A feeding device

Abstract

The present invention relates to a feeding device. The feeding device comprises: a transfer device, comprising a turntable assembly, a transport assembly and a transport assembly, wherein the turntable assembly drives the transport assembly to move between a load-bearing station and an adjustment station, and drives the transport assembly to move between an adjustment station and a conveying station; a load-bearing device, arranged corresponding to the load-bearing station, and having a plurality of load-bearing bins for stacking components; the transport assembly can simultaneously pick up components in a plurality of load-bearing bins at the load-bearing station; an adjustment device, arranged corresponding to the adjustment station, wherein the transport assembly can release the picked-up components to the adjustment device at the adjustment station, the adjustment device is used to arrange the carried components in a preset arrangement, and the transport assembly can pick up the components on the adjustment device at the adjustment station; and a conveying device, having a conveying channel, wherein the transport assembly can release the components to each carrier at the conveying station.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the technical field of battery manufacturing equipment, and in particular to a feeding device. Background Art

[0002] In the process of battery production, especially cylindrical batteries, it is necessary to weld the collector plate to the battery cell. On the production line of welding the collector plate, the collector plate needs to be delivered to the welding equipment so that the welding equipment can weld the delivered collector plate to the battery cell.

[0003] In the prior art, a manipulator is often used to grab the collecting plate at the material picking position, and then release the grabbed collecting plate to the feeding conveyor line of the welding equipment to complete the feeding. However, due to the slow transfer rhythm of the manipulator, the feeding speed is slow and cannot meet the production demand of high-speed feeding. Summary of the invention

[0004] Based on this, it is necessary to provide a feeding device that improves the above defects in order to address the problem in the prior art that the loading speed is slow due to the slow transfer rhythm of the robot and cannot meet the production needs of high-speed loading.

[0005] A feeding device, having a bearing station, an adjustment station and a conveying station, the feeding device comprising:

[0006] The transfer device comprises a turntable assembly and a conveying assembly and a transfer assembly both arranged on the turntable assembly, wherein the turntable assembly is rotatably arranged around a rotation axis to drive the conveying assembly to move between the carrying station and the adjustment station, and to drive the transfer assembly to move between the adjustment station and the conveying station;

[0007] A carrying device is arranged corresponding to the carrying station and has a plurality of carrying bins for stacking components; the handling assembly can simultaneously pick up components in a plurality of the carrying bins at the carrying station;

[0008] An adjustment device is arranged corresponding to the adjustment station, the handling assembly can release the multiple components picked up to the adjustment device at the adjustment station, the adjustment device is used to arrange the multiple components carried in a preset arrangement, and the transfer assembly can pick up the multiple components on the adjustment device at the adjustment station; and

[0009] The conveying device has a conveying channel for conveying multiple carriers through the conveying station in the preset arrangement, and the transfer component can release multiple components to each carrier at the conveying station.

[0010] In one embodiment, the adjustment station includes a first adjustment station and a second adjustment station, the adjustment device includes two, and the two adjustment devices are arranged at the first adjustment station and the second adjustment station in a one-to-one correspondence;

[0011] The transporting components and the transfer components each include two components. Driven by the turntable component, one of the transporting components moves between the carrying station and the first adjustment station, and the other of the transporting components moves between the carrying station and the second adjustment station. One of the transfer components moves between the first adjustment station and the conveying station, and the other of the transfer components moves between the second adjustment station and the conveying station.

[0012] In one embodiment, the carrying station, the first adjustment station, the conveying station and the second adjustment station are arranged in sequence around the rotation axis; the turntable assembly can rotate 90° clockwise or counterclockwise around the rotation axis to switch between the first state and the second state;

[0013] The two conveying components are respectively the first conveying component and the second conveying component, and the two transfer components are respectively the first transfer component and the second transfer component; when the turntable assembly is in the first state, the first conveying component, the second conveying component, the first transfer component and the second transfer component are respectively located at the first adjustment station, the carrying station, the second adjustment station and the conveying station; when the turntable assembly is in the second state, the first conveying component, the second conveying component, the first transfer component and the second transfer component are respectively located at the carrying station, the second adjustment station, the conveying station and the first adjustment station.

