Automatic staple pusher system for stapler

By designing an automatic nail pusher system, the problems of slow speed and unstable quality of manual assembly of nail pusher are solved, efficient and automated nail pusher assembly are achieved, and the production capacity efficiency of the stapler is improved.

CN110936125BActive Publication Date: 2025-06-17WUXI BM PRECISION PARTS CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN201911278208.9
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2019-12-13
Publication Date
2025-06-17
Estimated Expiration
2039-12-13

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Technical Problem

During the assembly process of the stapler, the manual assembly of the nail pusher is slow and the quality is unstable, resulting in low production capacity and efficiency of the stapler.

Method used

Design an automatic nail-pushing system, including a work station to be put into the material, a nail-pushing assembly station and a work station for unloading, and use components such as feed cylinder, a nail-pushing conveyor mechanism, a nail-pushing robot, etc. to achieve automatic assembly.

Benefits of technology

Ensure that the nail pusher is installed is fast and the movements are highly repetitive and consistent, greatly speeding up the nail pusher cycle and improving the production capacity efficiency of the stapler.

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Abstract

The present invention discloses an automatic pusher loading system for a stapler, which includes a material waiting station, a pusher assembly station, and a discharging station. The material waiting station includes a cartridge jig for loading an empty cartridge, which is pushed to the pre-loading position at the pusher assembly station by a jig pushing cylinder. The pusher assembly station includes a pusher conveying mechanism and a pusher loading robot. The pusher conveying mechanism conveys the pusher to be loaded into the picking slot, and the pusher is clamped by the pusher loading robot and sent into the pusher slot of the empty cartridge above the cartridge jig. The cartridge jig filled with materials slides to the discharging station along with the loading tray, and is pushed into the finished product tray at the discharging station by a jig pushing cylinder. Subsequently, the next round of pusher loading starts to run. By the above method, the automatic pusher loading system for the stapler of the present invention can ensure a fast pusher loading speed, high repeatability and high consistency of the pusher loading action, accelerate the pusher loading cycle, and ensure that the pusher loading process proceeds quickly and orderly.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of stapler automatic tooling, and particularly to an automatic pusher assembly system for a stapler. Background Art

[0002] A stapler is a device used in medicine to replace manual suturing. Its main working principle is to use a pusher slider to push a pusher, and the pusher drives titanium nails into tissues to suture the tissues. Compared with traditional manual suturing, stapler suturing is simple and convenient to operate, saves surgical time, is for single use, avoids cross-infection, uses titanium nails or stainless steel nails (skin staplers) to suture tightly and moderately, has few side effects, and effectively reduces surgical complications, etc.

[0003] Currently, during the assembly process of a stapler, the pusher in the staple cartridge is assembled manually. Manual assembly of the pusher is slow, the assembly quality of the pusher is unstable, and the labor time accounts for a high proportion, which greatly affects the production efficiency of the stapler. Summary of the Invention

[0004] The main technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an automatic pusher assembly system for a stapler, which can ensure a fast pusher assembly speed, high repeatability and high consistency of the pusher assembly action, greatly shorten the pusher assembly cycle, improve the production efficiency of the stapler, and ensure the fast and orderly progress of the pusher assembly process.

[0005] To solve the above technical problem, a technical solution adopted by the present invention is: to provide an automatic pusher assembly system for a stapler, including: a frame and a feeding station, a pusher assembly station, and a discharging station located on the frame.

[0006] The feeding station includes: a feeding tray, a feeding cylinder, and a jig pushing cylinder. A staple cartridge jig for loading an empty staple cartridge is placed on the feeding tray. The feeding cylinder is installed below the feeding tray, and the jig pushing cylinder is horizontally installed on one side of the feeding tray.

[0007] The feeding cylinder drives longitudinally to push the staple cartridge jig on the feeding tray to be longitudinally fed in place, and then the jig pushing cylinder drives transversely to push the staple cartridge jig into the pre-loading position in the pusher assembly station.

