TWM614797U - Improved feeding device - Google Patents

Abstract

This creation provides an improved feeding device, which includes a base, a whole array of modules and a pneumatic propulsion part. The seat body is provided with a guide turntable, which has an intersection with the test turntable, and the position of the guide turntable is slightly higher than the test turntable, and there is a height difference in the intersection area to form a drop; the entire row of modules has a cover plate that engages the seat body and hangs Set on the guide turntable, the cover plate is equipped with feed rails, relay rails, and export rails. The export rails have air holes at the drop opening; the pneumatic pusher is set on the seat body or the cover and is on the export rail. One side of the piece is provided with a mouthpiece. In this way, the negative pressure suction force generated by the air hole makes the material to be tested close to its side when it is transferred to the lead-out rail, so that the material to be tested can be stably transferred from the drop to the test turntable, and the mouthpiece Next to the lead-out rail, blow air to the conveying direction of the material to be measured to assist in advancement.

Description

Improved feeding device

This creation is related to an improved feeding device, especially a feeding device that can transport the material to be tested in a row.

Some passive components, such as miniature ceramic capacitors, which are widely used in devices such as mobile phones or computers, must first be tested by an appearance inspection machine, and only after passing the test can they be connected to the circuit board. In order to maintain a certain test efficiency before the passive components are used as the material to be tested and enter the appearance inspection machine for inspection, they are aligned on the guide turntable of the conventional feeding device and transferred to a test turntable after the alignment. Then through the rotation of the test turntable, multiple processes such as counting and appearance inspection of the materials to be tested are carried out.

However, the conventional feeding device generally has the following problems:

1. During the process of transferring the aforementioned materials to be tested from the guide turntable to the test turntable, since the guide turntable is slightly higher than the test turntable, and the materials to be tested that need to undergo visual inspection are usually quite small, when the material to be tested is When the parts fall from the guide turntable to the test turntable, because the material to be tested falls naturally due to gravity, the material to be tested is prone to skew due to jumping, causing the material to be tested to be transferred from the guide turntable to the test turntable. The process is not very stable.

2. Acceptance 1. Even if the material to be tested is aligned through the guide turntable, it can overcome the aforementioned problem of skew due to beating, but the rotation of the guide turntable alone drives the material to be tested one by one The ground is transmitted in a row along a predetermined trajectory. At present, the number of inspections in practice can only reach about 6000 pieces of material to be tested per minute, which makes it difficult to improve the inspection efficiency.

Therefore, how to solve the above-mentioned problem that the process of transferring the material to be tested from the guide turntable to the test turntable is not stable, and the inspection efficiency of the material to be tested is difficult to improve, which is the focus of this creation.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the main purpose of this creation is to provide an improved feeding device that enables the material to be tested to be transported stably in a row and can effectively improve the inspection efficiency.

This creation is to provide an improved feeding device, which is installed on one side of a test turntable, for the materials to be tested to be aligned and transferred to the test turntable. The seat body is provided with a guide turntable, the guide turntable and the test turntable have an intersection area, and the position of the guide turntable is slightly higher than the test turntable, and there is a height difference in the intersection area to form a drop; a whole row of modules, which has a cover The plate is joined to the base body and suspended on the guide turntable. The cover has a side of the guide turntable and is fixedly provided with an inlet rail, a plurality of relay rails in a gradual arrangement, and an export rail. It is located beside the intersection and continues to the drop, and the lead-out rail has an air hole at the drop where the air hole generates a negative pressure suction force by vacuuming at the drop; and a pneumatic propulsion member, which is attached to the seat body or the cover A blowing nozzle is provided on the side of the lead-out rail for the air-pressure propelling member. The negative pressure suction force generated by the air hole makes the material to be tested close to the side of the lead-out rail until it falls stably on the test turntable from the falling port, and the blowing nozzle of the air-propelled part is aligned next to the lead-out rail. The material to be tested is blown in the conveying direction to assist the advancement.

In a preferred embodiment, the number of the pneumatic propulsion member is two, and the blowing nozzle of one of the pneumatic propulsion members blows air toward the material to be measured on the guide turntable, which is close to the lead-out rail member, and The blowing nozzle of the other pneumatic propelling member blows air toward the material to be tested falling on the test turntable.

In a preferred embodiment, each pneumatic propelling member includes a base, a clip, a pneumatic tube, and a mouthpiece. The base is arranged on the cover plate, the clip is arranged on the base, and the pneumatic tube can be adjusted in height. The clamp is clamped, and the blowing nozzle is connected to the bottom end of the air pressure tube.

In a preferred embodiment, the air hole has a straight hole longitudinally penetrating the lead-out rail member, and at the bottom end of the straight hole is connected with an air passage that is expanded on the bottom surface of the lead-out rail member. To the test turntable.

