CN221190313U

CN221190313U - Conveying device and battery production system

Info

Publication number: CN221190313U
Application number: CN202420723530.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 郑义贵; 方爱学
Original assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2024-04-10
Filing date: 2024-04-10
Publication date: 2024-06-21
Anticipated expiration: 2034-04-10

Abstract

The application relates to the technical field of related equipment for battery production and discloses a conveying device and a battery production system, wherein the conveying device comprises a frame, a first conveying mechanism and a second conveying mechanism, and the first conveying mechanism is arranged on the frame and is used for conveying materials to a preset pushing area; the second conveying mechanism is arranged on the frame and comprises a second driving assembly, a third driving assembly and a material pushing piece, the second driving assembly is connected with the third driving assembly, the third driving assembly is connected with the material pushing piece, the second driving assembly is configured to drive the third driving assembly and the material pushing piece to reciprocate along one of the first direction and the second direction, and the third driving assembly is configured to drive the material pushing piece to reciprocate along the other of the first direction and the second direction, so that the conveying efficiency of the conveying device to materials is improved.

Description

Conveying device and battery production system

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of related equipment for battery production, in particular to a conveying device and a battery production system.

Background

This section provides merely background information related to the application, which is not necessarily prior art.

In the production process of the battery, a tray can be used for temporarily storing the battery or a semi-finished product of the battery and the like. In some battery production systems, a conveying device is adopted to automatically convey a tray, so that the tray conveying efficiency has higher significance for improving the production efficiency of batteries, and how to improve the conveying efficiency of the conveying device is always a technical problem to be solved.

Disclosure of utility model

In view of the above, the present application provides a conveying device and a battery production system to improve the conveying efficiency of the conveying device.

A first aspect of the present application proposes a conveying apparatus comprising a frame, a first conveying mechanism and a second conveying mechanism, the frame having a first end and a second end disposed opposite in a first direction, the frame being provided with a preset push zone between the first end and the second end, the preset push zone having a third end and a fourth end disposed opposite in a second direction, the first direction intersecting the second direction. The first conveying mechanism is arranged on the frame and comprises a first driving assembly and a material supporting member, the material supporting member is connected to the first driving assembly, and the first driving assembly is configured to drive the material supporting member to move to the preset pushing area along the direction from the first end to the second end. The second conveying mechanism is arranged on the frame and comprises a second driving assembly, a third driving assembly and a material pushing piece, the second driving assembly is connected with the third driving assembly, the third driving assembly is connected with the material pushing piece, the material pushing piece is provided with an initial position, the initial position is located on one side, close to the first end, of the preset pushing area and is located in the second direction, the initial position is located on one side, away from the fourth end, of the third end of the preset pushing area, the second driving assembly is configured to drive the third driving assembly and the material pushing piece to reciprocate in a third direction, and the third driving assembly is configured to drive the material pushing piece to reciprocate in a fourth direction so that the material pushing piece reciprocates between the initial position and the fourth end, one of the third direction and the fourth direction is identical to the first direction, and the other of the third direction and the fourth direction is identical to the second direction.

According to the conveying device, the materials can be specifically trays and other objects. The conveying device of the application can be arranged as follows: the second driving assembly drives the third driving assembly and the material pushing piece to reciprocate along the first direction, so that the material pushing piece can reciprocate between the initial position and the preset pushing area along the first direction so as to avoid the preset pushing area or move into the preset pushing area; meanwhile, the third driving assembly is configured to drive the material pushing piece to reciprocate along the second direction, so that the material pushing piece can reciprocate along the second direction between the third end and the fourth end of the preset pushing area, so that the material is pushed away from the material supporting piece and can be retracted to the initial position. The conveying device of the present application may also be configured to: the third driving component is configured to drive the material pushing piece to reciprocate along the first direction, so that the material pushing piece can reciprocate between the initial position and the preset pushing area along the first direction so as to avoid the preset pushing area or move into the preset pushing area, and meanwhile, the second driving component is configured to drive the third driving component and the material pushing piece to reciprocate along the second direction, so that the material pushing piece can reciprocate between the third end and the fourth end of the preset pushing area along the second direction so as to push the material away from the material supporting piece and can return to the initial position. When the material pushing piece is at the initial position, the material pushing piece can avoid the preset pushing area, and at the moment, the first conveying mechanism can convey the material on the material pushing piece to the preset pushing area along the first direction; when the material is in the preset pushing area, the second conveying mechanism drives the material pushing piece to move to the preset pushing area along the first direction and to move to the fourth end of the preset pushing area along the second direction from the initial position so as to push the material on the material supporting piece out of the preset pushing area along the second direction and to move to the next position; after the material of material bearing spare moves out and predetermines the push district, second conveying mechanism drive material push spare is along first direction and second direction to initial position back, because the material push spare can be under the effect of one of second drive assembly and third drive assembly both, along the direction of delivery of first conveying mechanism, first direction back, and dodge predetermineeing the push district, compare in the mode that the material push spare just relies on the back of second direction to dodge predetermineeing the push district, this embodiment material push spare dodges efficiency is higher, can shorten the waiting interval time of first conveying mechanism to predetermineeing the push district and carry the material, conveyor's conveying efficiency to the material has been improved.

In some embodiments of the present application, the second conveying mechanism further includes a linkage control assembly, and the second driving assembly and the third driving assembly are both connected to the linkage control assembly, and the linkage control assembly is configured to control the third driving assembly to drive the material pushing member to move along the fourth direction, and simultaneously, to enable the second driving assembly to drive the third driving assembly and the material pushing member to move along the third direction. The third driving assembly and the second driving assembly can act simultaneously through the linkage control assembly, so that the duration of pushing-out action or resetting action of the material pushing piece is shortened, and the conveying efficiency of the conveying device is improved.

In some embodiments of the application, the third drive assembly and the second drive assembly are both pneumatic drive assemblies or hydraulic drive assemblies; the second driving assembly comprises a first cylinder body and a first piston, the third driving assembly comprises a second cylinder body and a second piston, the first cylinder body is connected to the frame, the first piston is arranged on the first cylinder body and divides the first cylinder body into a first chamber and a second chamber, the first piston is connected with the second cylinder body, the second piston is arranged on the second cylinder body and divides the second cylinder body into a third chamber and a fourth chamber, and the second piston is connected with the material pushing piece. The hydraulic driving assembly or the pneumatic driving assembly is adopted as the third driving assembly and the second driving assembly, so that the structure is simple, and the equipment investment cost is low. When the third driving assembly and the second driving assembly both adopt rodless cylinders, the structure is simpler, and the occupied space is smaller.

In some embodiments of the application, the third direction coincides with the second direction, the fourth direction coincides with the first direction, the first and second chambers are disposed in sequence along the third direction and the second chamber is disposed closer to the fourth end than the first chamber, the third and fourth chambers are disposed in sequence along the fourth direction and the fourth chamber is disposed closer to the second end than the third chamber; the linkage control assembly comprises a pressure driving source and a control valve, the control valve is communicated with the pressure driving source and is provided with a first communication port and a second communication port, the first chamber and the third chamber are communicated with the first communication port, and the second chamber and the fourth chamber are communicated with the second communication port. The third driving component and the second driving component can act simultaneously by controlling the valve component, so that the duration of the pushing-out action or the resetting action of the material pushing component is shortened, and the conveying efficiency of the conveying device is improved. And the third driving component and the second driving component can be controlled through the same control oil way or gas way with the control valve element and the pressure driving source, the structure is simple, the control components are fewer, the possibility of equipment failure is reduced, and the cost is reduced.

In some embodiments of the application, the second drive assembly further comprises a first slider slidably disposed outside of the circumferential side wall of the first cylinder, the first slider being connected to the first piston, the second cylinder being connected to the first piston through the first slider. The second cylinder body is connected with the first piston through the first sliding block, so that the second cylinder body and the first piston are conveniently assembled and connected.

In some embodiments of the present application, the third driving assembly further includes a second slider slidably disposed outside a circumferential sidewall of the second cylinder, the second slider being connected to the second piston, and the material pushing member being connected to the second piston through the second slider. The material pushing piece is connected with the second piston through the second sliding block, so that the material pushing piece and the second piston are conveniently assembled and connected.