[0014] In one embodiment, the carrying device includes a carrying frame and a lifting mechanism, the carrying frame has a plurality of the carrying bins, and the top of each of the carrying bins has a second opening;

[0015] The lifting mechanism is arranged on the carrier frame and has multiple lifting ends corresponding to the multiple carrying bins. The lifting mechanism is constructed to be able to control each of the lifting ends to lift the components in the corresponding carrying bin toward the second opening; the transport assembly is used to pick up components at the second opening of each of the carrying bins.

[0016] In one embodiment, the jacking mechanism includes a support frame, a jacking assembly and a driving assembly; the support frame is connected to the bearing frame, the jacking assembly is liftably connected to the support frame and has a plurality of jacking ends; the driving assembly is arranged on the support frame and is drivingly connected to the jacking assembly.

[0017] In one embodiment, the jacking assembly includes a guide rod, a moving block, a mounting plate and a plurality of jacking rods;

[0018] The guide rod is slidably connected to the support frame in a vertical direction, the moving block is connected to the bottom end of the guide rod and is transmission-connected to the driving assembly, the top end of the guide rod is connected to the mounting plate, the bottom end of each lifting rod is connected to the mounting plate, and the top end of each lifting rod extends into the corresponding bearing bin and serves as the lifting end.

[0019] In one embodiment, the driving assembly includes a screw, a rotary driving member and a screw nut;

[0020] The screw is rotatably connected to the support frame around its own axis, and the axial direction of the screw is parallel to the vertical direction; the rotary drive member is arranged on the support frame and is transmission-connected to the screw; the screw nut is threadedly connected to the screw and is connected to the moving block.

[0021] In one embodiment, the supporting device further includes a position detection mechanism, which includes a plurality of detectors and detection plates. The plurality of detectors are arranged on the support frame at intervals in the vertical direction, and the detection plate is arranged on the lifting assembly so as to pass through the identification areas of each of the detectors in sequence as the lifting assembly is raised or lowered; each of the detectors is used to identify the detection plate that enters its own identification area.

[0022] In one of the embodiments, the carrying device further comprises a flexible blocking member disposed at the second opening of each of the carrying compartments, and the flexible blocking member is used to apply a blocking force output by the blocking element from the second opening.

[0023] In one embodiment, the adjustment device includes a base and a fixed receiving component and a movable receiving component both disposed on the base, the fixed receiving component having a plurality of first receiving positions, and the movable receiving component having a plurality of second receiving positions;

[0024] The movable supporting component can be moved to a first position and a second position relative to the fixed supporting component. When the movable supporting component is located at the first position, each of the first supporting positions and each of the second supporting positions are used to receive the elements released by the conveying component; when the movable supporting component is located at the second position, each of the first supporting positions and each of the second supporting positions are arranged in the preset arrangement.

[0025] In one embodiment, the plurality of first receiving positions are arranged along a first direction, and the plurality of second receiving positions are arranged along the first direction;

[0026] When the movable supporting component is located at the first position, the movable supporting component and the fixed supporting component are arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; when the movable supporting component is located at the second position, the movable supporting component and the fixed supporting component are arranged along the first direction.

[0027] In one embodiment, the adjustment device also includes a first slide and a second slide; the first slide is movably connected to the base along the first direction, the second slide is movably connected to the first slide along the second direction, and the movable supporting assembly is installed on the second slide.

[0028] In one embodiment, the adjustment device further comprises a driving member, a guide seat and a guide wheel, wherein the driving member is arranged on the base and is drivingly connected to the first slide, the guide seat is arranged on the base and has a guide channel, and the guide wheel is mounted on the second slide and rollingly cooperates with the guide channel;

[0029] When the driving member drives the first slide to move along the first direction, under the guiding action of the guide channel, the guide wheel drives the movable receiving assembly to move between the first position and the second position.