In a preferred embodiment, the air tool has a front section, a middle section and a rear section. The front section and the rear section are almost parallel and extend along the length of the lead-out rail. The straight hole leads to the front section, and the middle section is connected to the front section and the rear section. In the meantime, the rear section continues to the test turntable from the self-guided turntable at the drop.

In a preferred embodiment, the length of the rear section is longer than the length of the front section.

In a preferred embodiment, the cover has a first side and a second side, the cover is hinged to the base on the first side, and the second side is provided with a holding and liftable cover Of the handle.

In a preferred embodiment, the cover has an inlet, and a hopper is provided on the cover to communicate with the inlet, and the material to be tested is poured from the hopper and discharged through the inlet To the guide turntable.

In this way, this creation can generate negative pressure suction through the air hole along with the vacuum, so that the material to be tested closely adheres to the side of the lead-out rail during the transmission process, until the material to be tested falls on the test turntable from the falling opening. The material to be tested on the guide carousel can be stably transferred to the test carousel without being skewed due to beating, so as to solve the problem that the material to be tested is not neatly arranged on the test carousel. In addition, when the material to be tested is aligned and transported, the blowing nozzle of the pneumatic propelling part blows air to the direction of the material to be tested to assist in advancing, so as to accelerate the transmission speed of the material to be tested, and then reach the tested material. The efficiency of material inspection is effectively improved.

In order to facilitate the description of the central idea of the creation in the column of the above-mentioned new content, specific examples are used to express it. The various objects in the embodiment are drawn according to the proportion, size, deformation or displacement suitable for explanation, rather than drawn according to the proportion of the actual element, which will be described first.

Please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 6, the present invention provides an improved feeding device 100, which is installed on one side of a test turntable 200, for the material to be tested to be aligned and transferred to the test turntable 200, and through the test turntable 200 transmission for visual inspection. The improved feeding device 100 includes a base 10, an entire array of modules 20, and a pneumatic propelling member 30, wherein:

The seat body 10 is provided with a guide turntable 11, the guide turntable 11 and the test turntable 200 have an intersection zone Z (as shown in FIG. 2), and the position of the guide turntable 11 is slightly higher than the test turntable 200, The guide turntable 11 has a height difference in the intersection area Z to form a drop opening 12. The intersection zone Z is the intersection formed by the upper and lower overlap of the guide turntable 11 and the test turntable 200.

The array module 20 has a cover plate 21 which is joined to the base body 10, and the cover plate 21 is suspended on the guide carousel 11, and the cover plate 21 has a side surface 211 of the guide carousel 11, An inlet rail 22, a plurality of relay rails 23, and a lead-out rail 24 are fixedly arranged on the side surface 211, and the plurality of relay rails 23 are arranged in a gradually expanding arrangement.

In addition, the lead-out rail 24 is located beside the intersection area Z, and the lead-out rail 24 continues to the drop opening 12 on the guide turntable 11, and the lead-out rail 24 has an air hole 25 at the drop opening 12, and the air hole 25 is at the drop opening At 12 places, a vacuum is generated to generate negative pressure suction, so that the material to be tested is transported to the lead-out rail 24 and tightly attached to the side of the lead-out rail 24, until the material to be tested falls stably on the test from the drop 12 Turntable 200.

In this embodiment, the air hole 25 has a straight hole 251 and an air passage 252, the straight hole 251 longitudinally penetrates the lead-out rail 24, the bottom end of the straight hole 251 communicates with the air passage 252, and the air passage 252 expands on the bottom surface of the lead-out rail 24. The air passage 252 is located at the drop hole 12 and continues from the material-guiding carousel 11 to the test carousel 200, and the vacuum is connected to the lead-out rail by a negative pressure generator (not shown in the figure) through a pipeline 26 24 is connected to the straight hole 251, and the negative pressure generator, such as a vacuum pump, enables the air passage 252 to generate negative pressure suction.

In a preferred embodiment, the airway 252 has a front section 252a, a middle section 252b, and a rear section 252c (as shown in Figures 3 and 4). The length of the lead-out rail 24 extends. In this embodiment, the length of the rear section 252c is longer than the front section 252a, and the straight hole 251 is connected to the front section 252a, and the middle section 252b is connected between the front section 252a and the rear section 252c. The rear section 252c of the middle system continues from the material-guiding carousel 11 to the test carousel 200 at the drop opening 12.

