TWM589093U - Feeding control mechanism of feeder - Google Patents

Abstract

This creation is a discharge control mechanism of a feeder, which includes a base, a vibrator, a feed plate, a material pressing device, and a sensor, the vibrator is set on the base, the feed plate is set on In the vibrator, a groove is provided on the top surface of the feed plate for receiving a large number of materials. When the feed plate is vibrated by the vibrator, the materials can be transported to one end of the groove. The material device includes a first cylinder fixed on the base, and a pressing rod telescopically arranged on the first cylinder, the pressing rod is located above the groove, when the pressing rod is opposite to the first cylinder When extended, the pressing rod is close to the groove and can press the material in the groove so that the material does not advance anymore. The sensor is located on the base and adjacent to the end of the groove. In this way, the discharge control mechanism can accurately control the number of output materials.

Description

Discharge control mechanism of feeder

This creation is related to the feeder, especially refers to a discharge control mechanism of the feeder.

In order to realize the automatic packaging of materials (such as pipes, screws, nuts, rivets, etc.), it is known that there are feeders equipped with packaging machines to supply the materials required by the packaging machine. The feeder usually includes a hopper, A feeding device is provided on the hopper, a feeding plate, and a vibrator connected to the feeding plate, wherein the feeding plate has a feeding channel, and a discharge port is located at the end of the feeding channel, and the hopper is used to contain the material The feeding device can take out the material from the hopper and move it to the feeding channel. The vibrator vibrates the feeding plate so that the materials can be neatly arranged in the feeding channel and be transported to the discharge Oral for subsequent packaging. However, the conventional feeder cannot control the number of parts to be sent. Therefore, how to accurately control the number of output parts of the feeder has become a technical problem to be solved by practitioners in the art.

The purpose of this creation is to provide a discharge control mechanism that can accurately control the number of output materials.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the discharge control mechanism of the present creation includes a base, a vibrator, a feed plate, a material pressing device, and a sensor, the vibrator is provided on the base, and the feed plate is provided on In the vibrator, a groove is provided on the top surface of the feed plate for receiving a large number of materials. When the feed plate is vibrated by the vibrator, the materials can be transported to one end of the groove. The material device includes a first cylinder fixed on the base, and a pressing rod telescopically arranged on the first cylinder, the pressing rod is located above the groove, when the pressing rod is opposite to the first cylinder When extended, the pressing rod is close to the groove and can press the material in the groove so that the material does not advance anymore. The sensor is located on the base and adjacent to the end of the groove. In this way, the discharge control mechanism can accurately control the number of output materials.

The technical content and features of this creation are described in detail below with two preferred embodiments and drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the discharge control mechanism 5 provided by the first preferred embodiment of this creation is provided in a feeder A schematic diagram of the machine 1, the feeder 1 is used to transport the material 7 for packaging by a packaging machine (not shown), the feeder 1 has a hopper 2, a retrieving device 3, and a discharge control mechanism 5, The hopper 2 is used to accommodate the material 7 to be conveyed. The retrieving device 3 is provided in the hopper 2 and can convey the material 7 upward to the discharge control mechanism 5. The discharge control mechanism 5 can control the output The number of pieces 7. The discharge control mechanism 5 includes a base 10, a vibrator 18, a feeding plate 20 disposed on the vibrator 18, a material pressing device 30, a sensor 40, and a microcontroller (not shown) Electrically connected to the material pressing device 30 and the sensor 40, the vibrator 18, the material pressing device 30, the sensor 40 and the microcontroller are provided on the base 10, and the microcontroller can receive The signal of the sensor 40 can control the material pressing device 30.

It should be noted that the retrieving device 3 has many conventional structures. In this embodiment, the retrieving device 3 is a stepped feeding mechanism. Its structure and operation process are disclosed in the patent CN 207698818U. Repeat again.

Please also refer to FIG. 2, the base 10 has a fixing frame 12 and a side frame 14 connected to the fixing frame 12, the side frame 14 has a transverse extending portion 15 and an upright portion 16 from the transverse extending portion 15 Extending downward, the laterally extending portion 15 and the upright portion 16 are perpendicular to each other, so that the side frame 14 has an inverted L shape as a whole, wherein the upright portion 16 is connected to the fixing frame 12.

It should be noted that the shape and structure of the base 10 may have other changes, as long as the base 10 can be provided for the vibrator 18, the pressing device 30 and the sensor 40.

The vibrator 18 is disposed on the fixing frame 12 of the base 10, the feed plate 20 is disposed on the vibrator 18 and can be vibrated by the vibrator 18, the feed plate 20 can receive the reclaimer 3 For the conveyed material 7, the top surface 21 of the feeding plate 20 is provided with a groove 22 for receiving most of the material 7, and when the feeding plate 20 is vibrated by the vibrator 18, the materials 7 Arranged in the groove 22 neatly and conveyed to one end 24 of the groove 22, the end 24 is close to the inlet of the packaging machine (not shown), the materials 7 can be conveyed through the end 24 to The material inlet of the packaging machine.