[0008] The pusher assembly station includes: a pusher conveying mechanism, a pusher assembly platform, a pusher assembly manipulator, a Y-direction servo mechanism, an X-direction servo mechanism, and an up-down stepping motor.

[0009] The pusher conveying mechanism includes a vibrating bowl, a pusher conveying track, and a pusher picking slot. The vibrating bowl is arranged at the inlet end of the pusher conveying track for vibrating feeding, and the pusher picking slot is communicated with the outlet end of the pusher conveying track.

[0010] The nail pusher platform is arranged at the pre-loading position and is connected to the nail pusher picking slot through a Y-direction servo mechanism. A loading tray is arranged on the nail pusher platform, and a nail magazine jig from the waiting material station is carried on the loading tray.

[0011] The nail pusher manipulator is arranged above the nail pusher platform. The up-down stepping motor is arranged on the Y-direction servo mechanism. The nail pusher manipulator makes an up-down reciprocating motion through the up-down stepping motor to pick up the nail pusher in place in the nail pusher picking slot and send it into the nail pusher slot of the empty nail magazine on the nail pusher platform through the Y-direction servo mechanism to install the nail pusher in place. The nail pusher platform makes a horizontal movement through the X-direction servo mechanism until the nail pusher slot of the empty nail magazine is filled.

[0012] The unloading station includes a finished product tray and a jig pushing cylinder. The nail magazine jig filled with nail pushers slides to the finished product area along with the loading tray, and then is longitudinally driven and pushed into the finished product tray by the jig pushing cylinder. Subsequently, the next round of nail pusher installation starts to run.

[0013] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the nail magazine jig is arranged in an open manner. The surface space size of the nail magazine jig matches the size of the empty nail magazine, and the empty nail magazine can be directly placed and fixed. There are nail pusher slots on both sides of the empty nail magazine.

[0014] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a feeding-in-place proximity switch is arranged on the waiting material tray. The feeding-in-place proximity switch is electrically connected to the jig pushing cylinder. After the feeding cylinder pushes the jig loaded with an empty nail magazine and then returns, the feeding-in-place proximity switch drives the jig pushing cylinder to horizontally push the nail magazine jig after sensing the nail magazine jig to ensure it reaches the pre-loading position.

[0015] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a nail magazine jig positioning mechanism is further arranged on the nail pusher platform. The nail magazine jig positioning mechanism includes a jig positioning cylinder, a positioning pressing block, and a limiting block.

[0016] The jig positioning cylinder drives the positioning pressing block to position the nail magazine jig. There is a groove on the nail magazine jig that closely cooperates with the positioning pressing block. The limiting blocks are located on both sides of the nail magazine jig on the nail pusher platform, and there is a limiting pressing block above the limiting blocks to perform a downward pressing action through the jig positioning cylinder under the nail pusher platform.

[0017] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the vibrating disk includes a hopper disk, a base arranged under the hopper disk, and a disk vibrator arranged between the hopper disk and the base. The motor in the base is driven to vibrate through a frequency conversion controller, and then transmitted to the disk vibrator through a spring pressing piece to vibrate the hopper disk to feed the nail pusher.

[0018] The hopper tray also has a spiral upward conveying track. Through vibration, the pusher in the hopper tray spirally ascends along the conveying track and screens the pusher, keeping the pusher conveying in a unified direction.

[0019] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the pusher conveying track extends from the outlet of the vibrating tray. The pusher in the vibrating tray is sent into the pusher conveying track along with the vibration of the vibrating tray and is arranged uniformly, and is linearly vibrated and transmitted through an internal linear vibrator, and then the pusher is uniformly pushed forward and sent into the pusher feeding slot.

[0020] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a pressing plate is connected above the pusher conveying track, so that the pusher conveying track is formed in a semi-closed setting. A full-material fiber optic pair sensor is also arranged on the pusher conveying track, and the full-material fiber optic pair sensor is electrically connected to the vibrating tray.

