Automatic feeding machine and rotating supporting device thereof

Abstract

The present invention discloses an automatic feeder and a rotating support device thereof. The material trough of the automatic feeder is provided with an interruption belt, and the rotating support device comprises a support trough arranged at the interruption belt, and the material trough and the support trough are provided with a slide groove for sliding the material; the support trough is connected with a flipping drive assembly, and the flipping drive assembly is used to drive the support trough to flip 60-120 degrees. In the feeding process of the present invention, the support trough of the rotating support device is in a parallel state with the material trough of the automatic feeder, so that the material can be supported when passing through the interruption belt to prevent the material from sagging; in the process of recovering the tailings, the support trough of the rotating support device is in a flipping state, so that the tailings can fall from the interruption belt and be recovered. The present invention provides an automatic feeder and a rotating support device thereof, which cleverly utilizes the interruption belt of the automatic feeder to lay out the rotating support device, does not occupy extra space, and can ensure that when feeding, the material passes through the interruption belt normally without sagging.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of feeding, and in particular relates to an automatic feeding machine and a rotating supporting device thereof. Background Art

[0002] The prior art provides an automatic feeder that can automatically feed materials such as round or special-shaped (such as square, rectangular, hexagonal, etc.) metal bars to machine tools for processing. During the feeding process, the automatic feeder pushes the material to the processing end of the machine tool through the feeding rod, and then the front end of the material reaches the machine tool for processing, such as cutting and segmenting. After the machine tool has processed a section of material, the feeding rod continues to push the next section of the material to the processing position until the material is processed and divided into multiple sections, and then the tail material is brought back for recycling, and the automatic feeder pushes a new material to the machine tool processing position again, and the cycle continues.

[0003] In practical applications, there will inevitably be unprocessed tailings after material processing. If the tailings are not brought back and recycled by the feeding rod, the tailings are likely to fall into the trough or the machine tool. Whether it falls into the trough or the machine tool, it will cause equipment failure. However, in order to recycle the tailings, an interruption belt must be set on the trough. Due to the existence of the interruption belt, the material will sag due to the influence of gravity when passing through the interruption belt. If the material sags, the material is not concentric with the trough, and the material will be pushed off-center when pushed. The high-speed rotation of the material during operation will cause the material to tangle and cause a malfunction. Therefore, how to avoid material sagging, prevent the material from being not concentric with the trough, and avoid tangle failures has become a topic to be studied by technicians in this field. Summary of the invention

[0004] The object of the present invention is to provide an automatic feeder and a rotating material supporting device thereof, which can solve the problem of material sagging.

[0005] To achieve this object, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

[0006] In a first aspect, a rotary support device is provided, which is applied to an automatic feeder, wherein a material trough of the automatic feeder is provided with an interruption belt, and the rotary support device comprises a support trough provided at the interruption belt, wherein the material trough and the support trough are provided with a slide groove for sliding the material; the support trough is connected to a flipping drive assembly, and the flipping drive assembly is used to drive the support trough to flip;

[0007] The material supporting trough has a normal state and a flipping state. When the material supporting trough is in the normal state, the material supporting trough is parallel to and docked with the material trough; when the material supporting trough is in the flipping state, the material dragging trough is misaligned with the material trough.

[0008] Optionally, the flip angle range of the supporting trough is 60 to 120°.

[0009] Optionally, the flip driving assembly includes a motor, the motor is drivingly connected to a gear, the gear is meshingly connected to a rack, the rack is fixedly connected to a driving plate, and a roller is provided on the driving plate;

[0010] The support trough is connected to a first rotating shaft, the first rotating shaft is connected to a connecting rod, the connecting rod is connected to a second rotating shaft, the second rotating shaft is connected to a cam, the cam is provided with a slope, and the slope abuts against the roller;

[0011] Wherein, when the motor is working, the cam is driven to rotate by the roller, so that the supporting trough is turned over.

[0012] In a second aspect, an automatic feeder is provided, comprising the rotating supporting device as described above.

[0013] Optionally, it also includes a clamping device arranged at the interruption zone and located on one side of the supporting groove.

