiments, the article sorting apparatus further comprises a controller that controls movement of the magazine displacement assembly in accordance with the information of the articles collected by the information collection component.

In some embodiments, the end of the conveyor belt remote from the article entrance is provided with an abnormal article exit.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that: only one article push-out port is arranged on the conveyor belt, at least two receiving boxes capable of moving are arranged below the article push-out port, the receiving boxes corresponding to the information of the articles are controlled to move to the lower side of the article push-out port through the receiving box shifting assembly, and sorting of the articles is achieved. The plurality of article pushing outlets and the pushing plate driving mechanism are prevented from being arranged on the conveyor belt, and the cost is reduced. In addition, as the material receiving boxes can be driven by the material receiving box shifting assembly to move, the material receiving boxes can be closely arranged together without being arranged along the conveying direction of the conveying belt, and the occupied area is reduced.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an article sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present utility model.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a push plate and a push plate driving mechanism according to an embodiment of the present utility model.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a receiving mechanism according to an embodiment of the present utility model.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a receiving box and a rotating seat according to an embodiment of the present utility model.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a cartridge shifting assembly according to an embodiment of the present utility model.

In the figure: 1. a conveyor belt; 11. an article inlet; 12. a baffle; 13. an abnormal article outlet; 2. an information acquisition unit; 3. a push plate; 4. a push plate driving mechanism; 41. a first motor; 42. a crank; 43. a first link; 44. a second link; 45. a slide rail; 5. a receiving mechanism; 51. a receiving box; 52. a magazine displacement assembly; 521. a fixing seat; 522. a second motor; 523. a speed reducer; 524. a drive gear; 525. a driven gear; 526. a rotating seat; 5261. a bottom plate; 5262. and a side plate.

Detailed Description

The technical scheme of the utility model is further described below by the specific embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the utility model and are not limiting thereof. It should be further noted that, for convenience of description, only some, but not all of the drawings related to the present utility model are shown.

In the present utility model, directional terms such as "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "inner" and "outer" are used for convenience of understanding, and thus do not limit the scope of the present utility model unless otherwise specified.

In the present utility model, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, a first feature "above" or "below" a second feature may include both the first and second features being in direct contact, as well as the first and second features not being in direct contact but being in contact with each other through additional features therebetween. Moreover, a first feature being "above," "over" and "on" a second feature includes the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature. The first feature being "under", "below" and "beneath" the second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply means that the first feature is less level than the second feature. In the description of the present utility model, unless explicitly stated and limited otherwise, the terms "connected," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communicated with the inside of two elements or the interaction relationship of the two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.

Fig. 1 shows a schematic view of an article sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present utility model. Referring to fig. 1, the article sorting apparatus includes a conveyor 1 and a receiving mechanism 5 disposed below the conveyor 1, where the receiving mechanism 5 includes a plurality of receiving boxes 51, and the conveyor 1 is used for conveying articles, and the articles can be sorted according to information such as model, batch, etc., and the receiving boxes 51 are used for receiving the articles correspondingly sorted.

In the present embodiment, the conveyor belt 1 extends straight, but not limited thereto, and may extend in a loop shape or other geometric shapes.

In this embodiment, the right end of the conveyor belt 1 is an article inlet 11 for articles to enter the conveyor belt 1 one by one. For example, the articles may be placed on the conveyor belt 1 manually one by one, or may be automatically loaded by a loading device such as a vibrating tray.

In this embodiment, the surface of the conveyor belt 1 is provided with a plurality of baffles 12 arranged at intervals along the moving direction of the conveyor belt 1, and an article placement area is formed between two adjacent baffles 12, and articles are placed in the article placement area for conveyance. The conveyor belt 1 can be moved continuously or stepwise. In this embodiment, the conveyor belt 1 is in a step motion, so that the articles can be stopped at a certain position, thereby facilitating the subsequent collection of information about the articles and the subsequent pushing of the articles into the receiving box 51.

As shown in fig. 1, an information collecting component 2 is disposed above the conveyor belt 1 and on the left side of the article entrance 11, where the information collecting component 2 is used for collecting information of articles, and in this embodiment, the information collecting component 2 is a code scanner for scanning a bar code, a two-dimensional code or other labels capable of marking information of the articles on the surface of the articles. The information acquisition part 2 transmits the acquired information to a controller (e.g., an industrial control computer) which generates a first control instruction and a second control instruction according to the information of the article. The first control command is used to control the push plate driving mechanism 4 in the following, so that the push plate driving mechanism 4 drives the push plate 3 in the following to move when appropriate, and the corresponding article is pushed out from the conveyor belt 1. The second control command is used to control the following magazine displacement assembly 52, so that the magazine displacement assembly 52 moves the corresponding magazine 51 to a preset position, thereby catching the articles falling from the conveyor belt 1.