The pressing device 30 includes a first cylinder 32 fixed to the transverse extension 15 of the base 10, and a pressing rod 34 telescopically disposed on the first cylinder 32, the pressing rod 34 is located in the groove Above the groove 22, the pressing rod 34 has a pressing portion 36 located at one end away from the cylinder 32, and when the pressing rod 34 is extended relative to the first cylinder 32, the pressing portion 36 of the pressing rod 34 is close to the The groove 22 can press the material 7 in the groove 22 so that the material 7 can no longer advance. When the pressing rod 34 is shortened relative to the first cylinder 32, the pressing portion 36 of the pressing rod 34 Being away from the groove 22 allows the material 7 in the groove 22 to continue to advance, wherein the direction of expansion and contraction of the pressing rod 34 is approximately perpendicular to the extending direction of the feed plate 20.

The sensor 40 is an infrared sensor. The sensor 40 is disposed on the upright portion 16 of the fixing frame 12, and the sensor 40 is adjacent to the end 24 of the groove 22. In fact, the sensor 40 is located between the end 24 and the material inlet of the packaging machine. The sensor 40 is used to sense whether there is a material 7 discharged from the end 24 of the groove 22.

During actual operation, the reclaiming device 3 conveys the materials 7 upward from the hopper 2 to the groove 22 of the feed plate 20. The feed plate 20 is vibrated by the vibrator 22 to make the materials 7 It is conveyed along the groove 22 to the end 24. When the microcontroller receives the message that the sensor 40 senses that the material 7 is discharged from the end 24 of the groove 22, the microcontroller can count and control The pressing rod 34 of the pressing device 30 extends downward relative to the first cylinder 32, as shown in FIG. 3, at this time, the pressing portion 36 presses the material 7 in the groove 22 so that The material 7 below the material pressing device 30 no longer advances. After a delay, the microcontroller controls the pressing rod 34 of the pressing device 30 to retract upward relative to the first cylinder 32 and return to the state of FIG. 2, at this time, the pressing portion 36 releases the pressure The material 7 below the material device 30 enables the material 7 to continue to advance until the material 7 is discharged again from the end 24 of the groove 22, the microcontroller receives the sensor 40 to sense the material 7 when the message is discharged, the microcontroller counts and controls the pressing rod 34 of the pressing device 30 to extend downward relative to the first cylinder 32, and it is executed repeatedly, when the microcontroller calculates the output quantity of the material 7 When the preset value has been reached, the vibrator 18 can be controlled to stop and the pressing rod 34 can be extended downward to stop the feeding plate 20 from discharging. With the above design, the discharge control mechanism 5 provided by this creation can accurately control the number of output materials 7, so as to achieve the purpose of cost creation.

It should be noted that in other embodiments, the sensor 40 may have other changes. For example, the sensor 40 may include a counting sensor and may sense the amount of the material 7 discharged and return a signal To the micro-controller, when the micro-controller receives the message that the quantity discharged from the material 7 has reached a preset value, the micro-controller controls the pressing rod 34 of the pressing device 30 to extend downward, thereby The user can control the number of materials 7 to be output each time by adjusting the preset value.

Based on the design spirit of this creation, the structure of the discharge control mechanism 5 may have other changes, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, which are the working drawings of the discharge control mechanism 6 of the second preferred embodiment of the creation, and need to be explained It is to be noted that this embodiment uses part of the component numbers of the previous embodiment, wherein the same reference numbers are used to indicate the same or similar components, and its structure is roughly the same as the first embodiment, the difference is that the discharge control mechanism 6 further includes a The material blocking device 50 is disposed at the transverse extension 15 of the fixing frame 12, the sensor 40 is disposed at the transverse extension 15 of the base 10, and the position of the sensor 40 is located between the material pressing device 30 and the Between the material blocking devices 50 and above the groove 22, the sensor 40 is used to sense whether the material 7 exists in the groove 22 at the corresponding position.

The material blocking device 50 is adjacent to the end 24 of the groove 22 of the feed plate 20. More specifically, the material blocking device 50 is located between the end 24 of the groove 22 and the inlet of the packaging machine. The material blocking device 50 includes a second cylinder 52 fixed on the base 10, and a blocking rod 54 telescopically disposed on the second cylinder 52. When the blocking rod 54 is extended relative to the second cylinder 54, The end 56 of the blocking rod 54 is close to the end 24 of the groove 22 and can block the material 7 located at the end 24 of the groove 22 so that the material 7 cannot be discharged from the end 24 of the groove 22.