In some embodiments of the application, the second transport mechanism further comprises a first bracket, and the second drive assembly is connected to the first bracket and connected to the frame via the first bracket. Through setting up first support, made things convenient for the connection of frame and second drive assembly.

In some embodiments of the present application, the first bracket includes a first connection plate and a second connection plate, the first connection plate extends along the third direction, the first connection plate is connected to the rack, two ends of the first connection plate along the third direction are respectively connected to the second connection plate, the second driving assembly is arranged along the third direction, and two ends of the second driving assembly along the third direction are respectively connected to the second connection plate at corresponding positions. The first support is simple in structure, convenient to connect and small in occupied space.

In some embodiments of the application, the second transport mechanism further comprises a second bracket, and the third drive assembly is connected to the second bracket and is connected to the second drive assembly through the second bracket. Through setting up the second support, be favorable to improving third drive assembly and second drive assembly's connection stability and equipment convenience.

In some embodiments of the application, the second bracket includes a third connection plate arranged along the third direction and a fourth connection plate arranged along the fourth direction, the third connection plate being connected to one end of the fourth connection plate, the third connection plate being connected to the second drive assembly, the third drive assembly being connected to the fourth connection plate. The second support is simple in structure and small in occupied space.

In some embodiments of the present application, the first driving assembly includes a driving member, a driving roller, a driven roller, and a conveyor belt, the driving member is connected to the driving roller, the driving roller and the driven roller are respectively rotatably connected to the frame, the driving roller and the driven roller are disposed at intervals along the first direction, the conveyor belt is wound around the driving roller and the driven roller, and the material support member is connected to the conveyor belt. The driving piece drives the driving roller to rotate, and the driving roller drives the conveyer belt to rotate to drive the material support piece to move, because the conveyer belt is annular around establishing, at conveyer belt pivoted in-process, the material support piece can recycle, convenient operation.

A second aspect of the application proposes a battery production system comprising a conveying device according to the application or according to any embodiment of the application.

The battery production system has the beneficial effects of the conveying device provided by the application or any embodiment of the application.

The foregoing description is only an overview of the present application, and is intended to be implemented in accordance with the teachings of the present application in order that the same may be more clearly understood and to make the same and other objects, features and advantages of the present application more readily apparent.

Drawings

Various other advantages and benefits will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments. The drawings are only for purposes of illustrating the preferred embodiments and are not to be construed as limiting the application. Also, like reference numerals are used to designate like parts throughout the figures. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a block diagram of a conveyor apparatus according to some embodiments of the application;

FIG. 2 schematically illustrates a block diagram of a second transport mechanism according to some embodiments of the application;

FIG. 3 schematically illustrates a control principle of a second conveyor mechanism according to some embodiments of the application;

Fig. 4 schematically illustrates a schematic view of a second stent according to some embodiments of the present application.

Reference numerals in the specific embodiments are as follows:

10. a material; 11. a tray;

100. A frame; 101. a first end; 102. a second end; 103. presetting a pushing area; 104. a third end; 105. a fourth end; 110. a rectangular frame; 120. a support rod;

200. A first conveying mechanism; 210. a first drive assembly; 212. a driving roller; 213. driven roller; 214. a conveyor belt; 220. a material support;

300. A second conveying mechanism; 310. a second drive assembly; 311. a first cylinder; 312. a first piston; 313. a first slider; 314. a first chamber; 315. a second chamber; 320. a third drive assembly; 321. a second cylinder; 322. a second piston; 323. a second slider; 324. a third chamber; 325. a fourth chamber; 330. a material pushing member; 331. a first plate portion; 332. a second plate portion; 340. a linkage control assembly; 341. a pressure driving source; 342. a control valve member; 3421. a first communication port; 3422. a second communication port; 3423. a third communication port; 3424. a fourth communication port; 343. a first communication pipe; 344. a second communicating pipe; 350. a first bracket; 351. a first connection plate; 352. a second connecting plate; 360. a second bracket; 361. a third connecting plate; 362. a fourth connecting plate;

Z1, a first direction; x1, the second direction; z2, the fourth direction; x2, third direction; y, fifth direction.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the technical scheme of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following examples are only for more clearly illustrating the technical aspects of the present application, and thus are merely examples, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present application.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs; the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application; the terms "comprising" and "having" and any variations thereof in the description of the application and the claims and the description of the drawings above are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion.

In the description of embodiments of the present application, the technical terms "first," "second," and the like are used merely to distinguish between different objects and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated, a particular order or a primary or secondary relationship. In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the meaning of "plurality" is two or more unless explicitly defined otherwise.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment may be included in at least one embodiment of the application. The appearances of such phrases in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. Those of skill in the art will explicitly and implicitly appreciate that the embodiments described herein may be combined with other embodiments.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the term "and/or" is merely an association relationship describing an association object, and indicates that three relationships may exist, for example, a and/or B may indicate: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the front and rear associated objects are an "or" relationship.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the term "plurality" means two or more (including two), and similarly, "plural sets" means two or more (including two), and "plural sheets" means two or more (including two).

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the technical terms "center", "longitudinal", "transverse", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", etc. are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are merely for convenience of description and simplification of the description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present application.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured" and the like should be construed broadly and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; or may 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 embodiments of the present application will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to specific circumstances.

The power battery is not only applied to energy storage power supply systems such as hydraulic power, firepower, wind power and solar power stations, but also widely applied to electric vehicles such as electric bicycles, electric motorcycles, electric automobiles, and the like, and a plurality of fields such as military equipment, aerospace, and the like. With the continuous expansion of the application field of the power battery, the market demand of the power battery is also continuously expanding.

The production efficiency of the battery has higher significance for meeting the market growth demand and reducing the production cost. In battery production, the battery may be run with trays to various production or assembly stations. The operation efficiency of the tray is positively related to the production efficiency of the battery, and how to improve the operation efficiency of the tray, so that the improvement of the production efficiency of the battery is always a problem to be solved.

In some techniques, a hoist is used to run the trays. The general process of the elevator operation tray is as follows: the pallet is lifted by the lifter to reach the upper layer of the logistics line, and then the pallet is pushed by the horizontal driving mechanism of the lifter approximately along the horizontal direction, so that the pallet in the lifter is pushed out to reach the logistics line to be transported away. Then the horizontal driving mechanism is retracted, after the horizontal driving mechanism is retracted to be in position, the elevator carries out the next action, the new tray is lifted to the upper position, then the horizontal driving mechanism pushes the new tray to the logistics line, and the continuous conveying of the tray is realized through the repeated actions.

The lifter can improve the automation degree of tray conveying, reduce labor cost and improve production efficiency. But in use it has been found that the efficiency of the transport of the pallet by the elevator is relatively limited. Through researches, each time the lifting machine drives the pallet to rise, in order to avoid the mutual interference between the horizontal driving mechanism and the new pallet, the horizontal driving mechanism needs to be completely retracted to be in position so as to execute the operation of lifting the new pallet by the lifting machine, which is one reason for limiting the conveying efficiency of the lifting machine.

Based on the above, in order to alleviate the problem that the conveying efficiency of the elevator is limited, the application provides a conveying device, which comprises a frame, a first conveying mechanism and a second conveying mechanism, wherein the first conveying mechanism is arranged on the frame and comprises a first driving component and a material supporting component, the material supporting component is connected with the first driving component, and the first driving component is configured to drive the material supporting component to move in a first direction to a preset pushing zone. The second conveying mechanism is arranged on the frame and used for pushing materials on the material supporting piece along the second direction, and comprises a second driving assembly, a third driving assembly and a material pushing piece, wherein the second driving assembly is connected with the third driving assembly, and the third driving assembly is connected with the material pushing piece. The second driving assembly is configured to drive the third driving assembly and the material pushing piece to reciprocate along the first direction, and the third driving assembly is configured to drive the material pushing piece to reciprocate along the second direction so as to enable the material pushing piece to reciprocate between the initial position and the fourth end; or the second driving assembly is configured to drive the third driving assembly and the material pushing piece to reciprocate along the second direction, and the third driving assembly is configured to drive the material pushing piece to reciprocate along the first direction so as to enable the material pushing piece to reciprocate between the initial position and the fourth end.