As shown in fig. 1, a push plate 3 is disposed above the conveyor belt 1 and on the left side of the information acquisition component 2, and the push plate 3 is used for pushing articles on the conveyor belt 1 out of the conveyor belt 1 so that the articles fall into a receiving box 51 below. The push plate 3 is connected with a push plate driving mechanism 4, and the push plate driving mechanism 4 can drive the push plate 3 to move along the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying belt 1. In this embodiment, since the conveying direction of the conveyor 1 is the front-rear direction, the push plate 3 can move in the left-right direction to push out the article from the right side of the conveyor 1.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic view of a push plate 3 and a push plate driving mechanism 4 provided by an embodiment of the present utility model. Referring to fig. 2, the push plate driving mechanism 4 in the present embodiment adopts a crank slider mechanism, specifically, the push plate driving mechanism 4 includes a first motor 41 fixedly disposed, a motor shaft of the first motor 41 is fixedly connected with a first end of a crank 42, the crank 42 is rotatable under the driving of the first motor 41, a second end of the crank 42 is rotatably connected with a first end of a first link 43, a second end of the first link 43 is rotatably connected with a second link 44, the second link 44 is fixedly connected with the push plate 3, and in the present embodiment, the second link 44 is slidably disposed on a slide rail 45, in fig. 1, a direction of the slide rail 45 is perpendicular to a conveying direction of the conveyor belt 1, that is, a direction of the slide rail 45 is a left-right direction, so that the second link 44 is restricted to move in the left-right direction.

When the push plate driving mechanism 4 is used, the first motor 41 drives the crank 42 to rotate under the action of the first control instruction, the second end of the crank 42 drives the first connecting rod 43 to swing in space, and then the first connecting rod 43 drives the second connecting rod 44 to slide on the slide rail 45, so that the push plate 3 can move back and forth in the left-right direction finally.

Although the crank 42 and slider mechanism is used to drive the pushing plate 3 to reciprocate in this embodiment, in other embodiments, a mechanism capable of linearly reciprocating at the output end, such as a cylinder, may be used.

In this embodiment, the position on the conveyor belt 1 where the article is pushed out by the push plate 3 is defined as an article push-out port.

Fig. 3 shows a schematic view of a receiving mechanism 5 according to an embodiment of the present utility model. Referring to fig. 3, in the present embodiment, the receiving boxes 51 are circumferentially arranged, and the receiving box shift assembly 52 is used for driving the receiving boxes 51 to circumferentially rotate, so that the receiving box 51 corresponding to the article classification moves below the article pushing port, so as to receive the articles. It should be noted that, although the cartridges 51 are circumferentially arranged in the present embodiment, in other embodiments, the cartridges 51 may be arranged in an array, and the cartridge displacement assembly 52 is used to drive the cartridges 51 to move linearly or along a folding line.

Fig. 4 shows a schematic view of a receiving box 51 and a rotating seat 526 according to an embodiment of the present utility model. Referring to fig. 4, the receiving box 51 is fixedly mounted on a circumferential surface of the rotating seat 526, and the rotating seat 526 can rotate around its own axis, so as to drive the receiving box 51 to move in the circumferential direction and change positions. The swivel base 526 includes a bottom plate 5261 and a side plate 5262 fixedly coupled to the bottom plate 5261, the side plate 5262 defining a circumferential surface of the swivel base 526, the cartridge 51 being fixedly mounted to the side plate 5262, the bottom plate 5261 being adapted to be coupled to the cartridge displacement assembly 52, the bottom plate 5261 having a through hole in a center thereof for facilitating mounting of the cartridge displacement assembly 52. In other embodiments, the magazine 51 may be directly and fixedly mounted on the bottom plate 5261, and in this case, the side plate 5262 may not be provided.