[0030] In one embodiment, the conveying device includes a positioning screw, which is rotatably disposed at a position of the conveying channel passing through the conveying station, and is used to position and cooperate with multiple carriers in the conveying channel so that the multiple carriers are arranged in the preset arrangement.

[0031] In the above-mentioned feeding equipment, during the feeding operation, a number of components are stacked in each carrying bin of the carrying device. The turntable assembly rotates around the rotation axis, thereby driving the transport assembly to move between the carrying station and the adjustment station, and driving the transfer assembly to move between the adjustment station and the conveying station. When the transport assembly is located at the carrying station, the transport assembly simultaneously picks up the components stacked on the top in each carrying bin; when the transport assembly is located at the adjustment station, the transport assembly simultaneously releases the picked-up multiple components to the adjustment device. The adjustment device rearranges the multiple components thereon, so that the multiple components on the adjustment device are arranged in a preset arrangement so as to be picked up by the transfer assembly. When the transfer assembly is located at the adjustment station, the transfer assembly simultaneously picks up the various components arranged in a preset arrangement on the adjustment device. When the transfer assembly is located at the conveying station, the transfer assembly releases the picked-up various components to the multiple carriers passing through the conveying station in the conveying channel. The carrier carrying the components continues to be conveyed downstream along the conveying channel to continuously provide components downstream.

[0032] The above-mentioned feeding equipment, on the one hand, utilizes the turntable assembly to drive the transport assembly to move between the load-bearing station and the adjustment station, and at the same time drives the transfer assembly to move between the adjustment station and the conveying station, which is conducive to speeding up the transfer rhythm of the components and improving the transfer speed of the components; on the other hand, the adjustment device is used to rearrange the multiple components, so that the arrangement of the multiple components is the same as the arrangement of the multiple carriers passing through the conveying station in the conveying channel, so that each carrier passing through the conveying station can accurately receive each component released by the transfer assembly, that is, the batch transfer of components is realized. The components on each carrier transferred in batches to the conveying channel are continuously transported downstream under the conveying action of the conveying device, that is, components are continuously provided to the downstream, thereby improving the feeding speed and being able to better meet the production needs of rapid loading. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0033] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic diagram of a feeding device in one embodiment of the present invention;

[0034] Figure 2 for Figure 1 A schematic diagram of the structure of the transfer device of the feeding equipment shown;

[0035] Figure 3 for Figure 1 A schematic structural diagram of a carrying device of a feeding device shown;

[0036] Figure 4 for Figure 3 A top view of the carrier device shown;

[0037] Figure 5 for Figure 1 The structural schematic diagram of the adjustment device of the feeding equipment shown (the movable receiving component is located in the first position);

[0038] Figure 6 for Figure 5 A bottom view of the adjustment device shown;

[0039] Figure 7 for Figure 1 The structural schematic diagram of the adjustment device of the feeding equipment shown (the movable receiving component is located in the second position);

[0040] Figure 8 for Figure 1 The schematic diagram of the structure of the conveying device of the feeding equipment is shown. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0041] In order to make the above-mentioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and easy to understand, the specific embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. In the following description, many specific details are set forth to facilitate a full understanding of the present invention. However, the present invention can be implemented in many other ways different from those described herein, and those skilled in the art can make similar improvements without violating the connotation of the present invention, so the present invention is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.

[0042] In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms “center”, “longitudinal”, “lateral”, “length”, “width”, “thickness”, “up”, “down”, “front”, “back”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, “inside”, “outside”, “clockwise”, “counterclockwise”, “axial”, “radial”, “circumferential”, etc., indicating orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, 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 F referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be understood as limiting the present invention.

[0043] In addition, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features defined as "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In the description of the present invention, the meaning of "plurality" is at least two, such as two, three, etc., unless otherwise clearly and specifically defined.

