TW201406609A - Continuous automatic feeding machine - Google Patents

Abstract

A continuous automatic feeding machine is disclosed, which mainly includes a material supplying device, at least two feeding devices and material suction device; wherein the material supplying device has a material bearing mechanism and a horizontal pneumatic cylinder, in which the material bearing mechanism is connected with the horizontal pneumatic cylinder to move horizontally to a material feeding zone under a machine frame; each of material feeding devices includes a lifting mechanism, a horizontal movement mechanism and a material feeding junction sensor, the horizontal movement mechanism moves horizontally to material feeding zone to receive the material of the material bearing mechanism, then the material bearing set returns to the material waiting zone for restocking the material, and the lifting mechanism will begin to lift to a predetermined position for the material suction device to suck and transfer the material. When the lifting mechanism of the material feeding device carries the material to the height set by the material feeding junction sensor, the material bearing set will be re-activated and moved to the material feeding zone and another material feeding device will take over the material and move up to the height set for continuously and automatically feeding material in an alternate manner. Through the automatic material feeding of the material feeding device and using two material feeding devices to automatically and alternately deliver material for the material suction device to transfer the material to the predetermined position, the disclosed invention is capable of delivering material without waiting, thus achieving the automatic production for effectively increasing the production efficiency.

Description

Continuous automatic feeder

The present invention relates to a continuous automatic feeding mechanism, and more particularly to a feeding mechanism which is applied to an automatic packaging machine and which can be automatically and continuously uninterrupted.

According to the conventional packaging machine, when the articles are sent to the rack for positioning, the articles are transported to the other side of the rack through the conveyor belt, and the articles are covered by the stretch-seal packaging film, and then sealed and sealed by the sealing knife for feeding into the heat shrinking machine. Shrink packaging.

However, there are many shortcomings in the process of feeding items:

1. At present, when the automatic packaging machine feeds, after feeding to the conveyor belt, and then returning to the preparation area to take the articles, the conveyor belt may have to stop conveying, and then restart after re-feeding, so that the packaging operation is completed. Intermittent state, affecting the smoothness of the conveyor belt and the efficiency of packaging operations. This waiting process is a waste of time and cost.

2. In the process of transportation, if there are too many articles to be packaged, because the center of gravity of the article is difficult to maintain, it may cause the article to shift during the process of moving, thereby affecting the stacking flatness of the article, when the stacking flatness is not good. At the time, it may cause the item to be unsatisfactory in the transportation process, and even the risk of falling the item on the rack.

It can be seen that there are still many shortcomings in the above-mentioned conventional feeding mechanism, which is not a good design and needs to be improved.

In view of the shortcomings derived from the above-mentioned conventional feeding mechanism, the inventor of the present invention has improved and innovated, and after years of painstaking research, he finally succeeded in research and development. Complete the continuous automatic feeding mechanism of this piece.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a continuous automatic feeder that maintains the stability of the displacement of an article during its movement.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a continuous automatic feeder that can achieve automatic continuous uninterrupted continuous feeding.

In order to achieve the object of the present invention, the continuous automatic feeder of the present invention comprises a feeding device, a feeding device a, a feeding device b, a feeding material blocking device and a feeding material blocking device; the feeding device comprises a material carrying mechanism, The horizontal pneumatic cylinder, the material carrying mechanism is horizontally moved by the horizontal pneumatic cylinder, and the material carrying mechanism is vertically disposed on the rear side of the material carrying board with a material carrying plate and a fixed side plate, on both sides of the material carrying mechanism The feeding member is erected on the frame, and forms a 容-shaped accommodating space with the material-carrying mechanism, and the material-carrying plate has a plurality of supporting columns for carrying materials; the bottom of the material-carrying mechanism is provided with a tilting mechanism The utility model is composed of at least two upper and lower lifting pneumatic cylinders and is disposed at the bottom of the material carrying mechanism. Before the material carrying mechanism moves, the tilting mechanism causes the material supporting mechanism to form an inclined angle, and the articles located on the material carrying group are stabilized. Placed in the accommodating space of the material carrying mechanism, and the horizontal pneumatic cylinder connected to the material carrying mechanism is horizontally displaced. The material carrying mechanism moves into the rack feeding area, and the tilting mechanism returns the material carrying mechanism to the horizontal position, and the rack is provided with a feeding material blocking device on the rear side of the feeding area, which comprises a movable side plate and an air pressure a cylinder, the pneumatic cylinder can open and close the movable side plate to the open end of the 容-shaped accommodating space, so that the material is stably placed in the arranging when being stacked a feeding material blocking device is disposed on the front side of the feeding area, and includes a movable feeding baffle driven by a driving device for opening and closing the opening of the feeding receiving space, so that the material is received The load with the lift is firmly placed in the feeding area.