Thereby, when the microcontroller receives the message that the sensor 40 senses the presence of the material 7 in the groove 22 at the corresponding position, the pressing rod 34 of the pressing device 30 is opposite to the first cylinder 32 Elongation, so that the pressing portion 36 presses the material 7 in the groove 22 below the material pressing device 30, the microcontroller also controls the blocking rod 54 of the material blocking device 50 relative to the second cylinder 52 Shortening, so that the material 7 located under the sensor 40 can be discharged from the end 24. When the microcontroller receives that the sensor 40 senses that no material 7 exists in the groove 22 at the corresponding position, the The microcontroller controls the pressing rod 34 of the material pressing device 30 to shorten relative to the first cylinder 32, so that the material 7 below the material pressing device 30 can be advanced, and the microcontroller also controls the blocking rod of the material blocking device 50 54 is extended relative to the second cylinder 52 so that the material 7 at the end 24 of the groove 22 cannot be discharged. Thereby, the discharge control mechanism 6 of the second preferred embodiment of the present invention can control the output quantity of the materials 7 with different sizes or shapes more accurately than the first preferred embodiment.

It should be noted that the feeder 1 is not the focus of this case and may have other changes, for example: the hopper 2 further has a material sensor to detect whether the hopper 2 needs replenishment; or the hopper 2 and the reclaiming device The 3 series is replaced with a disc vibrator, that is, regardless of its structure, the discharge control mechanism of this creation can be applied. The other structure of the feeder 1 cannot be used to limit the patent scope of the present invention.

The above is only a description of the embodiments of the creation, and should not be used to limit the scope of the patent of the creation. Any simple retouching or changes made without exceeding the spirit of the creation should be covered by the scope of the patent application for the creation.

1‧‧‧Feeding machine 2‧‧‧hopper 3‧‧‧reclaiming device 5,6‧‧‧Discharge control mechanism 7‧‧‧Materials 10‧‧‧Dock 12‧‧‧Fixing frame 14‧‧‧Side frame 15‧‧‧Transverse 16‧‧‧Erecting Department 18‧‧‧Vibrator 20‧‧‧Feeding board 22‧‧‧Groove 24‧‧‧End 30‧‧‧Pressing device 32‧‧‧The first cylinder 34‧‧‧Press rod 36‧‧‧Pressing Department 40‧‧‧Sensor 50‧‧‧Block device 52‧‧‧Second cylinder 54‧‧‧Bar 56‧‧‧End

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the feeder of the first preferred embodiment; Figures 2 and 3 are working diagrams of the discharge control mechanism of the first preferred embodiment; Figures 4 and 5 are the motion diagrams of the discharge control mechanism of the second preferred embodiment.

5‧‧‧Discharge control mechanism

7‧‧‧Materials

12‧‧‧Fixing frame

18‧‧‧Vibrator

14‧‧‧Side frame

15‧‧‧Transverse

16‧‧‧Erecting Department

20‧‧‧Feeding board

22‧‧‧Groove

24‧‧‧End

30‧‧‧Pressing device

32‧‧‧The first cylinder

34‧‧‧Press rod

36‧‧‧Pressing Department

40‧‧‧Sensor

Claims (6)

A discharge control mechanism of a feeder can control the number of output materials. The discharge control mechanism includes: A base A vibrator set on the base; A feeding plate is arranged on the vibrator, and a groove is arranged on the top surface of the feeding plate to receive most of the materials. The feeding plate can be conveyed to the groove when vibrated by the vibrator. The end of one of the slots; A material pressing device includes a first cylinder fixed on the base, and a pressure rod telescopically arranged on the first cylinder, the pressure rod is located above the groove, when the pressure rod is opposite to the first When a cylinder is extended, the pressing rod is close to the groove and can press the material in the groove so that the material does not advance; and A sensor is disposed on the base and adjacent to the end of the groove. The discharge control mechanism of the feeder according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is used to sense whether a material is discharged from the end of the groove. According to the discharge control mechanism of the feeder according to claim 2, when the sensor senses that a material is discharged, the pressing rod of the pressing device extends downward relative to the first cylinder. The discharge control mechanism of the feeder according to claim 1, further comprising a material blocking device disposed on the base and adjacent to the end of the groove of the material feeding plate, the material blocking device includes a second cylinder fixed The base and a stop rod are telescopically arranged in the second cylinder. When the stop rod is extended relative to the second cylinder, the end of the stop rod is close to the end of the groove and can block the groove The material prevents the material from being discharged from the end of the groove. The discharge control mechanism of the feeder according to claim 4, wherein the sensor is disposed on the base and is located between the material pressing device and the material blocking device, and the sensor is used to sense the groove Whether there is any material. According to the discharge control mechanism of the feeder according to claim 5, when the sensor senses the presence of a material, the pressing rod of the pressing device extends relative to the first cylinder, and the blocking rod of the blocking device faces The second cylinder is shortened. When the sensor senses that no material is present, the pressing rod of the material pressing device is shortened relative to the first cylinder, and the blocking rod of the material blocking device is extended relative to the second cylinder.

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