[0044] In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "installed", "connected", "connected", "fixed" and the like should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, it can be the internal connection of two elements F or the interaction relationship between two elements F, unless otherwise clearly defined. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0045] In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, a first feature being "above" or "below" a second feature may mean that the first and second features are in direct contact, or the first and second features are in indirect contact through an intermediate medium. Moreover, a first feature being "above", "above" or "above" a second feature may mean that the first feature is directly above or obliquely above the second feature, or simply means that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature. A first feature being "below", "below" or "below" a second feature may mean that the first feature is directly below or obliquely below the second feature, or simply means that the first feature is lower in level than the second feature.

[0046] It should be noted that when an element F is referred to as being "fixed to" or "disposed on" another element F, it may be directly on the other element F or there may be a central element F. When an element F is considered to be "connected to" another element F, it may be directly connected to the other element F or there may be a central element F at the same time. The terms "vertical", "horizontal", "upper", "lower", "left", "right" and similar expressions used herein are for illustrative purposes only and do not represent the only implementation method.

[0047] See also Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, an embodiment of the present invention provides a feeding device, specifically a bearing station A, an adjustment station B and a conveying station C. The feeding device includes a transfer device 10 , a bearing device 20 , an adjustment device 30 and a conveying device 40 .

[0048] The transfer device 10 includes a turntable assembly 11, a transport assembly 12 and a transfer assembly 13. The turntable assembly 11 is rotatably arranged around a rotation axis, and the transport assembly 12 and the transfer assembly 13 are both arranged on the turntable assembly 11 to rotate around the rotation axis along with the turntable assembly 11. During the rotation of the turntable assembly 11 around the rotation axis, the transport assembly 12 can be driven to move between the carrying station A and the adjustment station B, and the transfer assembly 13 can be driven to move between the adjustment station B and the conveying station C. The carrying device 20 is arranged corresponding to the carrying station A and has a plurality of components F (see Figure 4 ) of the carrier compartment D (see Figure 4 The transport assembly 12 can pick up the components F of the plurality of carrier bins D at the carrier station A at the same time.

[0049] The adjustment device 30 is arranged corresponding to the adjustment station B, and the handling assembly 12 can release the picked-up multiple components F to the adjustment device 30 at the adjustment station B. The adjustment device 30 is used to arrange the multiple components F in a preset manner (see Figure 7 ) for arrangement. The transfer assembly 13 can pick up multiple components F on the adjustment device 30 at the adjustment station B. The conveying device 40 has a Figure 8 ) passes through the conveying channel 41 of the conveying station C in the above-mentioned preset arrangement. The transfer assembly 13 can release multiple components F to each carrier H at the conveying station C.

[0050] In the above-mentioned feeding equipment, during the feeding operation, a number of components F are stacked in each carrying bin D of the carrying device 20. The turntable assembly 11 rotates around the rotation axis, thereby driving the transport assembly 12 to move between the carrying station A and the adjustment station B, and driving the transfer assembly 13 to move between the adjustment station B and the conveying station C. When the transport assembly 12 is located at the carrying station A, the transport assembly 12 simultaneously picks up the components F stacked on the top of each carrying bin D; when the transport assembly 12 is located at the adjustment station B, the transport assembly 12 simultaneously releases the picked-up multiple components F to the adjustment device 30. The adjustment device 30 rearranges the multiple components F thereon, so that the multiple components F on the adjustment device 30 are arranged in a preset manner (see Figure 7 ) for easy picking up by the transfer component 13. When the transfer component 13 is located at the adjustment station B, the transfer component 13 simultaneously picks up each component F arranged in a preset arrangement on the adjustment device 30. When the transfer component 13 is located at the conveying station C, the transfer component 13 releases each picked up component F to a plurality of carriers H passing through the conveying station C in the conveying channel 41. The carriers H carrying the components F continue to be conveyed downstream along the conveying channel 41 to continuously provide components F to the downstream.