In order to achieve the above other object, the present invention comprises: a rack having a feeding area therein and a feeding area outside the rack; a feeding device located in the feeding area of the rack, which comprises There is a material carrying mechanism, a horizontal pneumatic cylinder, the material carrying mechanism is connected to the horizontal pneumatic cylinder for horizontal movement, and the material carrying mechanism is arranged on the back side of the material carrying board by the material carrying board and a fixed side plate. On both sides of the carrying mechanism, there are feeding members arranged on the frame, which form a 容-shaped accommodating space with the material carrying mechanism, and a plurality of carrying columns on the material carrying plate are used for carrying materials, and the bottom of the material carrying mechanism is provided The utility model has a tilting mechanism, wherein the tilting mechanism cells comprise two upper and lower moving pneumatic cylinders respectively arranged at the bottom center and the front end of the material carrying mechanism, the central pneumatic cylinder is used for raising the material carrying mechanism, and the front pneumatic cylinder is used for dumping the material carrying mechanism. The material is stably placed in the accommodating space and smoothly transferred to the feeding area; the second feeding device is disposed under the frame and contains one liter The mechanism, a horizontal moving mechanism and a feeding connection sensor comprise a motor driving mechanism, a lead screw and a plurality of guiding rods. The one end of the guiding screw is connected to the motor driving mechanism and is arranged above the top plate of the frame, and one end shaft is arranged on the machine The bottom plate of the guide bar is fixed to the top plate and the bottom plate of the frame respectively, and the lead screw and the guide rod are disposed in the horizontal moving mechanism, so that the horizontal moving mechanism is disposed between the frames, and the horizontal moving mechanism transmits The lifting mechanism is vertically displaced on the frame, and the horizontal moving mechanism is attached to a fixing plate A horizontal pneumatic cylinder is fixedly connected with a movable carrier plate, and the horizontal pneumatic cylinder provides horizontal displacement of the movable carrier plate. When feeding, the carrier plate can take materials between the material carrier plate of the material carrying mechanism and the load column between the materials. The material is completely separated from the supporting column, and the movable carrying plate is composed of a plurality of supporting carriers. The movable carrying plate is provided with a feeding connecting sensor for sensing the rising height of the object to control the feeding device. The feeding device and the receiving of another horizontal moving mechanism; a suction device disposed above the feeding area of the frame, comprising a suction sensor, a suction mechanism and a material moving mechanism, the suction mechanism The utility model comprises a suction pneumatic cylinder, wherein one end of the suction pneumatic cylinder is provided with a suction suction cup. When the movable carrier plate of the feeding device carries the material to reach the suction sensor, the suction pneumatic cylinder acts to suck the suction cup. Material, and the material is transferred to the conveyor belt by the material transfer mechanism and transported to the designated position; when the continuous automatic feeder of the present invention is actuated, the feeding device is horizontally displaced and the articles are Move to the rack feeding area, at this time, the movable carrier plate of the feeding device inserts the receiving material from the bearing column between the material carrying mechanism and the material, so that the material is separated from the bearing column, and the carrier is lifted to the material suction sensor, and is fed by the ascending material. The group descends to absorb the material and horizontally transfers it to the conveyor belt, and the feeding device returns to the feeding area to re-stack the material; and the feeding device of the two feeding device is provided with a feeding connection sensor, and the feeding height is set and Feeding height, when the feeding connection sensor of a feeding device rises to the feeding height, the feeding device transfers the material carrying mechanism to the feeding area again, the material is taken by another feeding device and carried in the feeding area, when Feeding device When the material carried rises to the feed connection height set by the feed sensor of the previous feeding device, the movable carrier plate of the feeding device is withdrawn and descends back to the origin, and the existing material is dropped to another feeding material. Above the material delivered by the device, and the material carrying mechanism is returned to the feeding area to re-stack the material. When the movable carrier of the feeding device is lifted to the feeding height set by the feeding connection sensor, the feeding device is re-applied. The material carrying mechanism is transferred to the feeding area, and the feeding operation is carried out by the previous feeding device.

