Push-stack ticket collection device

Abstract

The present invention discloses a push-stack ticket collection device, including a collection platform, a first pushing mechanism for pushing tickets is provided on one side of the collection platform, and a first abutting surface for the tickets to abut is provided on the other side, a number of the tickets are stacked or partially stacked and laid flat on the collection platform, the first pushing mechanism can push the tickets to move in the direction of the first abutting surface, and the first abutting surface or the first pushing mechanism can flip and turn the tickets to an upright state, and the upright tickets are located between the first abutting surface and the first pushing mechanism. The present invention pushes the stacked and laid tickets through the first pushing mechanism, and then the tickets are upright by the flipping of the first abutting surface, and then the tickets are aligned and bundled. The push-stack method can process a considerable number of tickets at one time, and has good compatibility with tickets of different sizes. The structure of the device is simple, and the entire packaging action is fast and efficient, which can effectively save costs.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of ticket and card equipment, and in particular relates to a push-and-stack ticket and card collecting device. Background Art

[0002] Tickets refer to card-shaped labels that serve as identification, such as hangtags, cards and woven labels with RFI D identification functions used in the clothing retail field, such as cards with RFI D functions. Tickets are generally packaged in the form of stacking and bundling. If they need to be processed / tested / coded, they need to be input into the relevant testing and coding equipment in single form, and then output after the test is completed, and then stacked and bundled;

[0003] In the prior art, the detection and coding equipment usually transfers the ticket card through vacuum belt adsorption, and sets a single, two or more drop positions on the transmission path to realize counting, classification and other functions. The ticket card falls on the receiving platform below or in a simple ticket receiving box at the drop position, in an irregular stacking state, and needs to be picked up and aligned manually, and then bundled by other equipment. Manual operation is time-consuming and labor-intensive, with high labor intensity and uneven quality. For example, the Chinese utility model patent document with patent number: ZL201620935949.5 discloses a "hard card stacking device", including: a base, a first side plate and a second side plate connected to the base; the side of the first side plate is connected to the side of the second side plate, and the inner side of the first side plate is vertically arranged with the inner side of the second side plate; the top surface of the base is tilted downward toward the second side plate. The device can only realize the simple collection of tickets, and the collected tickets are still in a scattered state, requiring manual secondary operation. Summary of the invention

[0004] The main technical problem solved by the present invention is to provide a push-stack ticket collection device, which pushes the stacked and flat tickets through a first pushing mechanism, and then cooperates with the flipping of the first abutment surface to make the tickets stand upright, and then aligns them through an aligning mechanism, and finally grabs them to a strapping machine for packaging. The push-stack method can process a considerable number of tickets at one time, and has good compatibility with tickets of different sizes. The structure of the device is simple, the entire packaging action is fast and efficient, and can effectively save costs.

[0005] In order to solve the above technical problems, a technical solution adopted by the present invention is as follows:

[0006] A push-stack ticket card collecting device comprises a collecting platform for placing tickets and cards, a first pushing mechanism for pushing the tickets and cards is provided on one side of the collecting platform, and a first abutting surface for the tickets and cards to abut is provided on the other side of the collecting platform;

[0007] A number of the tickets are stacked or partially stacked and laid flat on the collecting table, the first pushing mechanism can push the tickets to move in the direction of the first abutment surface, and the first abutment surface or the first pushing mechanism can flip and turn the tickets to an upright state, and the upright ticket is located between the first abutment surface and the first pushing mechanism and can remain upright.

[0008] Furthermore, it also includes an alignment device, which includes a first alignment plate that can move in the up and down directions, and the first alignment plate can flatten the upper and lower sides of the ticket card to achieve alignment of the ticket card in the up and down directions.

[0009] Furthermore, it also includes a second abutment surface, which is located on a side adjacent to the first abutment surface and abuts against the ticket in an upright state. A second alignment plate that can move along the left and right directions is provided on the opposite side of the second abutment surface. The second alignment plate can flatten the left and right sides of the ticket to achieve left and right alignment of the ticket.

[0010] Furthermore, the table surface of the collecting table has a groove arranged along the ticket pushing direction, and the first pushing mechanism includes a first pushing plate, and the lower end of the first pushing plate is provided with claws, and the claws extend into the groove when the first pushing mechanism pushes the ticket.

[0011] Furthermore, it also includes a conveyor belt, which is connected to the receiving platform. The conveyor belt is used to receive the tickets issued after the previous process is completed and transport them to the receiving platform.