Fig. 5 shows a schematic view of a cartridge displacement assembly 52 provided in an embodiment of the present utility model. Referring to fig. 5, the receiving box shifting assembly 52 includes a fixed seat 521, a second motor 522 is fixedly disposed above the fixed seat 521, a reducer 523 is connected to an output shaft of the second motor 522, a driving gear 524 is fixedly disposed on an output shaft of the reducer 523, the driving gear 524 is meshed with a driven gear 525, the driven gear 525 is disposed on the fixed seat 521 through a bearing, and a bottom plate 5261 of the rotating seat 526 is fixedly connected to the driven gear 525.

When the receiving box shifting assembly 52 is used, the output shaft of the second motor 522 rotates according to the second control instruction, after being decelerated by the speed reducer 523, the output shaft drives the driving gear 524 to rotate, the driving gear 524 drives the driven gear 525 to rotate, the rotation of the base is realized, and finally the receiving box 51 shifts, so that the receiving box 51 corresponding to the article information moves to the lower part of the article pushing port.

When an article passes through the information collecting component 2, the condition that the information collecting component 2 cannot collect information or the collected information cannot correspond to any receiving box 51 may occur, the article is defined as an abnormal article, when the abnormal article passes through the push plate 3, the push plate driving mechanism 4 cannot drive the push plate 3 to move, and the abnormal article continues to be conveyed on the conveying belt 1 until being conveyed to the end far away from the article inlet 11, at the moment, the abnormal article falls off the conveying belt 1 and leaves the conveying belt 1, and in the embodiment, the position on the conveying belt 1 for the abnormal article to fall off is defined as an abnormal article outlet 13.

It should be noted that, although only one receiving mechanism 5 is provided below the conveyor belt 1 in the present embodiment, it is understood that when the number of receiving boxes 51 in one receiving mechanism 5 is insufficient to cover the sorting number of objects, the number of receiving mechanisms 5 may be increased appropriately.

The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present utility model. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the utility model. Thus, the present utility model is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims (10)

1. The article sorting device is characterized by comprising a conveying belt (1), wherein the conveying belt (1) is provided with an article inlet (11), an information acquisition station and an article pushing station which are sequentially arranged along the conveying direction, an information acquisition component (2) used for acquiring information of articles is arranged in the information acquisition station, a push plate (3) and a push plate driving mechanism (4) are arranged in the article pushing station, the push plate driving mechanism (4) is used for enabling the push plate (3) to reciprocate along the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction, articles on the conveying belt (1) are pushed out from an article pushing outlet, a material receiving mechanism (5) is arranged below the article pushing outlet, the material receiving mechanism (5) comprises at least two material receiving boxes (51) and a material receiving box shifting component (52) used for enabling the material receiving boxes (51) to shift, and the material receiving boxes (51) corresponding to the information are moved to the lower portion of the article pushing outlet according to the information acquired by the information acquisition component (2).

2. The article sorting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the push plate driving mechanism (4) employs a crank block mechanism.

3. The article sorting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the push plate driving mechanism (4) includes a first motor (41), a first link (43) is fixedly connected to a motor shaft of the first motor (41), a second link (44) is rotatably connected to the first link (43), the push plate (3) is fixedly disposed on the second link (44), the second link (44) is slidably disposed on a slide rail (45), and the slide rail (45) extends along a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction.

4. The article sorting device according to claim 1, wherein the magazines (51) are arranged circumferentially, the magazine displacement assembly (52) being adapted to drive the magazines (51) to move circumferentially.

5. The article sorting device according to claim 4, wherein the magazine displacement assembly (52) comprises a swivel (526) and a second motor (522) driving the swivel (526) in rotation, the magazine (51) being fixedly arranged on the swivel (526).

6. The article sorting device according to claim 5, wherein the output end of the second motor (522) is provided with a driving gear (524), a driven gear (525) is meshed on the driving gear (524), and the rotating seat (526) is fixedly arranged on the driven gear (525).

7. The article sorting device according to claim 6, wherein the magazine displacement assembly (52) further comprises a fixed seat (521), the second motor (522) is fixedly arranged on the fixed seat (521), and the driven gear (525) is arranged on the fixed seat (521) through a bearing.

8. The article sorting device according to claim 1, characterized in that the information acquisition component (2) is a code scanner.

9. The article sorting device according to claim 1, further comprising a controller controlling the movement of the magazine displacement assembly (52) in dependence of the information of the articles collected by the information collecting member (2).

10. Article sorting device according to claim 1, characterized in that the end of the conveyor belt (1) remote from the article inlet (11) is provided with an abnormal article outlet (13).