An automatic continuous and neatly arranged conveying device and method for a battery housing

Abstract

The present invention provides an automatic continuous and neat arrangement conveying device and method for battery casings. The device includes a frame, a feeding mechanism arranged on the frame, a vibrating feeding trough, and a power mechanism. It is characterized in that a comb-tooth type sliding groove connected to the vibrating feeding trough, a reverse feeding device connected to the comb-tooth type sliding groove, a step-by-step feeder connected to the reverse feeding device, an equal-dividing roller type material distributor connected to the step-by-step feeder, and a chain type pusher connected to the equal-dividing roller type material distributor are further arranged on the frame. It can automatically continuously and neatly arrange and convey the disordered and scattered battery casings, reduce labor costs and labor intensity, and has a simple, reliable and easy-to-implement structure.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention belongs to the technical field of new battery manufacturing, and particularly relates to an automatic continuous and neat arrangement conveying device and method for battery casings. Background Art

[0002] (1) In the prior art, during the conveying process of battery casings, a large amount of manpower is required, the labor intensity is high, and the conveying stability of the battery casings is poor, and phenomena such as scratching of the casings are likely to occur. For the problems in the related art, no effective solution has been proposed yet.

[0003] (2) For example, in Chinese invention patent CN201810910247.5, an automatic detection device for battery casings, in this technical solution, an automatic detection device for battery casings is provided, including a bottom plate, a continuous elevator, a vibrating disk, a detection device, a conveyor, and an output component. The continuous elevator is installed on the upper end surface of the bottom plate. The vibrating disk is arranged on the upper end surface of the bottom plate on the right side of the continuous elevator, and the vibrating disk is connected to the continuous elevator through a material guiding plate. The material guiding plate is fixed on the right side surface of the continuous elevator. The conveyor is installed on the upper side surface of the bottom plate behind the vibrating disk, and the left end of the conveyor is connected to the rear end of the vibrating disk. The detection device is installed on the upper end of the conveyor. The output component is arranged on the ground on the right side of the conveyor. This design realizes the vertical arrangement and conveying during the battery detection process. This technical solution mainly relates to the automatic detection of the quality of battery casings and does not involve automatic, continuous, neat arrangement, and conveying.

[0004] (3) For example, in Chinese utility model patent CN202020646186.9, a cylindrical battery arrangement structure, this technical solution relates to a cylindrical battery arrangement structure, including a single battery group. The single battery group includes eight lithium batteries. The eight lithium batteries are divided into a first row, a second row, and a third row. The first row and the third row are respectively provided with three lithium batteries, and the second row is provided with two lithium batteries. Among the eight lithium batteries, four lithium batteries have opposite electrode directions to the other four lithium batteries. Based on relatively strict structural space limitations, circular arrangements and snowflake arrangements cannot fit well, and the I-shaped arrangement can further avoid a part of the space for external claw fixing of the batteries, especially in the series-parallel scheme of four in series and four in parallel. This technical solution only relates to a packaging method for arranging cylindrical battery products and does not mention the automatic, continuous, and neat arrangement and conveying of battery casings. Summary of the Invention

[0005] Aiming at the deficiencies of the prior art, the first object of the present invention is to provide a device that can automatically, continuously, and neatly arrange and convey disordered and scattered battery casings.

[0006] The second object of the present invention is to provide a method for automatically and continuously arranging and conveying battery casings neatly by means of an automatic continuous and neat arrangement and conveying device for battery casings.

[0007] The present invention realizes the first object through the following technical solutions: An automatic continuous and neat arrangement and conveying device for battery casings, comprising a frame, a feeding mechanism arranged on the frame, a vibrating feeding trough, a power mechanism, characterized in that a comb-tooth type chute connected to the vibrating feeding trough, a reverse feeding device connected to the comb-tooth type chute, a step-by-step feeder connected to the reverse feeding device, an equal-dividing roller type material distributor connected to the step-by-step feeder, and a chain type pusher connected to the equal-dividing roller type material distributor are further arranged on the frame.