[0051] The above-mentioned feeding equipment, on the one hand, uses the turntable assembly 11 to drive the transport assembly 12 to move between the carrying station A and the adjustment station B, and at the same time drives the transfer assembly 13 to move between the adjustment station B and the conveying station C, which is conducive to speeding up the transfer rhythm of the component F and improving the transfer speed of the component F; on the other hand, the adjustment device 30 is used to rearrange the multiple components F, so that the arrangement of the multiple components F is the same as the arrangement of the multiple carriers H passing through the conveying station C in the conveying channel 41, so that each carrier H passing through the conveying station C can accurately receive each component F released by the transfer assembly 13, that is, the batch transfer of components F is realized. The components F transferred to each carrier H in the conveying channel 41 are continuously transported downstream under the conveying action of the conveying device 40, that is, the components F are continuously provided to the downstream, thereby improving the feeding speed and being able to better meet the production needs of fast loading.

[0052] It should be noted that the component F may be a current collecting plate, and the carrier H may be a support cup. Of course, in other embodiments, the component F may also be other components, and the carrier H may also be other clamping tools, which are not limited here.

[0053] Please continue to see Figure 1 As shown, in the embodiment of the present invention, there are two adjustment stations B, namely the first adjustment station B1 and the second adjustment station B2. There are also two adjustment devices 30, which are arranged at the first adjustment station B1 and the second adjustment station B2 in a one-to-one correspondence.

[0054] There are two transport components 12 and two transfer components 13. Driven by the turntable component 11, one of the transport components 12 moves between the load-bearing station A and the first adjustment station B1 to transfer the component F on the load-bearing device 20 to the adjustment device 30 at the first adjustment station B1; another transport component 12 moves between the load-bearing station A and the second adjustment station B2 to transfer the component F on the load-bearing device 20 to the second adjustment station B2; one of the transfer components 13 moves between the first adjustment station B1 and the conveying station C to transfer the component F on the adjustment device 30 at the first adjustment station B1 to the carrier H passing through the conveying station C; another transfer component 13 moves between the second adjustment station B2 and the conveying station C to transfer the component F on the adjustment device 30 at the second adjustment station B2 to the carrier H passing through the conveying station C. In this way, two handling components 12 are used to alternately transfer the components F on the carrying device 20 to the two adjustment devices 30 respectively, and two transfer components 13 are used to alternately transfer the components F on the two adjustment devices 30 to each carrier H passing through the conveying station C, thereby greatly accelerating the rhythm of transferring the components F and improving the speed of transferring the components F.

[0055] Further, the carrying station A, the first adjustment station B1, the conveying station C and the second adjustment station B2 are arranged in sequence around the rotation axis. The turntable assembly 11 can rotate 90° clockwise or counterclockwise around the rotation axis to switch between the first state and the second state. For ease of description, the two transport assemblies 12 are respectively named as the first transport assembly 12a and the second transport assembly 12b, and the two transfer assemblies 13 are respectively named as the first transfer assembly 13a and the second transfer assembly 13b.

[0056] When the turntable assembly 11 is in the first state (such as Figure 1 As shown in the figure, the first handling assembly 12a, the second handling assembly 12b, the first transfer assembly 13a and the second transfer assembly 13b are respectively located at the first adjustment station B1, the carrying station A, the second adjustment station B2 and the conveying station C. When the turntable assembly 11 is in the second state, the first handling assembly 12a, the second handling assembly 12b, the first transfer assembly 13a and the second transfer assembly 13b are respectively located at the carrying station A, the second adjustment station B2 and the conveying station C and the first adjustment station B1.

[0057] Specifically in the embodiment shown in the figure, when the turntable assembly 11 rotates counterclockwise 90° from the first state, the turntable assembly 11 is in the second state. At this time, the first conveying assembly 12a moves from the first adjustment station B1 to the carrying station A, the second conveying assembly 12b moves from the carrying station A to the second adjustment station B2, the first transfer assembly 13a moves from the second adjustment station B2 to the conveying station C, and the second transfer assembly 13b moves from the conveying station C to the first adjustment station B1.