[0021] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the pusher loading manipulator includes a mechanical gripper. A pusher that can move up and down is connected to the mechanical gripper, and an orthopedic pressing plate is installed on the mechanical gripper. The orthopedic pressing plate is actuated by an orthopedic driving cylinder.

[0022] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the up and down stepping motor drives the mechanical gripper to reciprocate up and down to clamp the pusher on the pusher feeding slot.

[0023] Then it is moved back and forth by the Y-direction servo mechanism and sent into the pusher slot of the empty staple cartridge. Before loading into the pusher feeding slot, the orthopedic driving cylinder drives the orthopedic pressing plate to perform an orthopedic action.

[0024] When the up and down stepping motor reaches the set pusher pre-loading position, the pusher is pushed downward to install the pusher in place. Then, it is driven by the X-direction servo mechanism to horizontally move the loading tray, and the staple cartridge jig moves accordingly until the pusher slot on the staple cartridge is filled.

[0025] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a pusher-in-place photoelectric device is also arranged on one side of the pusher loading platform. The pusher-in-place photoelectric device is electrically connected to the pusher loading manipulator and is used to sense whether the pusher is sent into the pusher feeding slot of the staple cartridge jig.

[0026] The beneficial effects of the present invention are: The automatic pusher loading system for the stapler of the present invention can ensure a fast pusher loading speed, and the pusher loading action has high repeatability and high consistency, greatly accelerating the pusher loading cycle, improving the production efficiency of the stapler, and ensuring that the pusher loading process proceeds quickly and orderly. Description of the Drawings

[0027] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the following will briefly introduce the drawings required for the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those of ordinary skill in the art, without creative efforts, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings, where:

[0028] Figure 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a preferred embodiment of the automatic pusher system for a stapler of the present invention;

[0029] Figure 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a preferred embodiment of the vibratory bowl in the automatic pusher system for a stapler of the present invention;

[0030] The markings of the components in the drawings are as follows: 100, waiting material station; 110, waiting material tray; 120, feeding cylinder; 130, jig pushing cylinder; 140, staple cartridge jig; 150, feeding in-place proximity switch,

[0031] 200, pusher assembly station; 210, pusher conveying mechanism; 211, vibratory bowl; 211-1, hopper tray; 211-2, base; 211-3, disk vibrator; 211-4, spiral upward conveying track,

[0032] 212, pusher conveying track; 212-1, pressing plate; 212-2, full material fiber optic transmissive sensor; 212-3, pusher picking slot; 212-4, pusher in-place optoelectronic sensor,

[0033] 213, pusher loading platform; 213-1, loading tray,

[0034] 220, pusher loading manipulator; 221, up and down stepping motor; 222, Y-direction servo mechanism; 223, X-direction servo mechanism; 224, mechanical gripper; 225, pusher pin; 226, orthopedic pressing plate; 227, orthopedic driving cylinder; 230, pre-loading position,

[0035] 240, staple cartridge jig positioning mechanism; 241, jig positioning cylinder; 242, positioning pressing block; 243, limiting block,

[0036] 300, unloading station; 310, finished product tray; 320, jig pushing-out cylinder. Detailed implementation manners

[0037] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

[0038] Please refer to Figures 1 to 2 , the embodiments of the present invention include:

[0039] An automatic pusher assembly system for a stapler, comprising: a frame and a blanking station 100, a pusher assembly station 200, and a discharging station 300 located on the frame.

[0040] The blanking station 100 includes a blanking tray 110, a feeding cylinder 120, and a jig pushing cylinder 130. A jig 140 for loading an empty staple cartridge is placed on the blanking tray 110:

[0041] The jig 140 for the staple cartridge is arranged in an open manner. The surface space size of the jig 140 for the staple cartridge matches the size of the empty staple cartridge. The empty staple cartridge can be directly placed and fixed therein. Both sides of the empty staple cartridge are provided with pusher grooves.