[0014] Compared with the prior art, the embodiments of the present invention have the following beneficial effects:

[0015] An automatic feeder and a rotating material support device thereof provided by an embodiment of the present invention, in the feeding process, the material support trough is in a normal state, so that the material passes through the interruption belt to prevent the material from sagging; in the process of recovering the tail material, the material support trough is in a flipping state, so that the material falls from the interruption belt for recovery. An automatic feeder and a rotating material support device thereof provided by an embodiment of the present invention, occupying a small space, and being able to ensure that the material passes through the interruption belt normally without sagging during feeding. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative work.

[0017] The structures, proportions, sizes, etc. illustrated in this specification are only used to match the contents disclosed in the specification so as to facilitate understanding and reading by persons familiar with the technology. They are not used to limit the conditions under which the present invention can be implemented, and therefore have no substantial technical significance. Any structural modification, change in proportion or adjustment of size shall still fall within the scope of the technical contents disclosed in the present invention without affecting the effects and purposes that can be achieved by the present invention.

[0018] Figure 1 The overall structure diagram of the automatic feeder provided in the embodiment;

[0019] Figure 2 A structural diagram of a rotary support device provided in an embodiment;

[0020] Figure 3 Another overall structural diagram of the automatic feeder provided in the embodiment.

[0021] Illustration Description:

[0022] 10. Material; 11. Feeding device; 12. Material trough; 13. Material pushing device; 14. Material discharging end; 63. First rotating shaft; 64. Material supporting trough; 65. Connecting rod; 66. Second rotating shaft; 67. Roller; 68. Driving plate; 69. Ramp; 70. Cam; 100. Material clamping device; 200. Rotating material supporting device. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0023] In order to make the purpose, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and easy to understand, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the embodiments described below are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0024] See also Figures 1 to 3 shown.

[0025] This embodiment provides an automatic feeder, which can be used to automatically feed materials to a machine tool. Optionally, the material 10 is a round or special-shaped metal bar, and the machine tool can process the metal bar, for example, cutting the metal bar into multiple sections.

[0026] When in use, the automatic feeder is arranged on one side of the machine tool equipment, and can automatically feed the material 10 to the processing position of the machine tool equipment, for example, to the cutter head of the machine tool equipment. When the automatic feeder feeds the material, it feeds the material in sections, that is, after the machine tool equipment processes a section of the material 10, the automatic feeder feeds the next section of the material 10 to the processing position until the machine tool equipment divides the material 10 into multiple sections and completes the processing.

[0027] Specifically, the working process of the automatic feeder provided in this embodiment may include the following steps:

[0028] S1, unloading step: when the unloading device 11 is working, the material 10 is automatically unloaded and falls into the material trough 12; one material 10 is dropped into the material trough 12 each time, and when the material 10 is processed, the next material 10 is dropped; optionally, multiple materials 10 can be manually or automatically placed on the unloading device 11 in advance to achieve continuous processing;

[0029] S2, first material pushing step: a material pushing device 13 is provided at one end of the material trough 12, and the material pushing device 13 pushes the material 10 to slide along the material trough 12 and pass through the discharge end 14 of the automatic feeder until the front end of the material 10 reaches the processing position of the machine tool equipment, so that the machine tool equipment can process it;

[0030] S3, second material pushing step: after the machine tool equipment processes each section of the material 10, the material pushing device 13 continues to push the next section of the material 10 to the processing position until the processing of the material 10 is completed;

[0031] S4, return step: the pushing device 13 returns to the original position, and then steps S1, S2 and S3 are repeated.

[0032] The automatic feeder provided in this embodiment can realize automatic unloading of materials into the material trough 12 and automatic feeding of materials to the processing position of the machine tool equipment, thereby improving the degree of automation and production efficiency.

[0033] Furthermore, the automatic feeder provided in this embodiment also includes a rotating supporting device 200, the material trough 12 is provided with an interruption band, the rotating supporting device 200 includes a supporting trough 64 arranged at the interruption band, the material trough 12 and the supporting trough 64 are provided with a slide groove for the material 10 to slide; the supporting trough 64 is connected to a flipping drive assembly, and the flipping drive assembly is used to drive the supporting trough 64 to flip.

[0034] The supporting trough 64 has a normal state and a flipping state. When the supporting trough 64 is in the normal state, the supporting trough 64 is parallel to the material trough 12 ; when the supporting trough 64 is in the flipping state, the supporting trough 64 is misaligned with the material trough 12 .