Compared with the conventional feeding mechanism, the present invention is characterized in that the present invention uses a feeding device to accommodate the articles to be packaged in the waiting area through the setting of the biaxial feeding device, so as to achieve the purpose of continuous feeding. It can avoid the increase in time cost and packaging cost caused by the delay of feeding caused by the conventional feeding mechanism.

The above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the description of the appended claims.

First, please refer to the figure 1, 2 or 3A-D, which is a schematic diagram of the front and side structures of the feeding mechanism, the feeding mechanism a and the feeding mechanism b of the continuous automatic feeder provided by the present invention, which includes a rack 1 having a conveyor belt 11 and a feeding zone 12 therein, and a feeding zone 13 disposed outside the frame; a feeding device 2 located in the feeding zone 13 of the frame 1 and including a material carrying mechanism 21, a horizontal pneumatic cylinder 23, the material carrying mechanism 21 is connected to the horizontal pneumatic cylinder 23 for horizontal movement, and the material carrying mechanism 21 is carried by materials. The plate 211 and a fixed side plate 213 are vertically disposed on the rear side of the material carrying plate 211. On both sides of the material carrying mechanism 21, the feeding member 14 is erected on the frame, and forms a 容-shaped accommodating space 214 with the material supporting mechanism 21. The material carrying plate 211 has a plurality of supporting columns 212 for carrying materials. The bottom of the material carrying mechanism 21 is provided with a tilting mechanism 22, and the tilting mechanism 2 includes two pneumatic cylinders for moving up and down respectively. The central central and front end, the central pneumatic cylinder 211 is used to raise the material carrying mechanism, and the front pneumatic cylinder 212 is used for dumping the material carrying mechanism 21, and the material is stably placed in the accommodating space 214 to be smoothly transferred to the feeding area; The feeding device 3a and the feeding device 3b are disposed under the frame 1 and include a lifting mechanism 30, a horizontal moving mechanism 31 and a feeding connection sensor 32. The lifting mechanism 30 includes a motor driving mechanism 301 and a guiding device. a screw 302 and a plurality of guide rods 303. One end of the lead screw 302 is coupled to the motor drive mechanism 301 and is disposed above the top plate 10a of the frame. One end of the shaft is disposed on the bottom plate 10b of the frame. The lead screw plate 302 and the guide rod 303 are respectively disposed on the horizontal moving mechanism 31, and the horizontal moving mechanism 31 is disposed between the frame 1. The horizontal moving mechanism 31 is respectively fixed to the frame top plate 10a and the frame bottom plate 10b. The vertical movement mechanism 1 is disposed on the frame 1 in the vertical direction, and the horizontal movement mechanism 1 is fixed on a fixing plate 311 to fix a horizontal pneumatic cylinder 313 and a movable carrier plate 312, and the horizontal pneumatic cylinder 313 provides the movable bearing. The horizontal displacement of the plate 312 is actuated. During the feeding, the carrier plate can receive the material between the material carrying plate 211 of the material carrying mechanism 21 and the supporting column 212 between the materials, so that the material is completely separated from the supporting column 212, and the movable carrying plate 312 is A plurality of support carriers are assembled, and a feed connection sensor 32 is disposed under the movable carrier plate 312 for sensing the rise of the object To control the feeding of the feeding device and the feeding of another feeding device; a feeding material blocking device 4 is disposed on the rear side of the feeding area 12 of the frame 1, and comprises a feeding activity side plate 40 and a connecting activity a fixing plate 41 of the side plate 40, a horizontal pneumatic cylinder 42, a plurality of guiding rods 43 and a base plate 44 carrying a horizontal pneumatic cylinder, the horizontal pneumatic cylinder 42 can open and close the movable side plate 40 to the 容-shaped accommodating space 214 The open end allows the material to be stably placed in the accommodating space 214 when stacked; a feed block 5 is disposed on the front side of the feeding area 13, and includes a feeding movable side plate 50 and a fixed feeding side plate 50. a plate 51, a horizontal pneumatic cylinder 52, a plurality of guide rods 53 and a base plate 54 carrying a horizontal pneumatic cylinder, the movable feed baffle is moved by the horizontal pneumatic cylinder 52 for opening and closing the opening of the feeding receiving space, so that The material is firmly placed in the feeding area during the loading and lifting.