[0042] The feeding cylinder 120 is installed below the blanking tray 110. The jig pushing cylinder 130 is horizontally installed on one side of the blanking tray 110. The feeding cylinder 120 longitudinally drives to push the jig 140 for the staple cartridge on the blanking tray 110 to the longitudinal feeding position, and then the jig pushing cylinder 130 laterally drives to push the jig 140 for the staple cartridge into the preloading position 230 in the pusher assembly station 200.

[0043] A feeding-in-place proximity switch 150 is arranged on the blanking tray 110. The feeding-in-place proximity switch 150 is electrically connected to the jig pushing cylinder 130. After the feeding cylinder 120 pushes the jig 140 for the staple cartridge loaded with the empty staple cartridge to the position and then returns, the feeding-in-place proximity switch 150 senses the presence of the jig 140 for the staple cartridge and drives the jig pushing cylinder 130 to laterally push the jig 140 for the staple cartridge to ensure that it reaches the preloading position 230.

[0044] The pusher assembly station 200 includes a pusher conveying mechanism 210, a pusher assembly platform 213, a pusher assembly manipulator 220, a Y-direction servo mechanism 222, an X-direction servo mechanism 223, and an up-and-down stepping motor 221. The pusher assembly manipulator 220 clamps the pusher conveyed into the pusher pick-up slot 212-3 by the pusher conveying mechanism 210 and assembles it into the pusher groove of the empty staple cartridge on the jig 140 for the staple cartridge.

[0045] The pusher conveyor mechanism 210 includes a vibrating bowl 211, a pusher conveyor track 212, and a pusher pick-up groove 212-3. The vibrating bowl 211 is arranged at the inlet end of the pusher conveyor track 212 for vibrating feeding, and the pusher pick-up groove 212-3 communicates with the outlet end of the pusher conveyor track 212.

[0046] The pusher loading platform 213 is arranged at the pre-loading position 230 and is connected to the pusher pick-up groove 212-3 through a Y-direction servo mechanism 222. A loading tray 213-1 is arranged on the pusher loading platform 213, and the nail magazine jig 140 from the waiting material station 100 is carried on the loading tray 213-1.

[0047] A nail magazine jig positioning mechanism 240 is also provided on the pusher loading platform 213. The nail magazine jig positioning mechanism 240 includes a jig positioning cylinder 241, a positioning pressure block 242, and a limit block 243.

[0048] The jig positioning cylinder 241 drives the positioning pressure block 242 to position the nail magazine jig 140. There is a groove on the nail magazine jig 140 that closely cooperates with the positioning pressure block 242. The limit blocks 243 are located on both sides of the nail magazine jig 140 on the pusher loading platform 213, and there is a limit pressure block above the limit blocks 243, which performs a downward pressing action through the jig positioning cylinder 241 under the pusher loading platform 213.

[0049] The vibrating bowl 211 includes a hopper tray 211-1, a base 211-2 provided below the hopper tray 211-1, and a disk vibrator 211-3 provided between the hopper tray 211-1 and the base 211-2. The motor in the base 211-2 is driven to vibrate through a frequency conversion controller, and then transmitted to the disk vibrator 211-3 through a spring clip to vibrate the hopper tray 211-1 to feed the pusher.

[0050] The vibrating bowl 211 also has a spiral upward conveyor track 211-4. Through vibration, the pusher in the vibrating bowl 211 spirally ascends along the spiral upward conveyor track 211-4 and screens the pusher, keeping the pusher conveyed in a unified direction.

[0051] The pusher conveyor track 212 extends from the outlet of the vibrating bowl 211. The pusher in the vibrating bowl 211 is fed into the pusher conveyor track 212 with the vibration of the vibrating bowl 211 and is uniformly arranged, and is directly vibrated and transmitted through an internal linear vibrator, and then fed forward at a constant speed into the pusher pick-up groove 212-3.