[0012] Furthermore, the table surface of the collecting table and the conveying surface of the conveyor belt both have grooves arranged along their conveying directions. The first pushing mechanism includes a first push plate, and the lower end of the first push plate is provided with claws. When the first pushing mechanism pushes the ticket, the claws extend into the grooves.

[0013] Furthermore, a loading sensor is provided, which is located at the front end of the conveyor belt or the end of the previous process to monitor the tickets falling onto the conveyor belt, thereby realizing the stepping of the conveyor belt.

[0014] Furthermore, the first pushing mechanism is installed on the telescopic mechanism, and the first pushing mechanism can push the ticket when it is extended, and can make way for the ticket to be transmitted on the conveyor belt when it is retracted.

[0015] Further, it includes a second pushing mechanism, which includes a second push plate and a telescopic mechanism that can drive the second push plate to move. The width of the second push plate is greater than the width of the first push plate. When the second push plate is extended, it is flush with the first push plate and can push the ticket card together. When the second pushing mechanism is retracted, it is away from the first pushing mechanism.

[0016] Furthermore, it also includes a clamp for grabbing the aligned tickets, the clamp includes a fixed clamp and a movable clamp that can move closer to or away from the fixed clamp, the fixed clamp is fixed with a support rod, the clamp can move to one side of the ticket, and the support rod constitutes the second abutment surface.

[0017] Beneficial effects of the present invention:

[0018] The ticket collecting device of the present invention pushes the stacked and flat tickets through the first pushing mechanism, and then cooperates with the flipping of the first abutting surface to make the tickets stand upright, and then aligns them through the alignment mechanism, and finally grabs them to the strapping machine for packaging. The pushing and stacking method can process a considerable number of tickets at one time, and the entire packaging action is fast and efficient. The structure of the device is streamlined, and the action of the mechanism is streamlined, which can effectively save costs. In addition, the alignment device is used to align the upright tickets in the up and down directions and the left and right directions, and its movement stroke can be adjusted according to the size of the tickets, and it has good compatibility with tickets of different sizes.

[0019] The above description is only an overview of the technical solution of the present invention. In order to more clearly understand the technical means of the present invention and implement it according to the contents of the specification, the following is a detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0020] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the push-and-stack ticket and card collecting device of the present invention;

[0021] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the steps of pushing and stacking tickets in the present invention. Figure 1 (when pushing);

[0022] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the steps of pushing and stacking tickets in the present invention. Figure 2 (When the first abutment surface is turned over);

[0023] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the steps of pushing and stacking tickets in the present invention. Figure 3 (When the ticket and card numbers are complete);

[0024] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the steps of pushing and stacking tickets in the present invention. Figure 4 (When grabbing after the ticket and card codes are complete);

[0025] Figure 6 It is a structural schematic diagram of the first pushing mechanism and the second pushing mechanism of the present invention;

[0026] Figure 7 It is a schematic structural diagram of the clamping jaw (and the second abutting surface) of the present invention;

[0027] Figure 8 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the push-and-stack ticket collection device of the present invention (from another angle);

[0028] The parts in the accompanying drawings are marked as follows:

[0029] Receiving table 1, groove 11;

[0030] A first pushing mechanism 2, a first pushing plate 21, and claw teeth 211;

[0031] A first abutting surface 3 and a second abutting surface 4;

[0032] Alignment device 5, first alignment plate 51, second alignment plate 52;

[0033] Conveyor belt 6, feeding sensor 61, second conveyor belt 65;

[0034] A second pushing mechanism 7 and a second pushing plate 71;

[0035] Clamping claw 8, fixed claw 81, movable claw 82, supporting rod 83;

[0036] Ticket card 9, strapping machine 91;

[0037] The width W2 of the second push plate and the width W1 of the first push plate. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0038] The preferred embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings so that the advantages and features of the present invention can be more easily understood by those skilled in the art, thereby making a clearer and more definite definition of the protection scope of the present invention.

[0039] Embodiment: A push-stack ticket collection device, such as Figures 1 to 5As shown: it comprises a receiving platform 1 for placing tickets, a first pushing mechanism 2 for pushing the tickets is provided on one side of the receiving platform, and a first abutting surface 3 for the tickets to abut is provided on the other side of the receiving platform, a plurality of tickets 9 are stacked or partially stacked and laid flat on the receiving platform, the first pushing mechanism can push the tickets to move in the direction of the first abutting surface, and the first abutting surface or the first pushing mechanism can flip and turn the tickets to an upright state and maintain the upright state, the upright tickets are located between the first abutting surface and the first pushing mechanism, and the vertical tickets stand between the first abutting surface and the first pushing mechanism in a non-compressed state, and the non-compressed state means that the tickets can be pushed to facilitate the next step of the code alignment action;

[0040] The distance between the first abutting surface and the first pushing mechanism is equivalent to the total thickness of the ticket card pushed at one time, and the ticket card in the upright state can be grabbed manually or by a robot and then packaged.