[0008] The feeding mechanism includes a hoist and a blanking hopper, wherein:

[0009] The hoist includes a frame, a high-position driving roller, a turning roller and a low-position driven roller which are arranged on the frame, connected to a high-position motor and driven by the high-position motor, a lifting conveyor belt with a number of bosses thereon placed on the high-position driving roller, the driven roller and the turning roller, a feeding trough with a vibrator connected to the input end of the lifting conveyor belt and a feeding hopper, and a discharge cover connected to the output end of the lifting conveyor belt;

[0010] The feeding hopper is set as an inverted cone with a large upper part and a small lower part and an opening on one side of the bottom, and an adjusting plate is installed above the opening to adjust the installation height of the adjusting plate to realize the adjustment of the discharge height, thereby controlling the discharge amount of the battery casings; a feeding trough is installed at the bottom of the feeding hopper, and the feeding trough is connected to the vibrator;

[0011] So that when the battery casings are sent into the feeding hopper manually or by a conveyor belt, then enter the feeding trough with a vibrator at the bottom of the feeding hopper, and are sent to the bosses of the lifting conveyor belt in the feeding hopper under the drive of the vibrator, and after being lifted from the low position to the high position along with the lifting conveyor belt, they fall into the inclined blanking hopper below through the discharge cover.

[0012] The vibrating feeding trough is a trough body with a bottom plate and three side baffles and one open side, and a vibrating motor is fixed at the bottom of the trough body, so as to drive the trough body to vibrate through the vibrating motor and convey the battery casings fed into the trough body to the downstream comb-tooth type chute.

[0013] The comb-tooth type chute is a trough body with a bottom plate and three side baffles and one open side, and a plurality of round bars are equidistantly arranged in the trough body, and a gap is maintained between two adjacent bars, and the width of the gap is smaller than the diameter of the battery casing, thereby forming comb teeth, and the chute becomes a comb-tooth type chute, and the comb-tooth type chute is inclinedly installed, so that through the combing and arranging action of the comb teeth, the battery casings falling into it are adjusted from the disordered movement during the downward sliding process to the movement in the same direction as the comb teeth and neatly arranged, and then sent into the reverse feeding device connected thereto.

[0014] The reverse pusher includes a chute and a reverse pushing mechanism disposed above the chute, where:

[0015] The chute is inclined. A plurality of chute channels are equidistantly arranged in the chute. The two adjacent chute channels are separated by thin plates. The number, spacing and position of the chute channels correspond to the combs formed by several bars in the comb-type chute. The front end of the chute is hinged to the frame by a hinge shaft, and the bottom surface of the rear end is rotationally fixed to the frame by an adjusting screw. After adjusting the adjusting screw as needed, the rear end of the chute can be raised or lowered, so that the front end of the chute swings around the hinge shaft to adjust the inclination angle of the chute. In this way, the battery casings falling into each chute channel of the chute can enter the downstream step-feeders more smoothly in sequence.

[0016] The reverse pushing mechanism includes two annular conveyor chains symmetrically and spaced apart, and a plurality of connecting rods fixedly and equidistantly arranged between the two annular conveyor chains. Each connecting rod is fixed with a flexible pusher plate, where: The two ends of each annular conveyor chain are respectively sleeved on the corresponding sprockets. The two sprockets at the same end are fixed on the same sprocket shaft. One of the sprocket shafts is connected to the motor through a transmission component. So that driven by the motor, the sprocket shaft and the sprockets rotate, and then drive the two annular conveyor chains and the flexible pusher plates thereon to move, so as to reverse the battery casings located outside each chute channel back into the chute for re-arrangement and feeding.

[0017] The step-feeder is inclined and includes a trough body. A plurality of juxtaposed trough channels are arranged in the trough body. The number, spacing and position of the plurality of juxtaposed trough channels correspond to the number, spacing and position of the plurality of chute channels in the chute of the reverse pusher. Through holes are respectively formed in the middle and lower bottom of each trough channel. The distance between the two through holes just accommodates a battery casing. A first blocking rod at a high position is arranged in each through hole in the middle, and a second blocking rod at a low position is arranged in each through hole in the lower part. The bottom of each first blocking rod and second blocking rod is connected to a conventional cam link mechanism. So that through the conventional cam link mechanism, each first blocking rod and second blocking rod are controlled to alternately pass through the through hole and extend into the trough channel or withdraw from the trough channel, and during the alternating movement of the first and second blocking rods, one battery casing in each trough channel is controlled to be step-fed to the downstream equalizing roller type distributor in sequence each time.