[0058] When the turntable assembly 11 rotates 90° clockwise from the second state, the turntable assembly 11 is in the first state, at which time the first handling assembly 12a moves from the carrying device 20 to the first adjustment station B1, the second handling assembly 12b moves from the second adjustment station B2 to the carrying device 20, the first transfer assembly 13a moves from the conveying station C to the second adjustment station B2, and the second transfer assembly 13b moves from the first adjustment station B1 to the conveying station C. In this way, during the actual feeding operation, the turntable assembly 11 is controlled to rotate 90° clockwise and 90° counterclockwise alternately, so that the turntable assembly 11 continuously switches between the first state and the second state alternately, and each switch can complete the transfer of a group of components F to a group of carriers H passing through the conveying station C, which greatly improves the transfer rhythm and speeds up the transfer.

[0059] In the embodiment of the present invention, the turntable assembly 11 includes a turntable (not shown) and a rotation drive mechanism (not shown) connected to the turntable, and the rotation drive mechanism is used to drive the turntable to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise around the rotation axis. The handling assembly 12 and the transfer assembly 13 are both arranged on the turntable to rotate with the turntable. It should be noted that the rotation drive mechanism can be a drive mechanism such as a motor, as long as it can drive the turntable to rotate, and is not limited here.

[0060] Specifically in the embodiment, the transport component 12 may use a suction cup with multiple vacuum adsorption heads, and use each vacuum adsorption head to respectively absorb the components F in each carrier bin D of the carrier device 20. Of course, in other embodiments, the transport component 12 may also use a clamping component with multiple clamping units, and use each clamping unit to respectively clamp the components F in each carrier bin D of the carrier device 20, as long as the components F in each carrier bin D on the carrier device 20 can be transferred in batches, which is not limited here.

[0061] Specifically in the embodiment, the transfer component 13 may use a suction cup with multiple vacuum adsorption heads, and use each vacuum adsorption head to respectively absorb multiple components F on the adjustment device 30. Of course, in other embodiments, the transfer component 13 may also use a clamping component with multiple clamping units, and use each clamping unit to respectively clamp multiple components F on the adjustment device 30, as long as it can realize batch transfer of various components F on the adjustment device 30, which is not limited here.

[0062] See also Figure 3 and Figure 4 As shown, in the embodiment of the present invention, the carrying device 20 includes a carrying frame 21 and a lifting mechanism 22. The carrying frame 21 has a plurality of the above-mentioned carrying bins D, and the top of each carrying bin D has a second opening.

[0063] The lifting mechanism 22 is arranged on the carrier 21 and has a plurality of lifting ends E corresponding to the plurality of carrier bins D. The lifting mechanism 22 is constructed to be able to control each lifting end E to lift the component F in the corresponding carrier bin D toward the second opening. The transport assembly 12 is used to pick up the component F at the second opening of each carrier bin D. In this way, initially, a plurality of components F are stacked in each carrier bin D on the carrier 21, and the component F stacked at the top in each carrier bin D is located at the second opening. The transport assembly 12 picks up the component F at the second opening of each carrier bin D and transfers it to the adjustment device 30. Whenever the transport assembly 12 transfers the component F at the second opening of each carrier bin D, the lifting mechanism 22 controls each lifting end E to lift a certain height (i.e., the height of one component F) upward, so that the component F at the top in each carrier bin D is lifted to the second opening for the next pick-up by the transport assembly 12. That is to say, the gradual lifting method is adopted to ensure that the handling assembly 12 can pick up the component F at each second opening each time it reaches the carrying station A, which is conducive to speeding up the transfer of the component F.