The pneumatic propulsion member 30, in this embodiment, includes a base 31, a clamping member 32, a pneumatic tube 33, and a blowing nozzle 34. The base 31 is disposed on the cover 21, and the clamping member 32 is disposed on the The base 31, the air pressure tube 33 can be adjusted in height to be clamped by the clamp 32, the blowing nozzle 34 is connected to the bottom end of the air pressure tube 33, the air pressure tube 33 can be connected with an external air pressure source, and the blowing nozzle 34 advances with the air pressure The piece 30 is arranged on one side of the lead-out rail 24, and the blowing nozzle 34 is used beside the lead-out rail 24 to blow the material to be tested in the conveying direction to assist in advancing the material to be tested. The pneumatic propulsion member 30 is provided on the cover 21 with the base 31 in this embodiment, but the creation is not limited to this. In different implementations, the pneumatic propulsion member 30 can also be provided on the base body. 10.

Preferably, there are two pneumatic propelling members 30 in this embodiment, and the blowing nozzle 34 of one of the pneumatic propelling members 30 blows toward the material to be tested on the guide turntable 11, which is close to the lead-out rail 24. The blowing nozzle 34 of the other air pressure propelling member 30 blows air toward the material to be tested falling on the test turntable 200, and the blowing nozzle 34 generates a guided airflow. The material to be tested The pieces are subjected to the effect of airflow to produce auxiliary propulsion effects when transporting in a row.

In a preferred embodiment, the cover 21 has a first side 212 and a second side 213, the cover 21 is hinged to the base 10 at the first side 212, and the cover 21 is at the second side 213 A handle 214 is provided, and the handle 214 can be held to apply force to lift the cover 21. In addition, the cover 21 of this embodiment has an inlet 215, and a hopper 40 is provided on the cover 21 to communicate with the inlet 215.

The material to be tested, in this embodiment, takes the miniature ceramic capacitor C as an example (as shown in Figs. 5 and 6). When the appearance inspection is to be performed, a large number of miniature ceramic capacitors C are poured from the hopper 40. The miniature ceramic capacitor C is conveyed to the material inlet 215 and unloaded onto the material guide turntable 11, and then by the rotation of the material guide turntable 11, the miniature ceramic capacitor C will be guided by the feed rail 22 to the relay rail 23 , And the relay rail 23 is arranged in a gradual expansion, the miniature ceramic capacitors C are then guided to the lead-out rail 24, and the miniature ceramic capacitors C are aligned and transmitted to the intersection area Z at this time.

As shown in Figures 5 and 6, when the miniature ceramic capacitors C are aligned and pass the lead-out rail 24 located beside the intersection zone Z, the air hole 25 generates a negative pressure suction force at the drop hole 12 through vacuuming, for example, in this embodiment In the example, the subsequent section 252c continues from the material-guiding turntable 11 to the test turntable 200 at the drop 12, so that the micro-ceramic capacitors C will be closely attached to the side of the lead-out rail 24 through the negative pressure suction force during the entire transmission process until the micro The ceramic capacitor C falls on the test turntable 200 from the drop hole 12, and is continuously rotated by the test turntable 200. The miniature ceramic capacitor C subsequently passes through the counting element 300 for counting, and then passes through a plurality of sensing elements such as CCD (not shown in the figure) Carry out appearance inspection to eliminate unqualified miniature ceramic capacitors C. Furthermore, when the micro ceramic capacitor C material guide turntable 11 is closely attached to the lead-out rail 24 for transmission in a row, the blowing nozzle 34 of the pneumatic propulsion member 30 blows the micro ceramic capacitor C in the transmission direction to assist in the advancement. The miniature ceramic capacitor C on the material guide turntable 11; after the miniature ceramic capacitor C drops to the test turntable 200 through the drop 12, the blowing nozzle 34 of the other air pressure propelling member 30 is used to test the miniature ceramic capacitor C on the test turntable. Blow in the transmission direction of 200 to assist in pushing the miniature ceramic capacitor C on the test turntable 200.

From the above explanation, it is not difficult to find that the characteristics of this creation are:

1. The improved feeding device 100 of the present invention can be connected to the negative pressure generator as described above through the air hole 25, and the negative pressure suction force is generated by the air hole 25 through the method of vacuuming, and the material to be tested (as described above) The miniature ceramic capacitor C) is attracted by the negative pressure suction force during the transmission process of the entire column and tightly adheres to the side of the lead-out rail 24 until the material to be tested falls on the test turntable 200 from the drop 12, and the guide turntable 11 The material to be tested above can be stably transferred to the test turntable 200 without being skewed due to beating, and the air passage 252 is located at the drop hole 12 and the self-guided turntable 11 continues to the test turntable 200 as mentioned above. , Can make the transfer of the material to be tested between the guide turntable 11 and the test turntable 200 more stable, so as to solve the problem that the material to be tested is not neatly arranged on the test turntable 200 in the conventional feeding device.