[0018] The equal - division roller - type material distributor includes a rotating roller, on which a plurality of axial opening grooves are equally arranged along the circumferential direction. The width and depth of each axial opening groove can accommodate a number of battery casings forming a row; left and right baffles are respectively arranged at both ends of the rotating roller, an upper baffle is arranged at the upper part, and a front upper baffle and a front lower baffle are arranged at the front part; a left horizontal opening groove with length and width smaller than the battery casing is arranged on the left baffle, and a right horizontal opening groove with the same size as the opening groove on the rotating roller is arranged at the same position on the right baffle; and a strip - shaped opening communicating with the axial opening grooves on the rotating roller is arranged between the front upper baffle and the front lower baffle; the rotating roller converts continuous rotation into step - by - step rotation through a cam distributor, that is, when a certain axial opening groove on the rotating roller is aligned and communicated with the channel of the upstream step - by - step feeder, the rotating roller stops rotating, so that each battery casing in a number of trough channels of the upstream step - by - step feeder synchronously slides into the axial opening groove of the rotating roller and is neatly arranged in a row. At the same time, another axial opening groove of the rotating roller is also aligned and communicated with the strip - shaped opening formed between the left baffle, the front upper baffle, the front lower baffle, and the right baffle, so that the row of battery casings in this axial opening groove waits to be sent out.

[0019] The chain - type pusher includes an endless chain and a plurality of pusher rods fixedly arranged at intervals thereon. The outer ends of the plurality of pusher rods are matched with the left horizontal opening groove, the right horizontal opening groove, and the strip - shaped opening of the equal - division roller - type material distributor. Both ends of the endless chain are respectively sleeved on corresponding sprockets, and the axle of one of the sprockets is connected to a power mechanism. So, during the intermittent period when the rotating roller of the equal - division roller - type material distributor stops rotating, when manipulating the endless chain to move, a certain pusher rod on it passes through the left horizontal opening groove of the left baffle and extends into the corresponding axial opening groove of the rotating roller, and then during the process of moving along the strip - shaped opening to the right horizontal opening groove, the several battery casings neatly arranged in a row in the axial opening groove are successively pushed out from the right horizontal opening groove of the right baffle and then sent to downstream equipment by manual or conveyor belt.

[0020] The power mechanisms of the step - by - step feeder, the equal - division roller - type material distributor, and the chain - type pusher are powered by the same motor through conventional transmission components.

[0021] The first object of the present invention is achieved through the following technical solutions: A method for automatically, continuously, and neatly arranging and conveying battery casings by an automatic continuous and neat arrangement and conveying device for battery casings, which is characterized by including the following steps:

[0022] 1) The battery casings are fed into the hopper of the elevator, and the feeding trough with a vibrator at the bottom of the hopper is manipulated to send them to the convex platform of the lifting conveyor belt. Then, the lifting conveyor belt is manipulated to lift the battery casings from a low position to a high position and then discharge them through the discharge hood.

[0023] 2) The battery casings discharged in step 1) are fed into the vibrating feeding trough and sent out after being vibrated and straightened.

[0024] 3) The battery casings sent out in step 2) are fed into the comb-tooth chute. Through the combing and arrangement of the combs provided at the bottom of the chute body, the battery casings are adjusted from a disordered state to a state consistent with the direction of the combs and then sent out.

[0025] 4) The battery casings sent out in step 3) fall into the respective chute channels of the lower chute of the reverse pusher. They are sent out in sequence; at the same time, the battery casings located outside the respective chute channels are pushed back into the chute by the upper reverse pusher mechanism for re-arrangement and feeding.

[0026] 5) The battery casings sent out in step 4) enter the chute body of the step-by-step feeder and sequentially enter the corresponding chute channels. Through the alternating actions of the first and second blocking rods in the chute channels, one battery casing in each chute channel is output step by step in sequence each time.

