TWM608995U - Feeder hopper adjustment device - Google Patents

Abstract

A hopper adjusting device for a feeder includes a frame, a hopper unit, a first adjustment unit, and a second adjustment unit. The first adjustment unit is arranged between the frame and the hopper unit and includes a The first adjustment drive member of the frame can be operated to drive the hopper unit to adjust relative to the frame along a horizontal axis, and the second adjustment unit is disposed on the first adjustment unit and the hopper Between the units, and includes a second adjustment driving member connected between the first adjustment unit and the hopper unit, and operating the second adjustment driving member can drive the hopper unit along a longitudinal axis that intersects the horizontal axis To produce an adjustment relative to the frame. The operation of the first adjustment unit can be applied to objects of different sizes, and the use of the second adjustment unit can adjust the feeding position.

Description

Feeder hopper adjustment device

This model relates to a feeder, in particular to a feeder hopper adjustment device suitable for automatic feeding.

There is a feeder (the Republic of China Certificate No. M589093 patent case), which is used to transport materials for packaging by a packaging machine. The feeder has a hopper, a reclaiming device, and a discharge control mechanism. The hopper is used to accommodate the waiting For conveyed materials, the reclaiming device is arranged in the hopper and can transport the materials upwards to the discharge control mechanism, and the discharge control mechanism can control the number of output materials. The discharging control mechanism includes a base, a vibrator, a feed plate arranged on the vibrator, a pressing device, a sensor, and a microcontroller, the pressing device and the sensor Connected, the vibrator, the pressing device, the sensor and the microcontroller are arranged on the base, and the microcontroller can receive the signal of the sensor and control the pressing device.

In actual operation, the reclaiming device conveys the materials from the hopper upwards to the groove of the feeding plate, and the feeding plate is vibrated by the vibrator, so that the material is conveyed along the groove to the end. When the microcontroller receives a message that the sensor senses that the material is discharged from the end of the groove, the microcontroller can count and control the pressing rod of the pressing device to extend downward relative to the first cylinder, When the pressing portion presses the material in the groove, the material under the pressing device no longer advances. After a delay, the microcontroller controls the pressing rod of the pressing device to retract upward relative to the first cylinder, and the pressing portion releases the material under the pressing device, so that the material can continue to advance , Until the material is discharged from the end of the groove again, when the microcontroller receives the message that the sensor senses that the material is discharged, the microcontroller counts and controls the pressing rod of the material pressing device relative to the first A cylinder extends downward.

Although the discharging control mechanism of the above patent can accurately control the number of output materials, if the feeding position is fixed and the size of the material is fixed, it cannot be widely applied to materials of different specifications.

Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a feeder hopper adjustment device that can solve the problems of the prior art.

Therefore, the new feeder hopper adjustment device includes a frame, a hopper unit, a first adjustment unit, and a second adjustment unit. The hopper unit is installed on the frame, and the first adjustment unit is installed on the machine. Between the frame and the hopper unit, and includes a first adjustment driving member installed on the frame, and operating the first adjustment driving member can drive the hopper unit to adjust relative to the frame along a horizontal axis. The two adjustment units are arranged between the first adjustment unit and the hopper unit, and include a second adjustment driving member connected to the first adjustment unit, and operating the second adjustment driving member can drive the hopper unit along an intersection. The horizontal axis and the vertical axis are adjusted relative to the frame.

The effect of the present invention is that the first adjustment unit can be operated to drive the hopper unit to adjust relative to the frame along the horizontal axis, and it can be applied to objects of different sizes, and the second adjustment unit can be operated to drive the hopper unit. The hopper unit is adjusted relative to the frame along the longitudinal axis, and the feeding position can be adjusted.

1 and 2, an embodiment of the hopper adjustment device of the new feeder includes a frame 10, a conveying unit 20, a hopper unit 30, a pushing unit 40, a first adjustment unit 50, and a first adjustment unit. A linear rail unit 60, a second adjusting unit 70 and a second linear rail unit 80.

The frame 10 includes a feed end 11, a discharge end 12 opposite to the feed end 11 along a longitudinal axis X, and a first side 13 extending from the feed end 11 to the discharge end 12 , And a second side 14 opposite to the first side 13 along a transverse axis Y perpendicular to the longitudinal axis X.

The conveying unit 20 approaches the second side 14 of the frame 10 and has a conveying driving member 21 and a conveying belt 22 driven by the conveying driving member 21 and extending along the longitudinal axis X.

With reference to Figure 3, the hopper unit 30 approaches the feeding end 11 and has a frame 301, a bottom wall 31 fixed to the frame 301, a pair of intersecting the bottom wall 31 and along the longitudinal axis Side walls 32 arranged at intervals to X, a barrier wall 33 intersecting the bottom wall 31 and connected between the side walls 32, the bottom wall 31, the side walls 32 and the barrier wall 33 jointly define a storage material The tank 34 has a first end 341 corresponding to the first side 13 and a second end 342 opposite to the first end 341 along the transverse axis Y, and the first end 341 corresponds to The height of a vertical axis Z perpendicular to the longitudinal axis X and the horizontal axis Y is higher than the second end 342. An opening 35 connected to the second end 342 is formed between the bottom wall 31 and the barrier wall 33. The bottom wall 31 is inclined and gradually slopes downward as it extends from the first end 341 to the second end 342. The barrier wall 33 approaches the conveying unit 20 and has a higher position than the bottom wall 31. The top 331.