[0041] In fact, the flipping selection of the first abutment surface or the first pushing mechanism is determined according to the stacking direction of the ticket, that is to say, it depends on the position of the bottommost ticket of the partially stacked ticket. The bottommost ticket, which is the one at the end, is close to which one, and that one is set as the flipping structure, so that the ticket can be flipped into an upright state.

[0042] In the present embodiment, the first abutment surface is set to flip, and its flipping structure is hinged to the collecting table at one end, and is driven to flip by a cylinder. In the present embodiment, when the first abutment surface flips, the first pushing mechanism will retreat a little distance to ensure that the distance between the two can accommodate the ticket card and will not clamp the ticket card, thereby ensuring the smooth completion of the next step of alignment. It should be noted here that the action of the first pushing mechanism retreating a little distance can also be completed by slowly moving or directly moving the first pushing mechanism into place in one step. This action is intended to leave a loose space for the ticket card so that the ticket card will not be clamped and compressed after standing upright.

[0043] Figure 3 and Figure 6 As shown: the table top of the receiving table and the conveying surface of the conveyor belt both have grooves 11 arranged along the ticket pushing direction, the first pushing mechanism includes a first push plate 21, the lower end of the first push plate is provided with claws 211, when the first pushing mechanism pushes the ticket, the claws extend into the grooves, and the claws are used to achieve no gap between the first push plate and the table top of the receiving table and the conveying surface of the conveyor belt, which can prevent the ticket from escaping during pushing. It is understandable that if the device is not equipped with a conveyor belt and only collects cards through the receiving table, it is only necessary to set the groove 11 on the receiving table.

[0044] Figure 2 to Figure 5As shown: it also includes a second abutting surface 4 and an alignment device 5, wherein the second abutting surface is connected to the moving mechanism (linear module) and can be moved to a side adjacent to the first abutting surface and abut against the ticket card in an upright state;

[0045] The alignment device comprises a first alignment plate 51 which can move in the up-down direction, and the first alignment plate can flatten the upper and lower sides of the ticket (in an upright state) to achieve alignment of the ticket in the up-down direction;

[0046] A second alignment plate 52 movable in the left-right direction is provided on the opposite side of the second abutting surface. The second alignment plate can flatten the left-right sides of the (upright) ticket card to achieve left-right alignment of the ticket card.

[0047] The up and down and left and right directions defined in the present invention are: the movement direction of the first pushing mechanism is defined as the front and back direction, the upper and lower sides of the ticket card in the upright state are the up and down directions, and the other two side directions of the ticket card in the upright state are the left and right directions.

[0048] like Figure 2 and Figure 6 As shown: the device also includes a second pushing mechanism 7, which includes a second pushing plate 71 and a telescopic mechanism that can drive the second pushing plate to move, the width W2 of the second pushing plate is greater than the width W1 of the first pushing plate, the second pushing plate is flush with the first pushing plate when extended and can push the ticket card together, and the second pushing plate is away from the first pushing plate when retracted, and the second pushing mechanism is installed on the linear module together with the first pushing mechanism, that is, the pushing power of the two is the same, and it is a synchronous pushing setting.

[0049] The purpose of setting up two pushing mechanisms in this embodiment is that the wider second pushing mechanism can be set to whether to intervene in the pushing action, which can increase the range of ticket sizes that the device can be applied to. This is because when the ticket is wider, the left and right sides of the ticket are prone to deviate when pushed by the narrower first pushing mechanism.

[0050] In addition, the first pushing mechanism is not directly widened in this embodiment because when the ticket card is pushed into place and flipped over to an upright state, it will be pushed and aligned by the first alignment plate and the second alignment plate. At this time, the upright state of the ticket card is maintained by the first abutment surface and the first pushing mechanism. If the first pushing mechanism is made wider, the second alignment plate will easily interfere with the first pushing mechanism during the alignment action.

[0051] like Figure 5 and Figure 7As shown: it also includes a clamp 8 for grabbing the aligned tickets, the clamp is installed on a two-axis linear module that can move horizontally and vertically, the clamp includes a fixed claw 81 and a movable claw 82 that can approach or move away from the fixed claw, a support rod 83 is fixedly provided at the rear end of the claw of the fixed claw, the clamp can move to the left / right side of the ticket, and at this time the support rod constitutes the second abutment surface.