The frame is preset with a preset pushing area, the preset pushing area is a position corresponding to the downstream receiving device, the downstream receiving device can be a logistics line, and after the preset pushing area is pushed by the second conveying mechanism, materials can directly enter the downstream receiving device, for example, the materials can enter the next logistics line. The material bearing member can convey the material to the material conveying device under the action of the first driving component. The material pushing member has an initial position, which should avoid the preset pushing area, specifically, in the first direction, the initial position is located on a side of the preset pushing area near the first end, and in the second direction, the initial position is located on a side of the third end of the preset pushing area away from the fourth end.

According to the conveying device, when the material pushing piece is at the initial position, the material pushing piece can avoid the preset pushing area, and at the moment, the first conveying mechanism can convey the material on the material pushing piece to the preset pushing area along the first direction; when the material is in the preset pushing area, the second conveying mechanism drives the material pushing piece to move to the preset pushing area along the first direction and to move to the fourth end of the preset pushing area along the second direction from the initial position so as to push the material on the material supporting piece out of the preset pushing area along the second direction and to move to the next position; after the material of the material support member moves out of the preset pushing area, the second conveying mechanism drives the material pushing member to retract to the initial position along the first direction and the second direction. Because the material pusher can be under the effect of one of second drive assembly and third drive assembly, along the direction of delivery of first conveying mechanism namely first direction back, and dodge and predetermine the push zone, compare in the mode that the material pusher just relies on the back of second direction to dodge and predetermine the push zone, this embodiment material pusher dodges efficiency is higher, can shorten the interval time that first conveying mechanism carried the material to predetermine the push zone, has improved conveyor to the conveying efficiency of material.

The first direction is approximately vertical, the second direction is approximately horizontal, and under the condition that the material is a tray, the tray is conveyed to a preset pushing area by the first conveying mechanism along the direction from bottom to top, and the initial position is located above the preset pushing area and located at one side of the preset pushing area in the horizontal direction. In the process that the conveying device conveys the tray, the tray is placed on the material supporting piece, and the first conveying mechanism drives the material supporting piece to ascend from bottom to top along the vertical direction, so that the tray on the material supporting piece moves to a preset pushing area. The second conveying mechanism drives the material pushing piece to move along the horizontal direction and the direction from top to bottom, so that the material on the material supporting piece is separated from the material supporting piece along the second direction and enters the material streamline. Because the second conveying mechanism can enable the material pushing piece to move along the horizontal direction and reset in addition to enabling the material pushing piece to move along the vertical direction, when the second conveying mechanism conveys the tray to the material flow line, the second conveying mechanism can enable the material pushing piece to ascend along the vertical direction and deviate from a new tray to reset, and an avoidance space can be formed in the vertical direction when the material pushing piece ascends along the vertical direction, so that the new tray can ascend synchronously in the vertical direction, that is, the ascent of the new tray and the reset of the material pushing piece can be simultaneously carried out, and compared with the mode that the tray can ascend only after the material pushing piece can be horizontally reset to the initial position, the conveying device saves the time for waiting for the reset of the material pushing piece and improves the conveying efficiency of the conveying device.

The conveying device according to the embodiment of the application can be used for conveying the tray, can be used as a part of a battery production system for conveying the tray, the battery and the like in the battery production system, and is not limited to the conveying device. For convenience of description, the embodiment of the application is mainly described by taking a conveying device applied to a battery production system and used for conveying a tray as an example.

According to some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, fig. 1 schematically illustrates a structural view of a conveying apparatus according to some embodiments of the present application, fig. 2 schematically illustrates a structural view of a second conveying mechanism according to some embodiments of the present application, and an embodiment of the present application provides a conveying apparatus including a rack 100, a first conveying mechanism 200, and a second conveying mechanism 300. The housing 100 has a first end 101 and a second end 102 disposed opposite along a first direction Z1, the housing 100 being provided with a preset push zone 103 between the first end 101 and the second end 102, the preset push zone 103 having a third end 104 and a fourth end 105 disposed opposite along a second direction X1, the first direction Z1 intersecting the second direction X1. The first conveying mechanism 200 is disposed on the frame 100, and includes a first driving assembly 210 and a material support 220, wherein the material support 220 is connected to the first driving assembly 210, and the first driving assembly 210 is configured to drive the material support 220 to move to the preset pushing area 103 along the direction from the first end 101 to the second end 102. The second conveying mechanism 300 is disposed on the frame 100, and includes a second driving assembly 310, a third driving assembly 320 and a material pushing member 330, where the second driving assembly 310 is connected to the third driving assembly 320, the third driving assembly 320 is connected to the material pushing member 330, the material pushing member 330 has an initial position along the first direction Z1, the initial position is located on a side of the preset pushing area 103 near the first end 101 and along the second direction X1, the initial position is located on a side of the third end 104 of the preset pushing area 103 away from the fourth end 105, the second driving assembly 310 is configured to drive the third driving assembly 320 and the material pushing member 330 to reciprocate along the third direction X2, and the third driving assembly 320 is configured to drive the material pushing member 330 to reciprocate along the fourth direction Z2, so that the material pushing member 330 reciprocates between the initial position and the fourth end 105, one of the third direction X2 and the fourth direction Z2 is the same as the first direction Z1, and the other is the second direction X1 is the same as the second direction X1.

The first direction Z1 and the second direction X1 may be directions substantially perpendicular to each other, specifically, the first direction Z1 and the second direction X1 may be two substantially perpendicular horizontal directions, and one of the first direction Z1 and the second direction X1 may be a substantially horizontal direction, and the other may be a substantially vertical direction. In the present embodiment, the first direction Z1 is mainly a vertical direction, and the second direction X1 is mainly a horizontal direction.

The first direction Z1 is a bidirectional direction, and includes a direction from the first end 101 to the second end 102 and a direction from the second end 102 to the first end 101. Specifically, when the first direction Z1 is a substantially vertical direction, the first direction Z1 includes a top-to-bottom direction and a bottom-to-top direction, and the embodiment mainly uses the bottom-to-top direction as an example of the direction from the first end 101 to the second end 102. The second direction X1 is a bi-directional direction, including a direction from the third end 104 to the fourth end 105 and a direction from the fourth end 105 to the third end 104. Specifically, when the second direction X1 is substantially a left-right direction, the second direction X1 includes a left-right direction and a right-left direction, and the present embodiment mainly describes an example in which the directions from the third end 104 to the fourth end 105 are the left-right directions.

The frame 100 is a mounting carrier of the conveying apparatus, and can support the first conveying mechanism 200 and the second conveying mechanism 300. The frame 100 may be a generally frame structure or other support structure. The first end 101 and the second end 102 of the rack 100 are two ends of the rack 100 sequentially arranged along the first direction Z1, and the first end 101 and the second end 102 may be a top end and a bottom end of the rack 100, respectively, taking the first direction Z1 as a substantially vertical direction as an example.

The predetermined pushing zone 103 is a designated location to which the material 10 is conveyed by the first conveyor 200, and the predetermined pushing zone 103 may be a reserved space that allows the material support 220 to carry the material 10 into and out of the way. The preset pushing area 103 may be set according to a receiving position of the downstream device, and when the material 10 is in the preset pushing area 103, the material 10 is pushed along the second direction X1, so that the material 10 may be separated from the material support 220 and leave the preset pushing area 103 to enter the receiving position of the downstream device. The receiving location of the downstream equipment, i.e. the location of the logistics line for receiving the material 10. For example, in a battery production system, the conveying device is located between an upstream flow line and a downstream flow line, the output of the material 10 of the downstream flow line is lower than the receiving position of the downstream flow line, the upstream flow line conveys the tray 11 to the material bearing member 220 at a lower position, the first driving component 210 of the conveying device drives the material bearing member 220 to move upwards to convey the tray 11 to the preset pushing area 103, and the second conveying mechanism 300 pushes the tray 11 onto the downstream flow line, wherein the preset pushing area 103 is approximately identical to the height of the downstream flow line or is slightly higher than the downstream flow line.

It should be noted that, the preset pushing area 103 may be understood with reference to the dashed box in fig. 1, that is, the position of the uppermost tray 11 is the preset pushing area 103.