[0052] Above the nail pusher conveying track 212, a pressing plate 212-1 is connected, making the nail pusher conveying track semi-enclosed, which can prevent the nail pusher from overflowing; on the nail pusher conveying track 212, a full-material fiber optic pair sensor 212-2 is also provided, and the full-material fiber optic pair sensor 212-2 is electrically connected to the vibrating disk 211, which is used to ensure the smooth conveying of the nail pusher on the nail pusher conveying track 212.

[0053] At the end of the nail pusher conveying track 212, a nail pusher in-place photoelectric sensor 212-4 and a nail pusher picking slot 212-3 are also arranged. The nail pusher in-place photoelectric sensor 212-4 is electrically connected to the nail pusher loading manipulator 220, which is used to sense whether the nail pusher is sent into the nail pusher picking slot 212-3.

[0054] The nail pusher loading manipulator 220 is arranged above the nail pusher loading platform 213. The nail pusher loading manipulator 220 makes a reciprocating up and down movement to pick up the nail pusher on the nail pusher conveying track 212 and send it into the nail pusher picking slot 212-4 of the empty nail magazine on the nail pusher loading platform 213, and installs the nail pusher in place. The nail pusher loading platform 213 moves horizontally until the nail pusher slot of the empty nail magazine is filled.

[0055] The nail pusher loading manipulator 220 is arranged above the nail pusher loading platform 213. The up and down stepping motor 221 is arranged on the Y-direction servo mechanism 222. The nail pusher loading manipulator 220 makes a reciprocating up and down movement through the up and down stepping motor 221 to pick up the in-place nail pusher in the nail pusher picking slot 212-3 and send it into the nail pusher slot of the empty nail magazine on the nail pusher loading platform 213 through the Y-direction servo mechanism 222 to install the nail pusher in place. The nail pusher loading platform 213 makes a horizontal movement through the X-direction servo mechanism 223 until the nail pusher slot of the empty nail magazine is filled.

[0056] The nail pusher loading manipulator 220 includes a mechanical claw 224. A pusher needle 225 that can move up and down is connected to the mechanical claw 224. An orthopedic pressing plate 226 is installed on the mechanical claw 224, and the orthopedic pressing plate 226 is actuated by an orthopedic driving cylinder 227.

[0057] Further, the up and down stepping motor 221 drives the mechanical claw 224 to make a reciprocating up and down movement to pick up the nail pusher on the nail pusher picking slot 212-3, and then moves back and forth through the Y-direction servo mechanism 222 and sends it into the nail pusher slot of the empty nail magazine. Before loading into the nail pusher slot, the orthopedic driving cylinder 227 drives the orthopedic pressing plate 226 to perform an orthopedic action.

[0058] When the up and down stepping motor 221 reaches the set nail pusher pre-loading position 230, the pusher needle 225 is pushed downward to install the nail pusher in place. Then, through the X-direction servo mechanism 223, the loading tray 213-1 is driven to move horizontally, and the nail magazine fixture moves accordingly until the nail pusher slot on the nail magazine is filled.

[0059] The unloading station 300 includes a finished product tray 310 and a jig pushing cylinder 320. The cartridge jig filled with a pusher is slid to the finished product area along with the loading tray, and then longitudinally driven and pushed into the finished product tray 310 by the jig pushing cylinder 320. Subsequently, the next round of loading the pusher starts to operate.

[0060] The working process of the automatic pusher loading system for the stapler of the present invention is as follows:

[0061] Uniformly load the empty cartridges into the cartridge jigs 140 and place them on the waiting material tray 110 at the waiting material station 100;

[0062] Pour the pushers to be loaded into the hopper tray 211-1 of the vibrating bowl 211 at the pusher assembly station, ensuring that there are enough pushers in the hopper tray 211-1.

[0063] Then, through vibration, the pushers in the hopper tray 211-1 perform a spiral upward movement along the spiral upward conveying track 211-4 and are screened, keeping the pushers conveyed in a unified direction.