The pushing unit 40 is adjacent to the hopper unit 30, and has a pushing driving member 41 positioned relative to the frame 301, a pushing driving member 41 driven by the pushing driving member 41 and capable of intersecting the horizontal axis Y along a , The vertical axis X and the vertical axis Z of the pusher plate 42 up and down, and a pair of guide rods arranged on both sides of the pusher driving member 41 along the longitudinal axis X and slidable relative to the frame 301 43. The pushing driving member 41 in this embodiment adopts a pressure cylinder. Activating the pushing driving member 41 can switch the top edge of the pushing plate 42 between a lowered position corresponding to the bottom wall 31 and a raised position corresponding to the top end 331 of the blocking wall 33.

With reference to Figures 3 and 4, the first adjustment unit 50 is disposed between the frame 10 and the hopper unit 30, and includes a sliding plate 51 slidably straddling the frame 10, and a sliding plate 51 fixed on the frame 10 The first shaft seat 52 of the frame 10, a first screw seat 53 fixed at the bottom of the sliding plate 51, and a first adjustment drive member 54 having a shaft arranged on the first shaft The seat 52 is screwed on the first screw 541 of the first screw seat 53, and a first hand wheel 542 connected to the first screw 541 and located outside the hopper unit 30.

With reference to Figures 5 and 6, the first linear rail unit 60 includes a pair of first slide rails 61 arranged on the frame 10 along the transverse axis Y, and two pairs of slide rails 61 fixed on the bottom of the sliding plate 51 and slidable The ground is sleeved on the second sliding seats 62 of the first sliding rails 61.

With reference to Figures 5 and 6, the second adjustment unit 70 is disposed between the first adjustment unit 50 and the hopper unit 30, and includes a bottom connected to the frame 301 and slidably straddling the slide plate 51 The positioning plate 71, a second shaft seat 72 fixed to the sliding plate 51, a second screw seat 73 fixed to the bottom of the positioning plate 71, and a second adjustment drive member 74, the second adjustment drive The member 74 has a second screw 741 with a shaft on the second shaft seat 72 and screwed on the second screw seat 73, and a second hand wheel connected to the second screw 741 and located outside the hopper unit 30 742.

With reference to Figures 3 and 4, the second linear rail unit 80 includes a pair of second slide rails 81 arranged on the slide plate 51 along the longitudinal axis X, and two pairs of second slide rails 81 fixed on the bottom of the positioning plate 71 and slidable The ground is sleeved on the second sliding seats 82 of the second sliding rails 81.

In order to further understand the effects of the cooperation of the various elements of the present invention, the technical means used, and the expected effects, the following will be explained again, and it is believed that this will provide a more in-depth and specific understanding of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 3 and Figure 4, when the overall assembly is completed, the operator can operate the first hand wheel 542 of the first adjustment driver 54 according to the length and diameter of the object to be transported. The first screw 541 rotates in situ relative to the first shaft seat 52, and the first screw 541 is screwed to the first screw seat 53 to drive the hopper unit 30 along the horizontal axis Y With respect to the frame 10, the conveying unit 20 is adjusted. When the first adjustment unit 50 is operated, the second adjustment unit 70 carrying the hopper unit 30 will also be displaced relative to the frame 10 and the conveying unit 20 along the horizontal axis Y.

It is worth noting that the pushing plate 42 can be replaced with different widths according to the degree of adjustment.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, when the operator operates the second hand wheel 742 of the second adjustment driving member 74, the second screw rod 741 rotates in situ relative to the second shaft seat 72, and the second screw rod The function of 741 screwing on the second screwing seat 73 can drive the hopper unit 30 to be adjusted relative to the frame 10 and the conveying unit 20 along the longitudinal axis X, and the feeding position can be adjusted.

Therefore, the first adjustment unit 50 can be operated to drive the hopper unit 30 to be adjusted relative to the frame 10 along the horizontal axis Y, and it can be applied to objects of different sizes, and the second adjustment unit 70 can be operated to drive The hopper unit 30 is adjusted relative to the frame 10 along the longitudinal axis X, the feeding position can be adjusted, and the feeding operation can be widely applied to objects of different specifications.

In summary, the new feeder hopper adjustment device of the present invention has simple overall structure and easy operation, and it can indeed achieve the purpose of new cost.

However, the above are only examples of the present model. When the scope of implementation of the present model cannot be limited by this, all simple equivalent changes and modifications made in accordance with the patent scope of the present model application and the contents of the patent specification still belong to This new patent covers the scope.