[0027] 6) The battery casings sent out in step 5) neatly enter the corresponding axial opening grooves on the rotating roller of the equal-division roller type distributor. They rotate with the rotating roller to the strip-shaped opening between the front upper baffle and the front lower baffle. After the axial opening grooves are aligned with the strip-shaped opening, the chain pusher is manipulated to move the endless chain, driving a certain pusher rod on the endless chain to pass through the left horizontal opening groove of the left baffle and extend into the corresponding axial opening groove of the rotating roller. During the process of the pusher rod moving from the left baffle, through the strip-shaped opening, to the right baffle, a number of battery casings neatly arranged in a row in the axial opening groove are sequentially pushed out from the right horizontal opening groove of the right baffle and then fed into the downstream equipment.

[0028] The present invention has the following advantages and effects: By adopting the above technical solution, the disordered and scattered battery casings can be conveniently and automatically completed with continuous, neat arrangement and transportation through the feeding mechanism, vibrating feeding chute, comb-tooth chute, reverse pusher, step-by-step feeder, equal-division roller type distributor, and chain pusher, greatly reducing the labor cost and labor intensity; the structure is simple, reliable, and easy to implement; the power mechanism only uses one motor through a conventional transmission mechanism to effectively realize the associated actions between multiple moving parts with requirements for rhythmic coordination, and makes them have high consistency and coordination. Description of the Drawings

[0029] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the present invention;

[0030] Figure 2 It is Figure 1 a schematic diagram of the feeding mechanism in

[0031] Figure 3 It is Figure 2 a front view schematic diagram of

[0032] Figure 4 It isFigure 1 Schematic diagram of the comb-tooth chute structure in

[0033] Figure 5 is Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the reverse material pusher structure in

[0034] Figure 6 is Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the step-feed device and the equal-dividing roller type material distributor in

[0035] Figure 7 is Figure 6 Cross-sectional structure diagram of

[0036] Figure 8 is Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the chain pusher and the frame structure in Specific embodiments

[0037] The present invention will be further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0038] The automatic continuous and neatly arranged conveying device for battery casings provided by the present invention includes a frame 10, a feeding mechanism 1, 2 successively arranged on the frame 10, a vibrating feeding trough 3, a comb-tooth chute 4, a reverse material pusher 5, a step-feed device 6, an equal-dividing roller type material distributor 7, a chain pusher 8, and a power mechanism 9. The feeding mechanism includes a hoist 1 and a blanking hopper 2, as Figure 1 .

[0039] The hoist 1 includes a frame 13, a high-position driving roller 16, a turning roller 15, and a low-position driven roller 18 that are arranged on the frame 13 and are driven by a high-position motor 161, a lifting conveyor belt 14 with a number of bosses placed on the high-position driving roller 16, the driven roller 18, and the turning roller 15, a discharge hood 17 connected to the output end of the conveyor belt 14, and a feeding trough 11 with a vibrator 111 and a feed hopper 12 connected to the input end of the conveyor belt 14; the feeding trough 11 and the feed hopper 12 of the hoist 1 are both placed on the frame 10;

[0040] The feed hopper 12 is an inverted cone with a large upper part and a small lower part and an opening on one side of the bottom, and an adjusting plate 121 is installed above the opening to adjust the installation height of the adjusting plate 121 to realize the adjustment of the discharge height, thereby controlling the output of the battery casings; a feeding trough 11 is installed at the bottom of the feed hopper 12, and the feeding trough 11 is connected to the vibrator 111. Driven by the vibrator 111, the battery casings fed into the feed hopper 12 manually or by the conveyor belt move from left to right and are sent to the bosses of the conveyor belt 14 through the opening below the adjusting plate 121; the motor 161 drives the driving roller 16 to rotate, and the driving roller 16 drives the conveyor belt 14 to lift and run, so as to lift the battery casings from a low position to a high position and then fall into the inclined blanking hopper 2 below through the discharge hood 17, as Figure 1 ,Figure 2 , Figure 3 Obviously, the elevator 1 can also adopt a conventional bucket elevator. After lifting the battery case from a low position to a high position, it falls into the inclined blanking hopper 2 below through the discharge cover 17;

[0041] The vibrating feeding trough 3 is a conventional device. It is a trough with a bottom plate and baffles on the left, right, and rear sides, and an open front side. A vibrating motor 31 is fixed at the bottom of the trough. As Figure 1 , the trough is driven to vibrate by the vibrating motor 31, and a number of battery cases fed into the trough are vibrated and arranged and then conveyed to the downstream comb-tooth chute 4;