[0035] During normal feeding, the support slot 64 of the rotating support device 200 is in a parallel docking state with the material slot 12 of the automatic feeder, so that the material 10 is supported when passing through the interruption belt to prevent the material 10 from sagging; during the process of recovering the tailings, the support slot 64 of the rotating support device 200 is in a flipping state, so that the tailings fall from the interruption belt and are recovered. The automatic feeder and its rotating support device 200 provided in this embodiment cleverly utilize the interruption belt of the automatic feeder to lay out the rotating support device 200, which does not occupy additional space and can ensure that the material 100 passes through the interruption belt normally without sagging during feeding.

[0036] As an optional implementation of this embodiment, the flip angle range of the support slot 64 is 0-180°. In order to prevent the tail material from hitting the support slot 64 when the flip angle is too small and to avoid occupying too much space when the flip angle is too large, the flip angle range can be set to 60-120°.

[0037] It should be understood that the flip drive assembly can be various types of driving parts, such as a flip motor, etc. However, in order to cooperate with other working devices of the automatic feeder and improve the control accuracy, as an optional implementation of this embodiment, the flip drive assembly includes a motor, the motor drive is connected to a gear, the gear is meshed with a rack, the rack is fixedly connected to a drive plate 68, and a roller 67 is provided on the drive plate 68; the support slot 64 is connected to the first rotating shaft 63, the first rotating shaft 63 is connected to a connecting rod 65, the connecting rod 65 is connected to the second rotating shaft 66, the second rotating shaft 66 is connected to a cam 70, and the cam 70 is provided with a ramp 69, and the ramp 69 abuts against the roller 67; wherein, when the motor is working, the drive plate 68 is driven to move left and right through the rack, and the cam 70 is driven to rotate through the roller 67, so that the support slot 64 is flipped.

[0038] In this embodiment, the drive plate 68 is driven to move by the rack, and the position of the roller 67 and the ramp 69 can be set to control the turning timing of the support slot 64, thereby combining it with the working process of the entire automatic feeder to achieve precision machining process control.

[0039] As an optional implementation of this embodiment, the automatic feeder further includes a clamping device 100 disposed at the interruption belt and located on one side of the support slot 64. When feeding, the material 10 is clamped by the clamping device 100, and then the material 10 is transferred to the feeding rod of the pushing device 13 for feeding; when recycling the tail material, the tail material is clamped by the clamping device 100, and the tail material is transferred from the feeding rod to the clamping device 100, and then the tail material is released and falls from the interruption belt for recycling.

[0040] In summary, the automatic feeder and the rotating support device thereof provided in this embodiment occupy a small space and can ensure that the material passes through the interruption belt normally without sagging during feeding.

[0041] As described above, the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, rather than to limit the same. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the aforementioned embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that the technical solutions described in the aforementioned embodiments may still be modified, or some of the technical features thereof may be replaced by equivalents. However, these modifications or replacements do not deviate the essence of the corresponding technical solutions from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. A rotating support device, used in an automatic feeder, characterized in that: The material trough of the automatic feeder is provided with an interruption belt, the rotating material supporting device comprises a material supporting trough provided at the interruption belt, the material trough and the material supporting trough are provided with a slide groove for sliding the material; the material supporting trough is connected with a flipping drive assembly, and the flipping drive assembly is used to drive the material supporting trough to flip; The material support trough has a normal state and a flipping state. When the material support trough is in the normal state, the material support trough is parallel to the material trough; when the material support trough is in the flipping state, the material support trough is misaligned with the material trough; The flip driving assembly comprises a motor, the motor is drivingly connected to a gear, the gear is meshingly connected to a rack, the rack is fixedly connected to a driving plate, and a roller is provided on the driving plate; The support trough is connected to a first rotating shaft, the first rotating shaft is connected to a connecting rod, the connecting rod is connected to a second rotating shaft, the second rotating shaft is connected to a cam, the cam is provided with a slope, and the slope abuts against the roller; Wherein, when the motor is working, the cam is driven to rotate by the roller, so that the supporting trough is turned over.

2. The rotary support device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The tilting angle range of the supporting trough is 60-120°.

3. An automatic feeder, characterized in that: It comprises the rotating support device as claimed in claim 1.

4. The automatic feeder according to claim 3, characterized in that: It also includes a material clamping device which is arranged at the interruption zone and located on one side of the material supporting groove.

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