[0052] The second abutment surface is integrated with the clamping claw. When the ticket card is aligned after being erected, the clamping claw moves to the left / right side of the ticket card, and the second abutment surface is first used by the support rod to achieve alignment. After alignment, the clamping claw can directly clamp the ticket card and send it to the next process or to the bundling machine.

[0053] like Figure 1 As shown: it also includes a conveyor belt 6, which is connected to the receiving platform. The conveyor belt is used to receive the tickets issued after the previous process is completed and transport them to the receiving platform. In this embodiment, the conveyor belt is a step-by-step conveyor belt.

[0054] The step-type conveyor belt or intermittent conveyor belt means that the conveyor belt runs a certain distance and then stops when certain conditions are met, and then runs another distance when the conditions are met again, and repeats this process. The step-type design can realize the stacking or partial stacking and flat placement of the tickets.

[0055] Of course, a continuous transmission conveyor belt can also be used here, but the continuous transmission conveyor belt needs to calculate the ticket issuance speed to match the conveying speed of the conveyor belt, which is more troublesome. In addition, the step-by-step conveyor belt can prevent empty sheets with the cooperation of sensors. That is to say, if there is an error in the previous process and the sensor does not detect that the ticket is sent to the conveyor belt, the conveyor belt will not move. It will only run when there is material coming. The continuous transmission conveyor belt does not have this anti-empty sheet (broken sheet) mechanism, and it will cause discontinuous empty sheets in the ticket stacking. If the empty sheet distance is too large and the ticket cannot be stacked flat, it will affect the stacking below.

[0056] The certain conditions described here include timed operation or realization through sensor monitoring. This embodiment adopts the coordinated setting of sensors (photoelectric sensors). The loading sensor 61 is located at the front end of the conveyor belt (or the starting end or upstream end of the conveyor belt) or the end of the previous process to monitor the tickets falling on the conveyor belt. The stepping of the conveyor belt can be realized through software control.

[0057] The feeding sensor can also realize ticket counting and material separation by quantity. When the count reaches the preset number, the conveyor belt will accelerate and send the stacked tickets to the receiving station. At this time, the tickets sent after the previous process are still falling at the original speed. The continuously falling tickets and the tickets that have been sent to the receiving station form a larger gap on the conveyor belt, so as to realize material separation by quantity (that is, each separated ticket is the number of tickets to be packaged at one time). This larger ticket interval is also the initial position of the push mechanism.

[0058] The conveyor belt of the present invention also has a pre-stacking function. When the tickets fall onto the conveyor belt, the overlapping parts of adjacent tickets are small and the ticket arrangement density is low. The conveyor belt moves quickly to separate the materials while concentrating the tickets, thereby increasing the overlapping parts, reducing the working stroke of the first pushing mechanism, and improving the pushing efficiency.

[0059] like Figure 6 As shown: the first pushing mechanism 2 is installed on the telescopic mechanism. The telescopic mechanism of this embodiment includes a linear guide rail and a cylinder. When the first pushing mechanism is extended, it can push the ticket card. When the first pushing mechanism is retracted, it can avoid the ticket card on the conveyor belt when it moves to the initial pushing position.

[0060] In this embodiment, Figure 8 As shown: a bundling machine 91 for bundling the tickets and a second conveyor belt 65 for collecting the bundled tickets are also provided. The second conveyor belt conveys the bundled tickets out or to the next station.

[0061] The working process and working principle of the present invention are as follows:

[0062] like Figures 1 to 5As shown, the conveyor belt 6 receives the ticket card 9 issued after the previous process is completed, and the step-by-step feeding of the conveyor belt is realized through the coordinated monitoring of the feeding sensor 61, so that the arrangement of the ticket card on the conveyor belt is partially stacked and laid flat. After the ticket card is continuously collected to a certain condition (the number of collected tickets or the laying length are satisfied, etc.), the conveyor belt quickly and continuously transmits the ticket card to the connection between the collection platform 1 and the conveyor belt 6 (the stacking state is basically unchanged at this time, but because the collection platform is fixed, the laying length of the ticket card will become shorter, that is, the overlapping part will become larger), and then the first push plate 21 of the first pushing mechanism 2 moves downward , the claw part 211 at the lower end of the first push plate enters the groove 11, and the second push plate 71 of the second pushing mechanism 7 extends out to be flush with the first push plate 21, and then pushes the ticket card at the same time. When it is pushed to the first abutment surface 3, the first abutment surface is turned upside down, so as to stand up the flat ticket card. When the first abutment surface is turned over, the first pushing mechanism will retreat a little distance to ensure that the distance between the two can accommodate the ticket card and will not clamp the ticket card, thereby ensuring the smooth completion of the next step of the alignment action. At this time, the distance between the first abutment surface and the first pushing mechanism is equivalent to the total thickness of the ticket card pushed at one time;

[0063] The ticket card after being erected (in upright state) is blocked and held by the first abutment surface and the first push plate, and then the second push plate retracts. The next alignment action is pushed and aligned by the first alignment plate 51 which moves back and forth in the vertical direction and the second alignment plate 52 which moves back and forth in the left and right direction. The second abutment surface 4 during the alignment in the left and right direction is played by the support rod 83 on the clamping claw 8.