[0042] The comb-tooth chute 4 is a trough 41 with a bottom plate and baffles on the left, right, and rear sides, and an open front side. A number of parallel bars 42 are equidistantly arranged in the trough 41, and a gap is maintained between two adjacent bars 42. The gap distance is smaller than the diameter of the battery case, thus forming a comb, and the chute becomes a comb-tooth chute 4. The comb-tooth chute 4 is installed at an inclination of 45°. As Figure 1 , Figure 4 , through the combing and arranging of the comb teeth, the disordered movement of the battery cases falling into it during the downward sliding process is adjusted to a direction consistent with the comb teeth and neatly arranged, and then fed into the reverse pusher 5 connected to it;

[0043] The reverse pusher 5 includes a chute 51 placed on the frame 10 and a reverse pusher mechanism 52 placed above the chute 51, where:

[0044] The chute 51 is arranged at an inclination of 45°. A number of chute channels 511 are equidistantly arranged in the chute 51, and are separated by thin plates 512 between two adjacent chute channels 511; the number, spacing, and position of the a number of chute channels 511 in the chute 51 correspond to the comb teeth formed by a number of bars in the comb-tooth chute 4; the front end of the chute 51 is hinged to the frame 10 through a hinge shaft, and the bottom surface of the rear end is rotationally fixed to the frame 10 through an adjusting screw 513. After adjusting the adjusting screw 513 as needed, the rear end of the chute 51 can be raised or lowered, so that the front end of the chute 51 can swing around the hinge shaft to realize the adjustment of the inclination angle of the chute 51;

[0045] The reverse feeding mechanism 52 includes two annular conveying chains 521 that are symmetrically and spaced apart. A plurality of connecting rods 522 are spaced and equidistantly fixed on the two annular conveying chains 521. A flexible feeding plate 524 is fixed on each connecting rod 522 through a pressing strip 523. Among them: both ends of each annular conveying chain 521 are respectively sleeved on corresponding sprockets 525. The two sprockets 525 at the same end are fixed on the same sprocket shaft. One of the sprocket shafts is connected to the motor 53 through a transmission assembly 526. So that driven by the motor 53, the sprocket shaft and the sprockets 525 rotate, and then drive the two annular conveying chains 521 to move from a high position to a low position. When the annular conveying chain 521 moves to the lower part, its moving direction changes to move from a low position to a high position, that is, opposite to the conveying direction of the battery housing. Then drive the connecting rod 522 and the flexible feeding plate 524 thereon that run to the lower part to move in the reverse direction, and reverse the battery housing located outside each chute channel 511 of the chute 51 back into the chute 51 for re-arrangement and conveying. And the battery housings that fall into each chute channel 511 of the chute 51 sequentially enter the downstream step-by-step feeder 6, such as Figure 1 , Figure 5 ;

[0046] The step-by-step feeder 6 is inclined at 45°. It includes a trough body, and a number of parallel trough body channels 61 arranged in the trough body. The number, spacing, and position of the number of parallel trough body channels 61 correspond to the number, spacing, and position of the number of chute channels 511 in the chute 51 of the reverse feeder 5; Through holes are respectively opened on the trough bottoms in the middle and lower parts of each trough body channel 61. The spacing between the two through holes just accommodates a battery housing. And a first blocking rod 62 located at a high position is provided in each through hole in the middle, and a second blocking rod 63 located at a low position is provided in each through hole in the lower part. The bottoms of each first blocking rod 62 and the second blocking rod 63 are both connected to a conventional cam connecting rod mechanism 64. So as to control each first blocking rod 62 and the second blocking rod 63 to alternately pass through the through hole and extend into the trough body channel 61 or withdraw from the trough body channel 61 through the conventional cam connecting rod mechanism 64. And during the alternating movement of the first and second blocking rods 62 and 63, each time one battery housing in each trough body channel 61 is controlled to be step-by-step sequentially conveyed to the downstream equalizing roller type material distributor 7, such as Figure 1 , Figure 6 , Figure 7 ;