10: Rack 11: Feeding end 12: Discharge end 13: first side 14: second side 20: Conveying unit 21: Conveying drive parts 22: Conveyor belt 30: Hopper unit 301: Frame 31: bottom wall 32: side wall 33: Barrier Wall 331: Tip 34: storage tank 341: first end 342 Second End 35: Hole 40: Pushing unit 41: Pushing drive parts 42: push plate 43: guide rod 50: The first adjustment unit 51: Skateboard 52: The first shaft seat 53: The first screw seat 54: The first adjustment drive 541: first screw 542: First Hand Wheel 60: The first line rail unit 61: The first slide 62: second slide 70: second adjustment unit 71: positioning plate 72: second shaft seat 73: The second screw seat 74: The second adjustment drive 741: second screw 742: second hand wheel 80: The second line rail unit 81: second slide 82: second slide X: longitudinal axis Y: horizontal axis Z: vertical axis

Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiments with reference to the drawings, among which: Figure 1 is a three-dimensional assembly view of an embodiment of the new feeder hopper adjusting device; Figure 2 is a three-dimensional exploded view of the embodiment; Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view of the embodiment corresponding to a horizontal axis; Fig. 4 is an enlarged schematic diagram of Fig. 3; Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of the embodiment corresponding to a longitudinal axis; and Fig. 6 is an enlarged schematic view of Fig. 5.

10: Rack

11: Feeding end

12: Discharge end

13: first side

14: second side

20: Conveying unit

21: Conveying drive parts

22: Conveyor belt

30: Hopper unit

301: Frame

31: bottom wall

32: side wall

33: Barrier Wall

331: Tip

34: storage tank

341: first end

342 Second End

35: Hole

50: The first adjustment unit

51: Skateboard

52: The first shaft seat

54: The first adjustment drive

541: first screw

542: First Hand Wheel

60: The first line rail unit

61: The first slide

62: second slide

70: second adjustment unit

71: positioning plate

72: second shaft seat

74: The second adjustment drive

742: second hand wheel

80: The second line rail unit

X: longitudinal axis

Y: horizontal axis

Z: vertical axis

Claims (6)

A hopper adjustment device of a feeder, comprising: A rack A hopper unit installed in the frame; A first adjustment unit includes a first adjustment driving member connected between the frame and the hopper unit, and operating the first adjustment driving member can drive the hopper unit to adjust relative to the frame along a horizontal axis ;and A second adjusting unit includes a second adjusting drive member connected between the first adjusting unit and the hopper unit, and operating the second adjusting drive member can drive the hopper unit along a longitudinal direction that intersects the horizontal axis. The axis is adjusted relative to the frame. The feeder hopper adjusting device according to claim 1, wherein the hopper unit has a frame, a bottom wall fixed to the frame, and a pair intersecting the bottom wall and arranged at intervals along the longitudinal axis The sidewalls of, a barrier wall intersecting the bottom wall and connected between the sidewalls, the bottom wall, the sidewalls and the barrier wall jointly define a storage tank, the storage tank has a storage tank adjacent to the A first end of the barrier wall and a second end opposite to the first end along the transverse axis. An opening connected to the second end is formed between the bottom wall and the barrier wall, and the barrier wall has a The position is higher than the top end of the bottom wall. The feeder hopper adjusting device according to claim 2, further comprising a pushing unit installed on the frame and adjacent to the hopper unit, the pushing unit including a pushing drive fixed to the frame, and A pusher plate that is driven by the pusher driving member and can be raised and lowered along a vertical axis that intersects the horizontal axis and the longitudinal axis. The pusher plate has a top edge. The top edge of the pushing plate is switched between a lowering position corresponding to the bottom wall and a rising position corresponding to the top end of the barrier wall. The feeder hopper adjustment device according to claim 3, further comprising a conveying unit installed on the frame and adjacent to the hopper unit, the conveying unit approaches the barrier wall and has a conveying drive, and A conveyor belt driven by the conveying driving member and extending along the longitudinal axis. The feeder hopper adjusting device according to claim 4, wherein the storage tank has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end along the horizontal axis and adjacent to the conveying unit, The bottom wall of the hopper unit is inclined and gradually inclined downward as it extends from the first end to the second end. The height of the first end of the storage tank corresponding to the vertical axis is higher than the second end. The feeder hopper adjustment device according to claim 1, wherein the first adjustment unit further includes a sliding plate slidably straddling the frame, a first shaft seat fixed to the frame, and a A first screw seat fixed at the bottom of the slide plate, the first adjustment drive member has a first screw shaft arranged on the first shaft seat and screwed on the first screw seat, and a first screw connected to the first shaft seat. The screw and the first hand wheel located outside the hopper unit, the second adjustment unit further includes a positioning plate connected to the bottom of the hopper unit and slidably straddling the sliding plate, and a first fixed on the sliding plate Two shaft seats, and a second screw seat fixed at the bottom of the hopper unit, the second adjustment drive member has a second screw with a shaft set on the second shaft seat and screwed on the second screw seat, And a second hand wheel connected to the second screw and located outside the hopper unit.

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