The third end 104 and the fourth end 105 of the preset pushing area 103 are two ends sequentially arranged in the second direction X1, which may correspond to two opposite sides of the frame 100 along the second direction X1. When the second direction X1 is substantially horizontal, for example, the second direction X1 is a left-right direction, the third end 104 may be a left end of the preset pushing area 103, that is, a left side of the rack 100, and the fourth end 105 may be a right end of the preset pushing area 103, that is, a right side of the rack 100. For convenience of explanation, the second direction X1 will be mainly described by taking the left-right direction as an example.

The first conveyor mechanism 200 is for conveying the material 10 in a first direction Z1. The first driving assembly 210 is configured to drive the material supporter 220 to move along the first direction Z1, and the first driving assembly 210 may be a structure of a motor and a transmission member, or may be other structures, such as a hydraulic cylinder, an air cylinder, etc. The material support 220 is used for supporting the material 10, the material 10 can be placed on the material support 220 and supported by the material support 220, and the material 10 can be separated from the material support 220 under the pushing action of the second conveying mechanism 300. The material support 220 may be a plate or a rod, and the material 10 such as the tray 11 may be supported above the material support 220. The material holders 220 of the first conveying mechanism 200 may have a plurality of material holders 220, for example, in the first direction Z1, the first conveying mechanism 200 may be provided with a plurality of material holders 220 at intervals, and each material holder 220 is configured to hold the material 10, so that not only a time interval for lifting the material 10 can be shortened, but also, when the uppermost material holder 220 is located in the preset pushing area 103, the lowermost material holder 220 may synchronously receive the material 10 conveyed by the upstream logistics line, so that the conveying device has a higher conveying efficiency.

It should be noted that, the first driving assembly 210 drives the material support 220 to move along the direction from the first end 101 to the second end 102, so that the material support 220 carries the material 10 to the preset pushing area 103. The first drive assembly 210 may also reciprocate to allow the material support 220 to be recycled, and in particular, as shown in fig. 1, the first drive assembly 210 may include a belt that, by circumferential rotation, may reset the material support 220 from the predetermined pushing zone 103 to a position to receive material 10 from an upstream line, or may transport the material support 220 upwardly to the predetermined pushing zone 103.

The second conveying mechanism 300 is mainly used for conveying the material 10 along the second direction X1. The initial position of the material pushing member 330 is a position where the material pushing member 330 can reach and stay, and may be a movement limit position of the material pushing member 330, that is, a limit position where the material pushing member 330 moves under the driving action of the third driving assembly 320 and the second driving assembly 310. The material pushing member 330 may avoid the preset pushing area 103 at the initial position, and after the material supporting member 220 carries the material 10 to the preset pushing area 103, the material pushing member 330 may also avoid the material 10 at the initial position, that is, when the material pushing member 330 is at the initial position, the material pushing member 330 may not interfere with the material 10, so as to facilitate the conveying of the material 10 in the first direction Z1. In this embodiment, since the material 10 moves to the preset pushing area 103 along the direction from the first end 101 to the second end 102, the initial position is located at the side of the preset pushing area 103 near the first end 101 along the first direction Z1, so that the initial position is not located in the travel range of the material 10 along the first direction Z1, and the material pushing member 330 can avoid the material 10 when in the initial position; meanwhile, the material pushing member 330 may be configured to push the material 10 from the third end 104 to the fourth end 105, so that, along the second direction X1, the initial position is located on a side of the third end 104 of the preset pushing area 103 away from the fourth end 105, so that the initial position is not located in the space occupied by the material 10 in the second direction X1, and the material pushing member 330 can avoid the material 10 when in the initial position. As shown in fig. 1, the present embodiment is mainly described by taking an example that the initial position is located on the upper left side of the preset pushing zone 103.

It should be noted that, in the state shown in fig. 1, the initial position is the current position of the material pushing member.

The second drive assembly 310 and the third drive assembly 320 are each configured to drive movement of the material mover 330. The second driving component 310 may be a linear driving component, specifically, an electric push rod formed by matching a motor with a screw rod component, or an air cylinder or a hydraulic cylinder. The third driving component 320 may be a linear driving component, specifically, an electric push rod formed by matching a motor with a screw rod component, or an air cylinder or a hydraulic cylinder. The second driving assembly 310 may be mounted on the frame 100, a power output end of the second driving assembly 310 may be connected with the third driving assembly 320, and a power output end of the third driving assembly 320 may be connected with the material pusher 330.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the third direction X2 may be the same as the second direction X1, and the fourth direction Z2 may be the same as the first direction Z1. That is, the power output end of the second driving component 310 can reciprocate along the second direction X1, the second driving component 310 drives the third driving component 320 and the material pushing component 330 to reciprocate along the second direction X1, so that the material pushing component 330 can reciprocate along the second direction X1 between the initial position and the fourth end 105, so as to push the material 10 away from the material supporting component 220 and retract to the initial position; meanwhile, the third driving component 320 is configured to reciprocate along the first direction Z1 at the power output end thereof, so as to drive the material pushing member 330 to reciprocate along the first direction Z1, so that the material pushing member 330 can reciprocate along the first direction Z1 between the initial position and the fourth end 105, so as to avoid the preset pushing area 103.

In other embodiments, the third direction may be the same as the first direction Z1 and the fourth direction may be the same as the second direction X1. That is, the power output end of the second driving component can reciprocate along the first direction Z1, and the second driving component drives the third driving component and the material pushing component to reciprocate along the first direction Z1, so that the material pushing component 330 can reciprocate along the first direction Z1 between the initial position and the fourth end 105, so as to avoid the preset pushing zone 103; meanwhile, the third driving assembly is configured to reciprocate the power output end thereof along the second direction X1, and the third driving assembly drives the material pushing member 330 to reciprocate along the second direction X1, so that the material pushing member 330 can reciprocate along the second direction X1 between the initial position and the fourth end 105, so as to push the material 10 away from the material support 220, and can retract to the initial position.

In the conveying device of the embodiment, when the material pushing member 330 is at the initial position, the material pushing member 330 can avoid the preset pushing area 103, and at this time, the first conveying mechanism 200 can convey the material 10 on the material pushing member 330 to the preset pushing area 103 along the first direction Z1; when the material 10 is in the preset pushing zone 103, the second conveying mechanism 300 drives the material pushing member 330 to move to the preset pushing zone 103 along the first direction Z1 and to move from the initial position to the fourth end 105 of the preset pushing zone 103 along the second direction X1, so as to push the material 10 on the material support 220 out of the preset pushing zone 103 along the second direction X1 and to move to the next position; after the material 10 of the material bearing member 220 moves out of the preset pushing area 103, the second conveying mechanism 300 drives the material pushing member 330 to retract toward the initial position along the first direction Z1 and the second direction X1, and because the material pushing member 330 can retract along the conveying direction of the first conveying mechanism 200, namely the first direction Z1, under the action of one of the second driving assembly 310 and the third driving assembly 320, and avoid the preset pushing area 103, compared with the mode that the material pushing member 330 only depends on the retraction of the second direction X1 to avoid the preset pushing area 103, the avoiding efficiency of the material pushing member 330 is higher, the interval time of the first conveying mechanism 200 for conveying the material 10 to the preset pushing area 103 can be shortened, and the conveying efficiency of the conveying device for the material 10 is improved; in addition, the possibility of collision between the material pushing member 330 and the material 10 can be reduced, and the operation reliability of the conveying device can be improved.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, fig. 3 schematically illustrates a schematic control principle of the second conveying mechanism according to some embodiments of the present application, where the second conveying mechanism 300 further includes a linkage control assembly 340, and the second driving assembly 310 and the third driving assembly 320 are connected to the linkage control assembly 340. The coordinated control assembly 340 is configured to: the third driving assembly 320 is controlled to drive the material pushing member 330 to move along the fourth direction Z2, and the second driving assembly 310 is controlled to drive the third driving assembly 320 and the material pushing member 330 to move along the third direction X2.