[0064] Then enter the pusher conveying track 212, perform straight vibration transmission through the internal linear vibrator, and then be uniformly fed forward into the pusher picking slot 212-3.

[0065] After the pusher arrives, the pusher loading manipulator 220 acts to grab the pusher. The upper and lower stepping motors 221 drive the mechanical jaws 224 to reciprocate up and down for clamping, and then move back and forth through the Y-direction servo mechanism 222 and feed into the pusher picking slot 212-3 of the empty cartridge.

[0066] Before loading into the pusher slot, the shaping drive cylinder 227 drives the shaping pressure plate 226 to perform a shaping action. When the upper and lower stepping motors 221 reach the set pre-loading position 230 of the pusher, the pusher pin 225 is pushed downward to install the pusher in place. Then, the X-direction servo mechanism 223 drives the loading tray to move horizontally, and the cartridge jig moves accordingly until the pusher slot on the cartridge is filled.

[0067] The cartridge jig filled with the pusher slides to the finished product area 300 along with the loading tray, and then is longitudinally driven and pushed into the finished product tray 310 by the jig pushing cylinder 320. Subsequently, the next round of loading the pusher starts to operate;

[0068] Then remove the cartridge and check whether the pusher is assembled in place. If there is a problem, re-assemble the pusher.

[0069] The beneficial effects of the automatic pusher loading system for the stapler of the present invention are:

[0070] It can ensure that the stapler loading speed is fast, the stapler loading action has high repeatability and high consistency, greatly speeds up the stapler loading cycle, improves the production efficiency of the stapler, and ensures that the stapler loading process proceeds quickly and orderly.

[0071] The above are only the embodiments of the present invention, and thus do not limit the patent scope of the present invention. Any equivalent structure or equivalent process transformation made by using the content of the specification of the present invention, or directly or indirectly applied in other related technical fields, shall be equally included in the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An automatic stapler loading and pushing device system for a stapler, characterized in that, include: The rack and the material waiting station, nail pusher assembly station and unloading station on the rack, The material waiting station includes: a material waiting tray, a feeding cylinder and a jig push cylinder. A nail magazine jig for loading an empty nail magazine is placed on the material waiting tray, a feeding cylinder is installed under the material waiting tray, and the jig push cylinder is horizontally installed on one side of the material waiting tray. The feeding cylinder drives longitudinally to push the nail magazine jig on the waiting tray to feed longitudinally into place, and then the jig push cylinder drives transversely to push the nail magazine jig into the pre-loading position in the nail pusher assembly station; The nail pusher assembly station includes: a nail pusher conveying mechanism and a nail pusher manipulator. The nail pusher conveying mechanism includes a vibration plate, a nail pusher conveying track and a nail pusher loading platform. The vibration plate is arranged at the entrance end of the nail pusher conveying track for vibrating feeding. The nail pusher loading platform is arranged at the pre-loading position and connected to the exit end of the nail pusher conveying track. A loading tray is arranged on the nail pusher loading platform. The loading tray carries the nail magazine fixture from the waiting station. The nail pusher loading manipulator is arranged above the nail pusher loading platform. The nail pusher loading manipulator performs up and down reciprocating motion to clamp the nail pusher on the nail pusher conveying track and deliver it into the nail pusher slot of the empty nail bin of the nail pusher loading platform, installs the nail pusher in place, and the nail pusher loading platform moves horizontally until the nail pusher slot of the empty nail bin is filled; The nail pusher robot comprises an upper and lower stepper motor, a Y-direction servo motor, an X-direction servo motor and a mechanical clamp, wherein the upper and lower stepper motor, the Y-direction servo motor and the X-direction servo motor are transmission-connected to the mechanical clamp, a push pin that can move up and down is connected to the mechanical clamp, an orthopedic pressure plate is installed on the push pin, and the orthopedic pressure plate is moved by an orthopedic driving cylinder; The up and down stepper motors drive the mechanical gripper to reciprocate up and down to grab the nail pusher on the nail pusher platform. Then the Y-axis servo motor moves forward and backward to send it into the pusher slot of the empty nail bin. Before loading it into the pusher slot, the orthopedic drive cylinder drives the orthopedic pressure plate to perform the orthopedic action. When the upper and lower stepper motors reach the set pre-loading position of the nail pusher, the push pin is pushed downward to install the nail pusher in place. Then, the loading tray is driven by the X-axis servo motor to move horizontally, and the nail magazine fixture moves accordingly until the nail pusher slot on the nail magazine is filled. The unloading station includes a finished product pallet and a jig push-out cylinder. The nail magazine jig filled with nail pushers slides to the finished product area along with the loading pallet, and is then pushed longitudinally into the finished product pallet by the jig push-out cylinder, and then the next round of loading and pushing nails starts.