[0047] The equal - division roller - type feeder 7 includes a rotating roller 71. Along the circumferential direction of the rotating roller 71, a plurality of axially - opening slots 711 are equally spaced. The width and depth of each axially - opening slot 711 can accommodate a number of battery casings that form a row; on both ends of the rotating roller 71, a left baffle 72 and a right baffle 76 are respectively arranged, an upper baffle 73 is arranged on the upper part, a front upper baffle 74 and a front lower baffle 75 are arranged in the front; on the left baffle 72, a left horizontal opening slot 721 with length and width dimensions smaller than those of the battery casing is arranged, on the right baffle 76, a right horizontal opening slot 761 with length and width dimensions consistent with those of the axially - opening slot 711 is arranged, and a strip - shaped opening 77 communicating with the axially - opening slot 711 on the rotating roller 71 is arranged between the front upper baffle 74 and the front lower baffle 75; the rotating roller 71 converts continuous rotation into step - by - step rotation through a conventional cam distributor 78. That is, when the rotating roller 71 rotates to align and communicate an axially - opening slot 711 on it with the channel 61 of the upstream step - by - step feeder 6, the rotation stops, so that each one of the battery casings in a number of trough channels 61 of the upstream step - by - step feeder 6 synchronously slides into the axially - opening slot 711 of the rotating roller 71 and is neatly arranged in a row. At the same time, another axially - opening slot 711 of the rotating roller 71 is also aligned and communicated with the strip - shaped opening 77 formed between the left baffle 72, the front upper baffle 74, the front lower baffle 75, and the right baffle 76, so that the row of battery casings in this axially - opening slot 711 waits to be sent out, as Figure 1 , Figure 6 , Figure 7 ;

[0048] The chain - type pusher 8 includes an endless chain 82 and a plurality of pusher rods 81 fixed on it at equal intervals. The outer ends of the plurality of pusher rods 81 are matingly connected with the left horizontal opening slot 721, the right horizontal opening slot 761, and the strip - shaped opening 77 of the equal - division roller - type feeder 7. Among them: both ends of the endless chain 82 are respectively sleeved on corresponding sprockets 83, and the axle of one of the sprockets 83 is connected with a power mechanism 9, as Figure 1 , Figure 8 ; so that during the intermittent period when the rotating roller 71 of the equal - division roller - type feeder 7 stops rotating, when the endless chain 82 is manipulated to move, a certain pusher rod 81 on it passes through the left horizontal opening slot 721 of the left baffle 72 and extends into the corresponding axially - opening slot 711 of the rotating roller 71, then moves along the strip - shaped opening 77 to the right horizontal opening slot 761 and then moves out. Circulating like this, a number of battery casings neatly arranged in a row in the axially - opening slot 711 are successively pushed out from the right horizontal opening slot 761 of the right baffle 76 and then sent to downstream equipment by manual or conveyor belt;

[0049] To meet the coordination requirements of the step - by - step feeder 6, the equal - division roller - type distributor 7, and the chain - type pusher 8, and to ensure consistent and coordinated actions among them, the step - by - step feeder 6, the equal - division roller - type distributor 7, and the chain - type pusher 8 are all powered by the same motor 91 of the power mechanism 9 through conventional transmission components 92.

[0050] The method for automatically and continuously arranging and transporting battery casings by the battery - casing automatic continuous neat arrangement and transportation device provided by the present invention includes the following steps:

[0051] 1) The battery casings are fed into the hopper 12 of the elevator. The feeding trough 11 with a vibrator at the bottom of the hopper 12 is manipulated to send the battery casings onto the convex platform of the lifting conveyor belt 14. After the battery casings are lifted from a low position to a high position by manipulating the lifting conveyor belt 14, they are discharged through the discharge cover 17.

[0052] 2) The battery casings discharged in step 1) enter the vibrating feeding trough 3 and are sent out after being vibrated and straightened.

[0053] 3) The battery casings sent out in step 2) are fed into the trough body 41 of the comb - tooth - type chute 4. Through the combing and arranging of the comb teeth 42 provided at the bottom of the trough body 41, the battery casings are adjusted from a disordered state to a state consistent with the direction of the comb teeth and then sent out.

[0054] 4) The battery casings sent out in step 3) fall into the chute passage 511 of the chute 51 of the reverse - type pusher 5 and are sent out in sequence. At the same time, the battery casings located outside each chute passage 511 of the chute 51 are pushed back into the chute 51 by the reverse - type pushing mechanism 52 for re - arranging and feeding.