Specifically, the linkage control assembly 340 may control the second driving assembly 310 and the third driving assembly 320 to simultaneously drive the material pushing member 330 to move from the initial position to the fourth end 105 of the preset pushing zone 103, and may control the second driving assembly 310 and the third driving assembly 320 to simultaneously drive the material pushing member 330 to reset from the fourth end 105 of the preset pushing zone 103 to the initial position. That is, the pushing actions of the material pushing member 330 along the first direction Z1 and the second direction X1 may be performed synchronously, and the retracting of the material pushing member 330 along the first direction Z1 and the second direction X1 may be performed simultaneously. As shown in fig. 1 to 3, taking an example that the initial position is located at the left side above the preset pushing zone 103, the second driving assembly 310 drives the third driving assembly 320 and the material pushing member 330 to reciprocate along the second direction X1 (i.e. the left-right direction), the third driving assembly 320 drives the material pushing member 330 to reciprocate along the first direction Z1 (i.e. the vertical direction), and the linkage control assembly 340 may be configured to: the third driving component 320 is used for driving the material pushing piece 330 to move along the direction from top to bottom from the initial position to the preset pushing zone 103, and meanwhile, the second driving component 310 is used for driving the third driving component 320 and the material pushing piece 330 to move along the direction from left to right to the right end (namely, the fourth end 105) of the preset pushing zone 103; the third driving component 320 is made to drive the material pushing member 330 to reset from the preset pushing zone 103 to the initial position along the direction from bottom to top, and at the same time, the second driving component 310 is made to drive the third driving component 320 and the material pushing member 330 to move to the left end (i.e. the third end 104) of the preset pushing zone 103 along the direction from right to left.

The coordinated control unit 340 may be an electronic component having a control program, and the electronic component synchronously controls the controller of the second driving unit 310 and the controller of the third driving unit 320 through the control program, so that the second driving unit 310 and the third driving unit 320 operate simultaneously. For example, the second driving assembly 310 and the third driving assembly 320 are both structures of motor-matched screw assemblies, and the linkage control assembly 340 may be simultaneously connected with the motor controller of the second driving assembly 310 and the motor controller of the third driving assembly 320, and may synchronously control the two motors to be simultaneously turned on or simultaneously act.

The coordinated control assembly 340 may also include a control valve 342, for example, the third driving assembly 320 and the second driving assembly 310 may be hydraulic cylinders, and the third driving assembly 320 and the second driving assembly 310 are controlled by the control valve 342 of the same control oil path, so that the third driving assembly 320 and the second driving assembly 310 act simultaneously. For another example, the third driving assembly 320 and the second driving assembly 310 may be air cylinders, and the third driving assembly 320 and the second driving assembly 310 are controlled by the control valve 342 of the same air path, so that the third driving assembly 320 and the second driving assembly 310 act simultaneously.

In this embodiment, the linkage control assembly 340 may enable the third driving assembly 320 and the second driving assembly 310 to act simultaneously, so as to shorten the duration of the pushing action or the resetting action of the material pushing member 330, and improve the conveying efficiency of the conveying device.

Optionally, according to some embodiments of the present application, the third drive assembly 320 and the second drive assembly 310 are both pneumatic drive assemblies or hydraulic drive assemblies; the second driving assembly 310 includes a first cylinder 311 and a first piston 312, the third driving assembly 320 includes a second cylinder 321 and a second piston 322, the first cylinder 311 is connected to the frame 100, the first piston 312 is disposed on the first cylinder 311 and separates the first cylinder 311 to form a first chamber 314 and a second chamber 315, the first piston 312 is connected with the second cylinder 321, the second piston 322 is disposed on the second cylinder 321 and separates the second cylinder 321 to form a third chamber 324 and a fourth chamber 325, and the second piston 322 is connected with the material pushing member 330.

The first cylinder 311 may be fastened to the frame 100 by bolts, or may be mounted on the frame 100 by means of the first bracket 350. The second driving component 310 may be a pneumatic cylinder, and correspondingly, the first cylinder 311 is a cylinder body of the pneumatic cylinder, the first piston 312 is a piston of the pneumatic cylinder, and the pneumatic cylinder may be a rodless cylinder or a linear cylinder with a rod, where the rodless cylinder may be a magnetically coupled rodless cylinder or a mechanically coupled rodless cylinder. In the case where the second driving assembly 310 is a rodless cylinder, the first piston 312 may be coupled to the first slider 313, and the second cylinder 321 is coupled to the first slider 313; in the case that the second driving assembly 310 is a rod-shaped linear cylinder, a piston rod is disposed on a side of the first piston 312 facing the first chamber 314 or the second chamber 315, and the piston rod passes through the corresponding chamber to be connected with the second cylinder 321, and the piston rod and the second cylinder 321 may be directly connected or may be connected through a slider or the like. The second driving assembly 310 may also be a hydraulic cylinder, and accordingly, the first cylinder 311 is a cylinder body of the hydraulic cylinder, and the first piston 312 is a piston of the hydraulic cylinder, and the specific structure of the second driving assembly may be referred to as the description of the hydraulic cylinder.

The third driving component 320 may be a pneumatic cylinder, and correspondingly, the second cylinder body 321 is a cylinder body of the pneumatic cylinder, the second piston 322 is a piston of the pneumatic cylinder, and the pneumatic cylinder may be a rodless cylinder or a linear cylinder with a rod, where the rodless cylinder may be a magnetic coupling type rodless cylinder or a mechanical coupling type rodless cylinder. In the case that the third driving assembly 320 is a rodless cylinder, the second piston 322 may be connected with a second slider 323, and the second cylinder 321 is connected to the second slider 323; in the case that the third driving assembly 320 is a rod-shaped linear cylinder, a piston rod is disposed on a side of the second piston 322 facing the third chamber 324 or the fourth chamber 325, and the piston rod passes through the corresponding chamber to be connected with the material pushing member 330, and the piston rod and the material pushing member 330 may be directly connected or may be connected through a slider or the like. The third driving assembly 320 may also be a hydraulic cylinder, and correspondingly, the second cylinder 321 is a cylinder body of the hydraulic cylinder, and the second piston 322 is a piston of the hydraulic cylinder, and the specific structure of the third driving assembly may be referred to as the description of the hydraulic cylinder.

It should be noted that, the third driving assembly 320 and the second driving assembly 310 may not be limited to the same structure, for example, the third driving assembly 320 may be a pneumatic cylinder, and the second driving assembly 310 may be a hydraulic cylinder.

In this embodiment, a hydraulic driving assembly or an air driving assembly is used as the third driving assembly 320 and the second driving assembly 310, which has a simple structure and low equipment investment cost. When the third driving assembly 320 and the second driving assembly 310 both adopt rodless cylinders, the structure is simpler and the occupied space is smaller.

Optionally, according to some embodiments of the present application, the third direction X2 coincides with the second direction X1, the fourth direction Z2 coincides with the first direction Z1, the first chamber 314 and the second chamber 315 are arranged in sequence along the third direction X2, and the second chamber 315 is disposed closer to the fourth end 105 than the first chamber 314, the third chamber 324 and the fourth chamber 325 are disposed in sequence along the fourth direction Z2, and the fourth chamber 325 is disposed closer to the second end 102 than the third chamber 324; the coordinated control assembly 340 includes a pressure driving source 341 and a control valve element 342, the pressure driving source 341 and the control valve element 342 being in communication with the pressure driving source 341, the control valve element 342 having a first communication port 3421 and a second communication port 3422, the first chamber 314 and the third chamber 324 each being in communication with the first communication port 3421, and the second chamber 315 and the fourth chamber 325 each being in communication with the second communication port 3422.

In this embodiment, the third driving component 320 and the second driving component 310 are pressure driving components driven by the same pressure driving source 341. Specifically, in some implementations, the third drive assembly 320 and the second drive assembly 310 may each be a hydraulic drive, and the pressure drive source 341 is a hydraulic oil supply device; for another example, the third driving assembly 320 and the second driving assembly 310 may be pneumatic driving assemblies, and the pressure driving source 341 may be a compressed air source.

The control valve element 342 further has a third communication port 3423 and a fourth communication port 3424 that communicate with the pressure driving source 341, wherein the third communication port 3423 communicates with the outflow port of the pressure driving source 341, and the fourth communication port 3424 communicates with the return port of the pressure driving source 341. The control valve member 342 has a switchable first state in which the third communication port 3423 communicates with the first communication port 3421 and the fourth communication port 3424 communicates with the second communication port 3422, so that the first chamber 314 and the third chamber 324 are filled with gas or hydraulic oil, and the hydraulic oil or gas of the second chamber 315 and the fourth chamber 325 is returned; in the second state, the third communication port 3423 communicates with the second communication port 3422 and the fourth communication port 3424 communicates with the first communication port 3421, so that the second chamber 315 and the fourth chamber 325 are filled with gas or hydraulic oil, and the hydraulic oil or gas of the first chamber 314 and the third chamber 324 flows back. The control valve member 342 may be a solenoid valve in particular.