2. The automatic stapler loading and pushing device system for a stapler according to claim 1, characterized in that, The nail magazine fixture is arranged in an open manner. The size of the surface space of the nail magazine fixture matches the size of the empty nail magazine. The empty nail magazine can be directly placed in for fixation. There are nail pusher grooves on both sides of the empty nail magazine.

3. The automatic stapler loading and pushing device system for a stapler according to claim 1, characterized in that, A feeding in place proximity switch is provided on the material waiting tray. The feeding in place proximity switch is electrically connected to the jig push-in cylinder. The position of the nail magazine jig is sensed by the piston rod of the feeding cylinder approaching or moving away from the feeding in place proximity switch, and then the jig push-in cylinder is driven to push the nail magazine jig laterally to ensure that it reaches the pre-loading position.

4. The automatic stapler loading and pushing device system for a stapler according to claim 1, characterized in that, A nail magazine fixture positioning mechanism is also provided on the nail pushing device platform. The nail magazine fixture positioning mechanism includes a fixture positioning cylinder, a positioning pressure block, and positioning elements. The positioning elements are located on both sides of the nail magazine fixture on the nail pushing device platform. The positioning pressure block is connected to the positioning elements, and the fixture positioning cylinder drives the positioning pressure block to press the positioning elements to achieve the positioning of the nail magazine fixture.

5. The automatic stapler loading and pushing device system for a stapler according to claim 1, characterized in that, The vibrating bowl feeder includes a hopper tray, a base provided below the hopper tray, and a disk vibrator provided between the hopper tray and the base. The disk vibrator is driven by an inverter and a motor in the base to vibrate the hopper tray to feed the nail pushing device. The hopper tray also has a spiral upward conveying track. By vibration, the nail pushing devices in the hopper tray spiral upward along the conveying track and are screened, keeping the nail pushing devices conveyed in the same direction.

6. The automatic stapler loading and pushing device system for a stapler according to claim 5, characterized in that, The nail pushing device conveying track extends from the outlet of the vibrating bowl feeder. The nail pushing devices in the vibrating bowl feeder are fed into the nail pushing device conveying track along with the vibration of the vibrating bowl feeder and are arranged evenly, and are linearly vibrated and transmitted through an internal linear vibrator, and then are pushed forward at a uniform speed into the nail pushing device platform.

7. The automatic stapler loading and pushing device system for a stapler according to claim 6, characterized in that, A pressing plate is connected above the nail pushing device conveying track, so that the nail pushing device conveying track is set in a semi-closed manner. A full-material fiber optic pair sensor is also provided on the nail pushing device conveying track, and the full-material fiber optic pair sensor is electrically connected to the vibrating bowl feeder.

8. The automatic stapler loading and pushing device system for a stapler according to claim 1, characterized in that, A nail pushing device in-place fiber optic sensor is also arranged on one side of the nail pushing device platform. The nail pushing device in-place fiber optic sensor is electrically connected to the nail pushing device mechanical hand of the nail pushing device platform and is used to sense whether the nail pushing device is fed into the nail pushing device slot of the nail magazine fixture.

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