A suction device 6 is disposed above the feeding area 12 of the frame 1, and includes a suction sensor 60, a suction mechanism 61 and a moving mechanism 62. The suction mechanism 61 includes a suction. a pneumatic cylinder 611 and a suction suction cup 612. One end of the suction pneumatic cylinder 611 is provided with a suction suction cup 612. When the movable carrier plate 312 of the feeding device 3 carries the material to the suction sensor 60, the The suction pneumatic cylinder 611 is actuated to suck the material by the suction suction cup 612, and the material is transferred to the conveyor belt 11 by the material transfer mechanism 62 and transported to the designated position; secondly, please refer to FIG. 4 to FIG. The schematic diagram of the continuous operation of the continuous automatic feeder of the present invention; when actuating, the article to be packaged is placed above the load-bearing column 212 of the material carrying mechanism 21, and before the material-carrying mechanism 21 moves, the central pressure of the bottom of the material-carrying mechanism 21 The cylinder 221 is from the bottom of the material carrying mechanism 21 From the bottom to the top, the material carrying mechanism 21 is raised, and the front pneumatic cylinder 222 is also placed from the bottom to the top to cause the material carrying mechanism 21 to assume an inclined angle. At this time, the articles on the material carrying mechanism 21 are stably placed. In the space 214, the horizontal pneumatic cylinder 23 connected to the material carrying mechanism 21 is horizontally displaced, and the material carrying mechanism 21 is moved into the feeding area 13 of the frame 1. At this time, the movable carrying plate 312a of the horizontal moving mechanism 31a of the feeding device 3a The material is taken up in the middle of the supporting column 212, and the material is completely separated from the supporting column 212, and is lifted and carried by the lifting mechanism 31a to the upper of the feeding area 13, and the height of the material is raised to the suction sensor 60 and the suction pressure of the suction mechanism 61 is started. The cylinder 612 is lowered to cause the suction suction cup 611 to adsorb the material, and is transferred to the conveyor belt 11 by the horizontal pneumatic cylinder 62, and transported to the positioning. At this time, the material carrying group 21 is returned to the waiting area 12, and the materials are re-stacked, and the other material is to be refilled. When the feeding device 3b carries the material height to the feeding height set by the feeding connection sensor 32a, the feeding device 2 is activated to transfer the material carrying mechanism 21 to the feeding area 13, and the feeding device 3 is at this time. The movable carrying plate 312b of the horizontal moving mechanism 31b of the b receives the material in the middle of the supporting column 212, completely removes the material from the supporting column 212, and is carried up to the feeding area 13 via the lifting mechanism 30b, and the material carried by the feeding mechanism 3b is loaded. When the feeding connection height set by the feeding mechanism 3a is detected by the feeding sensor 32b, the feeding device 3a stops rising and is actuated by the horizontal pneumatic cylinder 313a, and the movable carrier plate 312a is taken out of the feeding zone 13, and descends to the origin, and the activity The unloaded material is placed above the carrying plate 312a, and is dropped above the feeding material of the feeding device 3b, and is continuously carried by the feeding device 3b, and the feeding connection sensor 32b of the feeding device 3b carries the material to rise. When the set feed height is reached, the feeding device 2 is activated to transfer the material carrying mechanism 21 to the feeding area 13 again, and is fed by the feeding device. 3a continues to carry the feeding action; thereby, the feeding mechanism and the feeding mechanism are actuated by the setting of the sensor, and the continuous automatic feeding action can be performed to achieve the purpose of continuous automatic feeding.