The coordinated control assembly 340 further comprises a communication pipe, and in some implementations, as shown in fig. 3, the first communication port 3421 is connected to and communicates with a first communication pipe 343, and the first chamber 314 and the third chamber 324 are both connected to the first communication pipe 343 so as to communicate with the first communication port 3421; second communication port 3422 is connected to and communicates with second communication pipe 344, and second chamber 315 and fourth chamber 325 are each connected to second communication pipe 344 so as to communicate with second communication port 3422.

In this embodiment, by disposing the second chamber 315 closer to the fourth end 105 than the first chamber 314, the third driving assembly 320 and the material pushing member 330, which are connected to the first piston 312, are driven to push out from the initial position toward the fourth end 105 along the third direction X2 when the first piston 312 moves along the direction from the first chamber 314 to the second chamber 315; when the first piston 312 moves in the direction from the second chamber 315 to the first chamber 314, the third driving assembly 320 and the material pushing member 330, which are connected to the first piston 312, are driven to return to the initial position in the third direction X2. By the fourth chamber 325 being disposed closer to the second end 102 than the third chamber 324, the second piston 322 is moved in the direction from the third chamber 324 to the fourth chamber 325, thereby driving the material pushing member 330 connected to the second piston 322 to push out from the initial position toward the second end 102 in the fourth direction Z2; when the second piston 322 moves along the direction from the fourth chamber 325 to the third chamber 324, the material pushing member 330 connected to the second piston 322 is driven to return toward the initial position along the fourth direction Z2.

Specifically, in some implementations, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the third direction X2 is the same as the second direction X1 and is a left-right direction, the fourth direction Z2 is the same as the first direction Z1 and is a vertical direction, the initial position is located on the left side above the preset pushing area 103, the second driving assembly 310 drives the third driving assembly 320 and the material pushing member 330 to reciprocate along the second direction X1 (i.e., the left-right direction), and the third driving assembly 320 drives the material pushing member 330 to reciprocate along the first direction Z1 (i.e., the vertical direction). The third driving assembly 320 and the second driving assembly 310 are pneumatic driving assemblies, the first chamber 314 is arranged at the left side of the second chamber 315, the third chamber 324 is arranged above the fourth chamber 325, the first communication port 3421 is communicated with the first chamber 314 and the third chamber 324, the second communication port 3422 is communicated with the third chamber 324 and the fourth chamber 325, when the first communication port 3421 is used as an air inlet and the second communication port 3422 is used as an air outlet, the first chamber 314 and the second chamber 315 are simultaneously fed with air, and the third chamber 324 and the fourth chamber 325 are simultaneously discharged with air, so that the third driving assembly 320 and the second driving assembly 310 are simultaneously operated, and the material pushing member 330 is moved downwards and pushed out to the right; when the first communication port 3421 is used as an air outlet and the second communication port 3422 is used as an air inlet, the first chamber 314 and the second chamber 315 are simultaneously air-out, and the third chamber 324 and the fourth chamber 325 are simultaneously air-in, so that the third driving assembly 320 and the second driving assembly 310 are simultaneously operated, and the material pushing member 330 is moved upwards and reset leftwards.

In this embodiment, the valve 342 is controlled to enable the third driving assembly 320 and the second driving assembly 310 to act simultaneously, so as to shorten the duration of the pushing action or the resetting action of the material pushing element 330 and improve the conveying efficiency of the conveying device. In addition, the third driving assembly 320 and the second driving assembly 310 can be controlled through the same control oil path or gas path with the control valve 342 and the pressure driving source 341, the structure is simple, the control components are fewer, the possibility of equipment failure is reduced, and the cost is reduced.

It should be noted that, in other embodiments, the third direction may be set to be consistent with the first direction Z1, and the fourth direction may be set to be consistent with the second direction X1, where the first chamber and the second chamber are sequentially arranged along the third direction (corresponding to being along the first direction Z1), the second chamber is disposed closer to the second end 102 than the first chamber, the third chamber and the fourth chamber are sequentially arranged along the fourth direction (corresponding to being along the second direction X1), and the fourth chamber is disposed closer to the fourth end 105 than the third chamber. In this embodiment, the coordinated control assembly may also include a pressure drive source and a control valve member, the pressure drive source and the control valve member being in communication with the pressure drive source, the control valve member having a first communication port and a second communication port, the first chamber and the third chamber each being in communication with the first communication port, and the second chamber and the fourth chamber each being in communication with the second communication port.

According to some embodiments of the present application, optionally, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the second driving assembly 310 further includes a first slider 313, the first slider 313 is slidably disposed at an outer side of a circumferential sidewall of the first cylinder 311, the first slider 313 is connected to the first piston 312, and the second cylinder 321 is connected to the first piston 312 through the first slider 313.

The second driving assembly 310 may be a rodless cylinder, the first slider 313 is a slider of the rodless cylinder, the first slider 313 may move along the extending direction of the first cylinder 311, the first slider 313 and the first piston 312 may be connected in a magnetic coupling manner or a mechanical coupling manner, and the first slider 313 may be sleeved on the cylinder of the rodless cylinder, that is, the first cylinder 311.

It will be appreciated that the second cylinder 321 is connected to the first piston 312 via the first slider 313, facilitating the assembled connection of the second cylinder 321 to the first piston 312.

According to some embodiments of the present application, optionally, the third driving assembly 320 further includes a second slider 323, the second slider 323 is slidably disposed outside a circumferential sidewall of the second cylinder 321, the second slider 323 is connected to the second piston 322, and the material pushing member 330 is connected to the second piston 322 through the second slider 323.

The third driving component 320 may be a rodless sliding table cylinder, the second slider 323 is a slider of the rodless sliding table cylinder, the second slider 323 can move along the extending direction of the second cylinder 321, the second slider 323 and the second piston 322 may be magnetically coupled or mechanically combined, and the second slider 323 may be sleeved on the second cylinder 321, which is a cylinder body of the rodless cylinder.

It will be appreciated that the material pushing member 330 is connected to the second piston 322 by the second slider 323, which facilitates the assembly and connection of the material pushing member 330 to the second piston 322.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the second conveying mechanism 300 further includes a first bracket 350, and the second driving assembly 310 is connected to the first bracket 350 and is connected to the frame 100 through the first bracket 350 according to some embodiments of the present application.

The first bracket 350 may be fixedly coupled to the frame 100 by bolts or the like. In some implementations, the first cylinder 311 is fixedly connected to the first bracket 350, and the cylinder may be integrally connected to the bracket by bolts, flanges, or the like.

The present embodiment facilitates the connection of the housing 100 to the second drive assembly 310 by providing the first bracket 350.

According to some embodiments of the present application, optionally, the first bracket 350 includes a first connection plate 351 and a second connection plate 352, the first connection plate 351 extends along a third direction X2, the first connection plate 351 is connected to the rack 100, two ends of the first connection plate 351 along the third direction X2 are respectively connected to the second connection plate 352, the second driving assembly 310 is arranged along the third direction X2, and two ends of the second driving assembly 310 along the third direction X2 are respectively connected to the second connection plates 352 at corresponding positions.

In some embodiments, the rack 100 is a frame structure, the top of the rack 100 is provided with a rectangular frame 110, and the four vertices of the rectangular frame 110 are connected with support rods 120. The third direction X2 coincides with the second direction X1 (in the case of a substantially right-left direction). As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the second driving assembly 310 is configured to drive the material pushing member 330 to reciprocate in a substantially left-right direction, the first connecting plate 351 extends in the left-right direction, the left end and the right end of the top surface of the first connecting plate 351 are respectively connected with the rectangular frame 110 at corresponding positions, one of the second connecting plates 352 is connected to the left end of the first connecting plate 351, the other second connecting plate 352 is connected to the right end of the first connecting plate 351, and both of the second connecting plates 352 are located at one side of the bottom surface of the first connecting plate 351. The first cylinder 311 is connected between two second connection plates 352, and the first slider 313 is slidably disposed on the first cylinder 311 and is spaced from the first connection plates 351 in the vertical direction, so that the first slider 313 can slide smoothly along the first cylinder 311.