[0055] 5) The battery casings sent out in step 4) enter the trough body of the step - by - step feeder 6 and sequentially enter the corresponding trough passages 61. Through the alternating actions of the first and second blocking rods 62 and 63 in the trough passages 61, one battery casing in each trough passage 61 is output step - by - step in sequence.

[0056] 6) The battery casings sent out in step 5) neatly enter the corresponding axial opening grooves 711 on the rotating roller 71 of the equal - division roller - type distributor 7 and rotate with the rotating roller 71 to the strip - shaped opening 77 located between the front upper baffle 74 and the front lower baffle 75. After the axial opening groove 711 is aligned with the strip - shaped opening 77, the chain - type pusher 8 is manipulated to move the annular chain 82, driving a certain pusher rod 81 on the annular chain 82 to pass through the left horizontal opening groove 721 of the left baffle 72 and extend into the corresponding axial opening groove 711 of the rotating roller 71. During the process of the pusher rod 81 moving from the left baffle 72, through the strip - shaped opening 77, to the right baffle 76, a number of battery casings neatly arranged in a row in the axial opening groove 711 are successively pushed out from the right horizontal opening groove 761 of the right baffle 76 and then fed into the downstream equipment.

[0057] The above content is a further detailed description of the present invention in combination with specific implementation manners. It cannot be considered that the specific implementation of the present invention is only limited to these descriptions. For those of ordinary skill in the technical field to which the present invention pertains, any simple substitution made without departing from the concept of the present invention shall be regarded as belonging to the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An automatic continuous and neatly arranged conveying device for a battery housing, comprising a frame, a feeding mechanism arranged on the frame, a vibrating feeding trough, and a power mechanism, characterized in that The frame is also provided with a comb-tooth chute connected to the vibrating feeding trough, a reverse feeder connected to the comb-tooth chute, a step-by-step feeder connected to the reverse feeder, an equal-dividing roller feeder connected to the step-by-step feeder, and a chain-type feeder connected to the equal-dividing roller feeder; The comb-tooth type chute is a chute body with a bottom plate and three side baffles and one side open, and a plurality of round bars are arranged at equal intervals in the chute body, and a gap is maintained between two adjacent bars, and the width of the gap is smaller than the diameter of the battery shell to form comb teeth, so that the chute becomes a comb-tooth type chute, and the comb-tooth type chute is installed obliquely; The reverse material feeder comprises a slideway and a reverse material feeder mechanism disposed above the slideway, wherein: The chute is tilted, and multiple chute channels are arranged at equal intervals in the chute. Each chute channel is separated by a thin plate, and the number, spacing, and position of the chute channels correspond to the comb teeth formed by a number of bars in the comb-tooth chute. The front end of the chute is hinged to the frame through a hinge shaft, and the bottom surface of the rear end is rotated and fixed to the frame through an adjusting screw. The adjusting screw is adjusted to adjust the inclination of the chute. The reverse material-discharging mechanism comprises two symmetrical and spaced-apart annular conveying chains, a plurality of connecting rods fixed on the two annular conveying chains at intervals and equal distances, and a flexible material-discharging plate fixed on each connecting rod, wherein: the two ends of each annular conveying chain are respectively sleeved on corresponding sprocket wheels, the two sprocket wheels at the same end are fixed on the same sprocket wheel shaft, and one of the sprocket wheel shafts is connected to the motor through a transmission assembly; The step-by-step feeder is tilted, and includes a trough body, in which a plurality of parallel trough body channels are arranged, the number, spacing, and positions of the plurality of parallel trough body channels correspond to the number, spacing, and positions of the plurality of chute channels in the reverse feeder chute, and through holes are respectively opened on the bottom of the trough in the middle and lower parts of each trough body channel, the spacing between the two through holes just accommodates a battery shell, and a first material blocking rod located at a high position is arranged in each through hole in the middle part, and a second material blocking rod located at a low position is arranged in each through hole in the lower part, and the bottom of each of the first material blocking rod and the second material blocking rod is connected to a conventional cam connecting rod mechanism; The equally dividing roller type material divider comprises a rotating roller, on which a plurality of axial opening grooves are equally divided along the circumferential direction, and the width and depth of each axial opening groove can accommodate a number of battery shells in a row; left and right side baffles are respectively arranged at both ends of the rotating roller, an upper baffle is arranged at the top, and a front upper baffle and a front lower baffle are arranged at the front; a left horizontal opening groove whose length and width are smaller than those of the battery shell is arranged on the left baffle, a right horizontal opening groove whose size is the same as that of the opening groove on the rotating roller is arranged at the same position on the right baffle, and a strip opening connected to the axial opening groove on the rotating roller is arranged between the front upper baffle and the front lower baffle.