In summary, the present invention, regardless of its purpose, means and efficacy, shows that it is different from the characteristics of the prior art, and is a major breakthrough. Please ask your review board to inspect the patent as soon as possible, and to benefit the society. . It is to be noted that the above-described embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles of the invention and its advantages, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. The scope of protection of the present invention should be as described in the scope of the patent application to be described later.

1‧‧‧Rack

10a‧‧‧Rack top plate

10b‧‧‧Rack floor

11‧‧‧Conveyor belt

12‧‧‧Feeding area

13‧‧‧ Waiting area

14‧‧‧Feeding parts

15‧‧‧Feeding parts

2‧‧‧Feeding device

21‧‧‧Material bearing mechanism

211‧‧‧ material carrier board

212‧‧‧Loading column

213‧‧‧Fixed side panels

214‧‧‧ accommodating space

22‧‧‧ tilting device

221‧‧‧Central pneumatic cylinder

222‧‧‧ front-end pneumatic cylinder

23‧‧‧ horizontal pneumatic cylinder

3a, 3b‧‧‧feeding device

30a, 30b‧‧‧ Lifting mechanism

301a, 301b‧‧‧Motor drive components

302a, 302b‧‧‧ lead screw

303a, 303b‧‧‧ guides

31a, 31b‧‧‧ horizontal moving mechanism

311a, 311b‧‧‧ fixed plate

312a, 312b‧‧‧ activity carrier board

313a, 313b‧‧‧ horizontal pneumatic cylinder

32a, 32b‧‧‧Feeding sensor

4‧‧‧Feeding device

40‧‧‧Feeding side panels

41‧‧‧ fixed plate

42‧‧‧ horizontal pneumatic cylinder

43‧‧‧Guide bars

44‧‧‧Substrate

5‧‧‧Feeding device

50‧‧‧Feeding side panels

51‧‧‧ fixed plate

52‧‧‧ horizontal pneumatic cylinder

53‧‧‧guides

54‧‧‧Substrate

6‧‧‧Suction device

60‧‧‧Suction suction sensor

61‧‧‧Suction mechanism

611‧‧‧ Suction suction cup

612‧‧‧Suction pneumatic cylinder

62‧‧‧Transfer mechanism

Figure 1 is a schematic view showing the front structure of the continuous automatic feeder of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a schematic view showing the left side structure of the continuous automatic feeder of the present invention.

3A is a schematic view showing the plane layout of the bottom of the rack of the continuous automatic feeder of the present invention.

FIG. 3B is a schematic plan view showing the feeding device of the continuous automatic feeder of the present invention.

Figure 3C is a schematic plan view showing the plane of the feeding device of the continuous automatic feeder of the present invention.

The 3D figure is a schematic diagram of the top plane configuration of the rack of the continuous automatic feeder of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a schematic view showing the operation of the feeding device of the continuous automatic feeder of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic view showing the operation of the feeding device a of the continuous automatic feeder of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a schematic view of the feeding device of the continuous automatic feeder of the present invention.

Figure 7 is a front elevational view showing the operation of the feeding device b of the continuous automatic feeder of the present invention.

Figure 8 is a schematic view of the left side of the feeding device b of the continuous automatic feeder of the present invention.

Figure 9 is a schematic view showing the operation of the feeding device b of the continuous automatic feeder of the present invention.

Figure 10 is a schematic view of the feeding device of the continuous automatic feeder of the present invention.

Figure 11 is a schematic view showing the feeding operation of the feeding device of the continuous automatic feeder of the present invention.