The first connection plate 351 and the second connection plate 352 may be welded, bolted, or integrally formed. The second connection plate 352 may be disposed perpendicular to the first connection plate 351.

The first bracket 350 provided in this embodiment has a simple structure, is convenient to connect, and occupies a small space.

According to some embodiments of the present application, optionally, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, and possibly in combination with fig. 4, fig. 4 schematically illustrates a schematic view of a second support according to some embodiments of the present application, the second conveying mechanism 300 further includes a second support 360, and the third driving assembly 320 is connected to the second support 360 and is connected to the second driving assembly 310 through the second support 360.

In some implementations, the second bracket 360 may be connected with the first slider 313, and the second cylinder 321 of the third driving assembly 320 is connected to the second bracket 360.

The second bracket 360 is disposed in this embodiment, which is beneficial to improving the connection stability and the assembly convenience of the third driving assembly 320 and the second driving assembly 310.

According to some embodiments of the present application, optionally, the second bracket 360 includes a third connection plate 361 and a fourth connection plate 362, the third connection plate 361 being arranged along the third direction X2, the fourth connection plate 362 being arranged along the fourth direction Z2, the third connection plate 361 being connected to one end of the fourth connection plate 362, the third connection plate 361 being connected to the second driving assembly 310, the third driving assembly 320 being connected to the fourth connection plate 362.

As shown in fig. 1, 2, and 4, in some implementations, the third connecting plate 361 is disposed generally in a left-right direction and the fourth connecting plate 362 is disposed generally in a vertical direction. The third connecting plate 361 and the fourth connecting plate 362 are arranged approximately vertically, and the connection between the two can be smoothly transited. The third connecting plate 361 and the fourth connecting plate 362 may be welded or bolted, or may be integrally formed.

The second bracket 360 provided in this embodiment facilitates connection between the third driving component 320 and the second driving component 310, and has a simple structure and small occupied space.

According to some embodiments of the present application, optionally, as shown in fig. 1, the first driving assembly 210 includes a driving member, a driving roller 212, a driven roller 213, and a conveyor belt 214, the driving member is connected to the driving roller 212, the driving roller 212 and the driven roller 213 are respectively rotatably connected to the frame 100, the driving roller 212 and the driven roller 213 are spaced apart along the first direction Z1, the conveyor belt 214 is wound around the driving roller 212 and the driven roller 213, and the material supporter 220 is connected to the conveyor belt 214.

The driving roller 212 and the driven roller 213 may each be a shaft member or a roller member. The driving roller 212 and the driven roller 213 may include a plurality of one-to-one correspondence. The drive member may be a motor and the conveyor belt 214 may be a belt, chain, or the like.

In some implementations, a direction perpendicular to the first direction Z1 and the second direction X1 is a fifth direction Y (which can be understood by referring to the front-rear direction), two opposite sides of the frame 100 in the fifth direction Y are respectively provided with a driven roller 213 and a driving roller 212, the driven roller 213 and the driving roller 212 extend along the second direction X1 (approximately in the left-right direction), one conveyor belt 214 is wound between the left end of each driving roller 212 and the left end of the driven roller 213, the right end of each driving roller 212 and the right end of the driven roller 213 are wound with conveyor belts 214, the four conveyor belts 214 are connected with material holders 220, and the material holders 220 on the four conveyor belts 214 are arranged in a flush manner. In the case of multiple drive rollers 212, the multiple drive rollers 212 may be connected to the same drive member by a transmission member.

The material holders 220 on each conveyor 214 may be plural, and the plural material holders 220 may be disposed at equal intervals along the circumferential direction of the conveyor 214.

In this embodiment, the driving member drives the driving roller 212 to rotate, and the driving roller 212 drives the conveying belt 214 to rotate, so as to drive the material supporting member 220 to move, and since the conveying belt 214 is annular and wound, the material supporting member 220 can be recycled in the process of rotating the conveying belt 214, and the operation is convenient.

It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, when the material support 220 is located at the inner side of the conveyor belt 214, the conveyor belt 214 drives the material support 220 to lift up to convey the material 10, and when the material support 220 moves to the outer side of the conveyor belt 214 along with the conveyor belt 214, the material support 220 moves downward and moves to a lower layer position capable of receiving the material 10.

Some embodiments of the present application further provide a battery production system, including the conveying device provided by the present application or any embodiment of the present application.

The battery production system of this embodiment may further include an upstream flow line and a downstream flow line, and the conveying device may be disposed between the upstream flow line and the downstream flow line, for conveying the material 10 such as the tray 11 from the upstream flow to the downstream flow line. Taking the material 10 as the tray 11 as an example, the upstream material flow line may be a stepper motor material flow line for conveying the tray 11 to the conveying device, and the downstream material flow line is for receiving the tray 11 and conveying the tray 11 to a next process, which may be a process of stacking the batteries to the tray 11.

It should be noted that the battery production system may also include other devices, for example, a device for assembling a battery, a device for preparing a battery, and the like.

The battery production system of the embodiment has the same beneficial effects as the conveying device provided by the application or any embodiment of the application.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the present embodiment provides a conveying apparatus for conveying a tray 11, including a chassis 100, a first conveying mechanism 200, and a second conveying mechanism 300, the chassis 100 having a first end 101 and a second end 102 disposed opposite in a vertical direction, the chassis 100 being provided with a preset push area 103 between the first end 101 and the second end 102, the preset push area 103 having a third end 104 and a fourth end 105 disposed opposite in a left-right direction. The first conveying mechanism 200 comprises a first driving assembly 210 and a material supporting member 220, the first driving assembly 210 comprises a motor, a driving roller 212, a driven roller 213 and a conveying belt 214, the motor is installed on the frame 100, an output shaft of the motor is connected with the driving roller 212, the driving roller 212 and the driven roller 213 are respectively and rotatably connected to the frame 100, the driving roller 212 and the driven roller 213 are arranged at intervals along the vertical direction, the conveying belt 214 is wound on the driving roller 212 and the driven roller 213, the material supporting member 220 is connected to the conveying belt 214, the material supporting member 220 moves from bottom to top on the inner side of the frame 100 under the driving of the conveying belt 214, and moves from bottom to bottom on the outer side of the frame 100 to form circulating movement.

The second conveying mechanism 300 comprises a second driving assembly 310, a third driving assembly 320, a material pushing piece 330 and a linkage control assembly 340, the second driving assembly 310 and the third driving assembly 320 are rodless pneumatic sliding tables, the second driving assembly 310 comprises a first cylinder 311, a first piston 312 and a first sliding block 313, the third driving assembly 320 comprises a second cylinder 321, a second piston 322 and a second sliding block 323, the first cylinder 311 is arranged in a left-right extending mode, the first cylinder 311 is connected to the frame 100 through a first bracket 350, the first piston 312 is arranged on the first cylinder 311 and separates the first cylinder 311 to form a first chamber 314 and a second chamber 315, the first piston 312 is connected with the first sliding block 313 in a magnetic coupling mode, and the first sliding block 313 is slidably arranged on the outer side of the first cylinder 311 and connected with the second cylinder 321; the second cylinder 321 is arranged along the vertical direction, the second piston 322 is arranged on the second cylinder 321 and separates the second cylinder 321 to form a third chamber 324 and a fourth chamber 325, the second piston 322 is mechanically combined and connected with the second sliding block 323, and the second sliding block 323 is slidably arranged on the outer side of the second cylinder 321 and connected with the material pushing piece 330. The material pushing member 330 has an initial position, and the initial position is located at the left end of the preset pushing area 103 along the left-right direction, and is located above the preset pushing area 103 along the vertical direction, the second driving assembly 310 drives the third driving assembly 320 and the material pushing member 330 to reciprocate along the left-right direction, and the third driving assembly 320 drives the material pushing member 330 to reciprocate along the vertical direction.