[0064] Finally, if Figure 8 As shown: the clamping claw 8 clamps the aligned tickets and transports them to the bundling machine 91 for bundling. After bundling, they are placed on the second conveyor belt 65 for collection or transmission to the next process.

[0065] In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., in addition to those already defined, are based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, or the orientations or positional relationships in which the invented product is usually placed when in use, and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as limiting the present invention. In addition, the terms "first", "second", "third", etc. are only used to distinguish the description, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance.

[0066] The above descriptions are merely embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the patent scope of the present invention. Any equivalent structural transformations made using the contents of the present invention's specification and drawings, or directly or indirectly applied in other related technical fields, are also included in the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A push-stack ticket collection device, characterized in that: It comprises a receiving platform (1) for receiving tickets (9), a first pushing mechanism (2) for pushing the tickets is provided on one side of the receiving platform, and a first abutting surface (3) for abutting the tickets is provided on the other side of the receiving platform; A plurality of the tickets are stacked or partially stacked and laid flat on the receiving table, the first pushing mechanism can push the tickets to move in the direction of the first abutting surface, and the first abutting surface or the first pushing mechanism can flip and turn the tickets to an upright state, and the upright ticket is located between the first abutting surface and the first pushing mechanism and can remain upright; It also includes an alignment device (5), the alignment device including a first alignment plate (51) movable in the up-down direction, the first alignment plate being capable of flattening the upper and lower sides of the ticket card to achieve alignment of the ticket card in the up-down direction; It also includes a second abutment surface (4), the second abutment surface is located on a side adjacent to the first abutment surface and abuts against a ticket card in an upright state, and a second alignment plate (52) movable in the left-right direction is provided on the opposite side of the second abutment surface, the second alignment plate can flatten the left and right sides of the ticket card to achieve alignment of the ticket card in the left-right direction; The table top of the receiving table has a groove (11) arranged along the ticket pushing direction, and the first pushing mechanism comprises a first pushing plate (21), the lower end of which is provided with claw teeth (211), and when the first pushing mechanism pushes the ticket, the claw teeth extend into the groove.

2. The push-and-stack ticket collection device according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a conveyor belt (6), which is connected to the receiving platform and is used to receive the tickets and cards issued after the previous process is completed and transport them to the receiving platform.

3. The push-and-stack ticket collection device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The table surface of the receiving table and the conveying surface of the conveyor belt both have a groove (11) arranged along their conveying direction, and the first pushing mechanism comprises a first pushing plate (21), the lower end of which is provided with claw teeth (211), and when the first pushing mechanism pushes the ticket card, the claw teeth extend into the groove.

4. The push-and-stack ticket collection device according to claim 2, characterized in that: A loading sensor (61) is also provided, and the loading sensor is located at the front end of the conveyor belt or the end of the previous process, and is used to detect the ticket card falling onto the conveyor belt.

5. The push-and-stack ticket collection device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The first pushing mechanism is installed on the telescopic mechanism. When the first pushing mechanism is extended, it can push the ticket card. When the first pushing mechanism is retracted, it can make way for the ticket card to be transmitted on the conveyor belt.

6. The push-and-stack ticket collection device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The invention comprises a second pushing mechanism (7). The second pushing mechanism comprises a second pushing plate (71) and a telescopic mechanism capable of driving the second pushing plate to move. The width of the second pushing plate is greater than the width of the first pushing plate. When the second pushing plate is extended, it is flush with the first pushing plate and can push the ticket card together. When the second pushing mechanism is retracted, it is away from the first pushing mechanism.

7. The push-and-stack ticket collection device according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a clamping claw (8) for grabbing the aligned tickets, the clamping claw including a fixed claw (81) and a movable claw (82) capable of moving closer to or farther away from the fixed claw, the fixed claw being fixed with a support rod (83), the clamping claw being capable of moving to one side of the ticket, and the support rod constituting the second abutment surface.

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