2. When the material to be tested is aligned and transported, especially when passing through the aforementioned intersection Z, the blowing nozzle 34 of the air pressure propelling member 30 blows the material to be tested in the conveying direction to assist the material to be tested The advancement of the parts speeds up the transmission speed of the materials to be tested, and the inspection quantity can reach about 8000~10000 materials to be tested per minute through practical operation, which is significantly higher than that of the conventional feeding device. Increase, so as to achieve the effect of effectively improving the inspection efficiency of the material to be tested.

The above-mentioned embodiments are only used to illustrate the creation, and are not used to limit the scope of the creation. All modifications or changes that do not violate the spirit of this creation belong to the scope of this creation's intention to protect.

100: Improved feeding device 200: test turntable 300: count pieces 10: Seat 11: Guide turntable 12: Falling 20: Entire column of modules 21: Cover 211: side 212: first side 213: second side 214: Handle 215: Inlet 22: Feeding rail 23: Relay rail 24: export track 25: Stoma 251: straight hole 252: airway 252a: front section 252b: middle section 252c: back paragraph 26: Pipeline 30: Pneumatic propulsion parts 31: Pedestal 32: Clip 33: Air pressure tube 34: Blow mouth 40: Hopper C: Miniature ceramic capacitor Z: Intersection area

Fig. 1 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the feeding device of this creative embodiment set beside the test turntable. Fig. 2 is a schematic top view of the feeding device of this creative embodiment. Fig. 3 is a partial enlarged view of A in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a partial enlarged view of the air passage as viewed from the bottom of the lead-out rail in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a partial enlarged view at B of Fig. 1, in which the material to be tested is closely attached to the side of the lead-out rail to be transported in a top view. Fig. 6 is a schematic side view of the feeding device of this creative embodiment with the material to be tested continuously falling from the guide turntable to the test turntable.

100: Improved feeding device

200: test turntable

300: count pieces

10: Seat

11: Guide turntable

20: Entire column of modules

21: Cover

211: side

214: Handle

215: Inlet

22: Feeding rail

23: Relay rail

24: export track

26: Pipeline

30: Pneumatic propulsion parts

31: Pedestal

32: Clip

33: Air pressure tube

34: Blow mouth

40: Hopper

Claims (8)

An improved feeding device, which is arranged on one side of a test turntable, for the materials to be tested to be aligned and transferred to the test turntable, including: A body, which is provided with a guide turntable, the guide turntable and the test turntable have an intersection area, and the position of the guide turntable is slightly higher than the test turntable, and there is a height difference in the intersection area to form a drop; A whole array of modules, with a cover plate joined to the base and suspended on the guide carousel, the cover plate has a side surface facing the guide carousel fixedly provided with an inlet rail, and a plurality of them are arranged in a gradually expanding arrangement A follow-up rail piece and a lead-out rail piece, the lead-out rail piece is located beside the intersection area and continues to the drop, and the lead-out rail piece has an air hole at the drop, and the air hole is vacuumized at the drop Generate negative pressure suction so that when the material to be tested is conveyed to the lead-out rail member, it closely adheres to its side until it stably falls on the test turntable from the drop; and A pneumatic propelling part is attached to the base or the cover plate. The pneumatic propelling part is provided with a mouthpiece on one side of the lead-out rail. The piece blows in the direction of transport to assist in advancement. The improved feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the air hole has a straight hole longitudinally penetrating the lead-out rail, and the bottom end of the straight hole communicates with an air passage opened on the bottom surface of the lead-out rail, the The air channel is located at the drop and continues from the guide turntable to the test turntable. The improved feeding device according to claim 2, wherein the air tool has a front section, a middle section and a rear section, the front section and the rear section are substantially parallel and both extend along the length direction of the lead-out rail, and the straight The hole conducts the front section, the middle section is connected between the front section and the rear section, and the rear section continues from the guide turntable to the test turntable at the drop opening. The improved feeding device according to claim 3, wherein the length of the rear section is longer than the front section. The improved feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the number of the air propelling member is two, and the mouthpiece of one of the air propelling members is facing the material guide turntable and is closely attached to the side of the lead-out rail member The material to be tested blows air, and the blowing nozzle of the other pneumatic pusher blows air toward the material to be tested falling on the test turntable. The improved feeding device according to claim 5, wherein each of the pneumatic propulsion members includes a base, a clip, a pneumatic tube, and the mouthpiece, the base is arranged on the cover, and the clip Located on the base, the air pressure tube can be adjusted in height to be clamped by the clamp, and the blowing nozzle is connected to the bottom end of the air pressure tube. The improved feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the cover has a first side and a second side, the cover is hinged to the base on the first side, and is connected to the second side A handle for holding and lifting the cover is provided on the side. The improved feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the cover plate has an inlet, and a hopper is provided on the cover plate to communicate with the inlet, and the material to be tested is from the hopper Pour in, and unload the material to the guide turntable through the material inlet.

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