The linkage control assembly 340 includes a compressed air source and a solenoid valve having a first communication port 3421, a second communication port 3422, a third communication port 3423, and a fourth communication port 3424, wherein the third communication port 3423 communicates with a outflow port of the compressed air source, and the fourth communication port 3424 communicates with a return port of the compressed air source. The control valve member 342 has a switchable first state in which the third communication port 3423 communicates with the first communication port 3421 and the fourth communication port 3424 communicates with the second communication port 3422 so that the first chamber 314 and the third chamber 324 are vented with gas and the gases of the second chamber 315 and the fourth chamber 325 are returned; in the second state, the third communication port 3423 communicates with the second communication port 3422 and the fourth communication port 3424 communicates with the first communication port 3421, so that the second chamber 315 and the fourth chamber 325 are filled with gas, and the gases of the first chamber 314 and the third chamber 324 flow back.

The first chamber 314 is arranged at the left side of the second chamber 315, the third chamber 324 is arranged above the fourth chamber 325, the first communication port 3421 is communicated with the first chamber 314 and the third chamber 324, the second communication port 3422 is communicated with the third chamber 324 and the fourth chamber 325, when the first communication port 3421 is used as an air inlet and the second communication port 3422 is used as an air outlet, the first chamber 314 and the second chamber 315 are simultaneously inflated, and the third chamber 324 and the fourth chamber 325 are simultaneously deflated, so that the simultaneous action of the third driving assembly 320 and the second driving assembly 310 is realized, and the material pushing piece 330 is pushed out by downward movement and rightward movement; when the first communication port 3421 is used as an air outlet and the second communication port 3422 is used as an air inlet, the first chamber 314 and the second chamber 315 are simultaneously air-out, and the third chamber 324 and the fourth chamber 325 are simultaneously air-in, so that the third driving assembly 320 and the second driving assembly 310 are simultaneously operated, and the material pushing member 330 is moved upwards and reset leftwards.

Optionally, the conveying device may further be provided with a detection component, where the detection component is a photoelectric sensor, a positioning switch, and the like, so as to complete automatic conveying of the tray 11 by the conveying device in a matching manner. For example, a photoelectric sensor may be provided on the conveyor to confirm whether the tray 11 is fully placed on the material support 220, and after the photoelectric sensor is fully placed on the material support 220, the first drive assembly 210 of the conveyor is actuated to cause the material support 220 to lift the tray 11 upward. For another example, the conveying device may be provided with an opposite-emission photoelectric sensor, and a slot type positioning switch is further provided, when the opposite-emission photoelectric sensor detects that the tray 11 reaches the preset pushing area 103, and the slot type positioning switch detects that the tray 11 reaches the height of entering the downstream logistics line, the second conveying mechanism 300 acts and pushes the tray 11, so that the tray 11 moves from the conveying device to the downstream logistics line.

Optionally, the material pushing member 330 includes a pushing plate, where the pushing plate includes a first plate portion 331 and a second plate portion 332 that are connected, the first plate portion 331 is attached to the third driving assembly 320, and the second plate portion 332 is used for contacting with the tray 11 to push the tray 11, and a width of the first plate portion 331 is greater than the second plate portion 332. The width of the first plate portion 331 is larger, so that the connection between the material pushing member 330 and the second slider 323 is facilitated, and the width of the second plate portion 332 is smaller, so that the interference possibility between the material pushing member 330 and the tray 11 is reduced.

The foregoing description of various embodiments is intended to highlight differences between the various embodiments, which may be the same or similar to each other by reference, and is not repeated herein for the sake of brevity.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present application, and not for limiting the same; although the application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some or all of the technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit of the application, and are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims and description. In particular, the technical features mentioned in the respective embodiments may be combined in any manner as long as there is no structural conflict. The present application is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed herein, but encompasses all technical solutions falling within the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A conveying apparatus, comprising:

The device comprises a rack, a first pushing device and a second pushing device, wherein the rack is provided with a first end and a second end which are oppositely arranged along a first direction, a preset pushing area is arranged between the first end and the second end of the rack, the preset pushing area is provided with a third end and a fourth end which are oppositely arranged along a second direction, and the first direction is intersected with the second direction;

The first conveying mechanism is arranged on the frame and comprises a first driving assembly and a material bearing piece, the material bearing piece is connected to the first driving assembly, and the first driving assembly is configured to drive the material bearing piece to move to the preset pushing area along the direction from the first end to the second end;

the second conveying mechanism is arranged on the frame and comprises a second driving assembly, a third driving assembly and a material pushing piece, the second driving assembly is connected with the third driving assembly, the third driving assembly is connected with the material pushing piece, the material pushing piece is provided with an initial position, the initial position is located on one side, close to the first end, of the preset pushing area along the first direction, and located on one side, away from the fourth end, of the third end of the preset pushing area along the second direction, the second driving assembly is configured to drive the third driving assembly and the material pushing piece to reciprocate along a third direction, and the third driving assembly is configured to drive the material pushing piece to reciprocate along a fourth direction so that the material pushing piece reciprocates between the initial position and the fourth end, one of the third direction and the fourth direction is identical to the first direction, and the other of the third direction and the fourth direction is identical to the second direction.

2. The conveyor apparatus of claim 1 wherein the second conveyor mechanism further comprises a coordinated control assembly, the second drive assembly and the third drive assembly each being connected to the coordinated control assembly, the coordinated control assembly being configured to control the third drive assembly to drive the material pusher to move in the fourth direction while simultaneously causing the second drive assembly to drive the third drive assembly and the material pusher to move in the third direction.

3. The delivery device of claim 2, wherein the third drive assembly and the second drive assembly are both pneumatic drive assemblies or hydraulic drive assemblies;

The second driving assembly comprises a first cylinder body and a first piston, the third driving assembly comprises a second cylinder body and a second piston, the first cylinder body is connected to the frame, the first piston is arranged on the first cylinder body and divides the first cylinder body into a first chamber and a second chamber, the first piston is connected with the second cylinder body, the second piston is arranged on the second cylinder body and divides the second cylinder body into a third chamber and a fourth chamber, and the second piston is connected with the material pushing piece.

4. A delivery device according to claim 3, wherein the third direction coincides with the second direction, the fourth direction coincides with the first direction, the first and second chambers are arranged in sequence along the third direction and the second chamber is arranged closer to the fourth end than the first chamber, the third and fourth chambers are arranged in sequence along the fourth direction and the fourth chamber is arranged closer to the second end than the third chamber;

the linkage control assembly comprises a pressure driving source and a control valve, the control valve is communicated with the pressure driving source and is provided with a first communication port and a second communication port, the first chamber and the third chamber are communicated with the first communication port, and the second chamber and the fourth chamber are communicated with the second communication port.

5. A delivery device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the second drive assembly further comprises a first slider slidably disposed outboard of the circumferential side wall of the first cylinder, the first slider being connected to the first piston, the second cylinder being connected to the first piston by the first slider.

6. A conveyor apparatus as in claim 3 wherein the third drive assembly further comprises a second slide slidably disposed outboard of the circumferential side wall of the second cylinder, the second slide being connected to the second piston, the material pusher being connected to the second piston by the second slide.

7. The delivery device of any one of claims 1-6, wherein the second delivery mechanism further comprises a first bracket, the second drive assembly being coupled to the first bracket and coupled to the frame via the first bracket.

8. The conveying device according to claim 7, wherein the first support comprises a first connecting plate and a second connecting plate, the first connecting plate extends along the third direction, the first connecting plate is connected with the frame, two ends of the first connecting plate along the third direction are respectively connected with the second connecting plate, the second driving assembly is arranged along the third direction, and two ends of the second driving assembly along the third direction are respectively connected with the second connecting plates at corresponding positions.

9. The delivery device of any one of claims 1-6, wherein the second delivery mechanism further comprises a second support, and wherein the third drive assembly is coupled to the second support and coupled to the second drive assembly via the second support.

10. The transport apparatus of claim 9, wherein the second bracket includes a third connection plate disposed along the third direction and a fourth connection plate disposed along the fourth direction, the third connection plate connected to one end of the fourth connection plate, the third connection plate connected to the second drive assembly, the third drive assembly connected to the fourth connection plate.

11. The conveyor apparatus of any one of claims 1-6 wherein the first drive assembly comprises a drive member, a drive roller, a driven roller, and a conveyor belt, the drive member being coupled to the drive roller, the drive roller and the driven roller being rotatably coupled to the frame, respectively, and the drive roller and the driven roller being spaced apart in the first direction, the conveyor belt being wound around the drive roller and the driven roller, the material support being coupled to the conveyor belt.

12. A battery production system comprising the conveying device according to any one of claims 1 to 11.