2. The automatic continuous and neatly arranged conveying device for battery casings according to claim 1, wherein The rotating roller converts continuous rotation into step-by-step rotation via a cam distributor.

3. The automatic continuous and neatly arranged conveying device for the battery housing according to claim 1, wherein The chain pusher includes an annular chain and a plurality of push rods fixed thereon at intervals, the outer ends of the plurality of push rods are matched with the left horizontal opening groove, the right horizontal opening groove and the strip opening of the equally dividing roller divider, the two ends of the annular chain are respectively mounted on corresponding sprockets, and the axle of one of the sprockets is connected to the power mechanism.

4. The automatic continuous and neatly arranged conveying device for battery casings according to claim 1, characterized in that The feeding mechanism includes a hoist and a blanking hopper, where: The hoist includes a frame, a high-position driving roller connected to a high-position motor and driven by the high-position motor, a steering roller, and a low-position driven roller provided on the frame, a lifting conveyor belt placed on the high-position driving roller, the driven roller, and the steering roller and having a number of bosses thereon, a feeding trough with a vibrator and a feed hopper connected to the input end of the lifting conveyor belt, and a discharge hood connected to the output end of the lifting conveyor belt; The feed hopper is a inverted cone with a large top and a small bottom and having an opening on one side of the bottom, and an adjusting plate is installed above the opening to adjust the installation height of the adjusting plate to achieve the adjustment of the discharge height, thereby controlling the output of the battery housing; a feeding trough is installed at the bottom of the feed hopper, and the feeding trough is connected to the vibrator.

5. The automatic continuous and neatly arranged conveying device for battery casings according to claim 1, characterized in that The vibrating feeding trough is a trough body with a bottom plate and three side baffles and one open side, and a vibration motor is fixed at the bottom of the trough body.

6. A method for automatically and continuously arranging and conveying battery casings neatly by using the automatic continuous and neat arranging and conveying device for battery casings according to claim 1, characterized in that It includes the following steps: 1) The battery housing is fed into the feed hopper of the hoist, and the feeding trough with a vibrator at the bottom of the feed hopper is operated to send it to the bosses on the lifting conveyor belt. After the lifting conveyor belt is operated to lift the battery housing from a low position to a high position, it is discharged through the discharge hood; 2) The battery housing discharged in step 1) is fed into the vibrating feeding trough and sent out after vibration and alignment; 3) The battery housing sent out in step 2) is fed into the comb-tooth chute. Through the combing and arrangement of the comb teeth provided at the bottom of the chute body, the battery housing is adjusted from a disordered state to a state consistent with the direction of the comb teeth and then sent out; 4) The battery housing sent out in step 3) falls into the respective chute channels of the lower chute of the reverse pusher. They are sent out in sequence; at the same time, the battery housings located outside the respective chute channels are dialed back into the chute by the upper reverse dialing mechanism for re-arrangement and feeding; 5) The battery housing sent out in step 4) enters the trough body of the step-by-step feeder and sequentially enters the corresponding trough body channels. Through the alternating actions of the first and second blocking rods in the trough body channels, one battery housing in each trough body channel is output step by step in sequence each time; 6) The battery housing sent out in step 5) enters the corresponding axial opening grooves on the rotating roller of the equalizing roller type distributor neatly row by row, and rotates with the rotating roller to the strip-shaped opening between the front upper baffle and the front lower baffle. After the axial opening groove is aligned with the strip-shaped opening, the chain pusher is operated to move the endless chain, driving a certain pusher rod on the endless chain to extend through the left horizontal opening groove of the left baffle into the corresponding axial opening groove of the rotating roller. During the process of the pusher rod moving from the left baffle, through the strip-shaped opening to the right baffle, a number of battery housings neatly arranged in a row in the axial opening groove are sequentially pushed out from the right horizontal opening groove of the right baffle and then fed into the downstream equipment.

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