1‧‧‧Rack

11‧‧‧Conveyor belt

12‧‧‧Feeding area

13‧‧‧ Waiting area

14‧‧‧Feeding parts

15‧‧‧Feeding parts

2‧‧‧Feeding device

21‧‧‧Material bearing mechanism

211‧‧‧ material carrier board

212‧‧‧Loading column

213‧‧‧Fixed side panels

214‧‧‧ accommodating space

22‧‧‧ tilting device

221‧‧‧Central pneumatic cylinder

222‧‧‧ front-end pneumatic cylinder

23‧‧‧ horizontal pneumatic cylinder

3a, 3b‧‧‧feeding device

30a‧‧‧ Lifting mechanism

301a‧‧‧Motor drive components

302a‧‧‧ lead screw

303a‧‧‧guides

31a‧‧‧Horizontal moving mechanism

311a‧‧‧fixed board

312a‧‧‧Activity carrying board

313a‧‧‧ horizontal pneumatic cylinder

32a‧‧‧Feeding sensor

6‧‧‧Suction device

61‧‧‧Suction mechanism

611‧‧‧ Suction suction cup

612‧‧‧Suction pneumatic cylinder

Claims (10)

A continuous automatic feeder includes: a feeding device comprising a material carrying mechanism and a horizontal moving mechanism, wherein the material carrying mechanism is capable of placing a packaged object, and the horizontal moving mechanism is connected to the material bearing mechanism a bottom surface for moving the material carrying mechanism horizontally for moving the material carrying mechanism to the feeding area; and two feeding devices respectively comprising a lifting mechanism, a horizontal moving mechanism and a feeding connection sensor, the horizontal moving mechanism For lifting the object on the material carrying mechanism, the lifting mechanism raises the horizontal moving mechanism and the object thereon, the feeding sensor senses the rising height of the object to control the feeding of the feeding device and another Receiving a horizontal moving mechanism; a suction device comprising a suction sensor, a suction mechanism and a moving mechanism for sucking the object on the horizontal moving mechanism of the feeding device and transferring to the designated position; By moving the material carrying mechanism to move horizontally into the rack feeding area, the horizontal moving mechanism of the feeding mechanism moves horizontally to undertake The material carries the materials of the group organization. At this time, the material carrying group is returned to the waiting area to re-stack the materials, and the lifting mechanism of the feeding mechanism starts to rise to the position for the suction and transfer of the suction device, when the feeding The mechanism carries the material to the height set by the feeding connection sensor, and then starts the material carrying group to transfer to the feeding area. At this time, the other feeding mechanism takes over the material and rises to the set feeding height to continuously and automatically alternately feed. The continuous automatic feeder according to claim 1, further comprising a tilting mechanism, which is formed by at least two pneumatic cylinders for lifting up and down, so that the material supporting mechanism forms an inclined angle to ensure stable placement of the material. The continuous automatic feeder according to claim 2, wherein the material carrying mechanism comprises a material carrying plate, and the rear side of the material carrying plate is vertically provided with a fixed side plate, at least on both sides of the material carrying plate The first gear member is erected on the frame, and the side plate and the two side members are fixed to form a ㄈ-shaped accommodating space. The continuous automatic feeder according to claim 3, wherein the material carrying plate is provided with a plurality of supporting columns for carrying materials. The continuous automatic feeder according to claim 3, further comprising a feeding material blocking device, comprising a movable side plate and a pneumatic cylinder, wherein the pneumatic cylinder can open and close the movable side plate to the casing type The open end of the space allows the material to be placed securely in the accommodating space during stacking. The continuous automatic feeder according to claim 5, wherein the lifting mechanism comprises a driving component and at least one lead screw, wherein the driving component drives the lead screw to cause the horizontal moving mechanism to vertically move up and down. The continuous automatic feeder according to claim 6, wherein the horizontal moving mechanism has a feeding carrier plate, and the feeding carrier plate moves to the material carrying plate to receive materials. The continuous automatic feeder according to claim 6, wherein a feed backing plate is disposed on a rear side of the feeding carrier plate, and at least one feeding member is respectively disposed on both sides of the feeding carrier plate, after feeding a baffle and a feed member on both sides thereof to form An open feeding space for the opening. The continuous automatic feeder according to claim 6, wherein the suction mechanism has a suction pneumatic cylinder, a suction tray and a suction sensor, and the suction sensor senses the material. When the suction pneumatic cylinder is actuated, the suction pan is lowered to suck the material and transfer to the positioning. The continuous automatic feeder as described in claim 6, 8 or 9, further comprising a feeding material blocking device, comprising an active feeding baffle for opening and closing the opening of the feeding receiving space to make the material The carrier in the receiving and lifting is firmly placed in the feeding area.