[0064] It should be noted that, in the prior art, a robot is required to transport the components F from the incoming material conveyor line to the carrier device, and the carrier device positions each component F, and then other mechanisms are used to transport the positioned components F downstream. However, in the embodiment of the present invention, each carrier bin D is used to stack the components F, and the lifting mechanism 22 is used to lift the components F stacked in each carrier bin D, so that there is always a component F at the second opening of each carrier bin D for picking up by the transport component 12, thereby avoiding the need to set up a robot to transport the components F from the incoming material conveyor line to the carrier device 20 for positioning, simplifying the component F transport process and speeding up the component F transport rhythm.

[0065] Optionally, each loading bin D has a first opening at the bottom, and each lifting end E enters the loading bin D through the first opening of the corresponding loading bin D, thereby lifting the components F in each loading bin D. Of course, in other embodiments, an avoidance groove may be provided on the side of each loading bin D, so that each lifting end E may enter the corresponding loading bin D through the avoidance groove, as long as the lifting of the components F in each loading bin D can be achieved, and this is not limited here.

[0066] Specifically in the embodiment, the lifting mechanism 22 includes a support frame 221, a lifting assembly (not marked in the figure) and a driving assembly (not marked in the figure). The support frame 221 is connected to the carrier frame 21. The lifting assembly is connected to the support frame 221 in a liftable manner and has a plurality of the above-mentioned lifting ends E, so that when the lifting assembly is lifted relative to the support frame 221, it can drive each lifting end E to lift, so as to complete the lifting of the components F in each carrier bin D. The driving assembly is arranged on the support frame 221 and is drivingly connected to the lifting assembly to drive the lifting assembly to lift relative to the support frame 221.

[0067] More specifically, the lifting assembly includes a guide rod 224, a moving block 225, a mounting plate 226 and a plurality of lifting rods 227. The guide rod 224 is slidably connected to the support frame 221 in the vertical direction. The moving block 225 is connected to the bottom end of the guide rod 224 and is transmission-connected to the driving assembly so that the driving assembly can drive the moving block 225 to rise and fall, and the guide rod 224 is used to guide the lifting and falling movement of the moving block 225. The top end of the guide rod 224 is connected to the mounting plate 226, and the bottom end of each lifting rod 227 is connected to the mounting plate 226. The top end of each lifting rod 227 extends from the first opening into the corresponding load-bearing bin D, and serves as the above-mentioned lifting end E to lift the component F in the corresponding load-bearing bin D. In this way, when it is necessary to lift the components F in each carrier bin D, the driving assembly drives the moving block 225 to rise, the moving block 225 drives the mounting plate 226 to rise through the guide rod 224, and the mounting plate 226 drives each lifting rod 227 to rise, so that the top of each lifting rod 227 lifts the components F in each carrier bin D. Optionally, the guide rod 224 may include multiple guide rods 224, so that the moving block 225 is guided by multiple guide rods 224 at the same time, so that the lifting movement of the moving block 225 is more stable and reliable.

[0068] Optionally, the guide rod 224 is installed on the support frame 221 through a guide sleeve, so that the guide rod 224 can rise or fall relative to the support frame 221.

[0069] Specifically in the embodiment, the drive assembly includes a screw rod 222, a rotary drive member 223 and a screw nut (not shown). The screw rod 222 is rotatably connected to the support frame 221 around its own axis, and the axial direction of the screw rod 222 is parallel to the vertical direction. The rotary drive member 223 is arranged on the support frame 221 and is transmission-connected to the screw rod 222 to drive the screw rod 222 to rotate. The screw nut is threadedly connected to the screw rod 222 and is connected to the moving block 225, so that when the screw rod 222 rotates, the screw nut can be driven to move along the axial direction (i.e., vertical direction) of the screw rod 222, so that the screw nut drives the moving block 225 to move in the vertical direction (i.e., rise or fall). Optionally, the rotary drive member 223 can be a motor.

[0070] It should be noted that the screw rod 222 and the screw nut form a screw pair, which can be used to convert the rotational motion output by the rotating drive member 223 into the lifting motion of the moving block 225, which is conducive to accurately controlling the lifting height of the moving block 225, so as to accurately lift the components F in each carrying bin D, and ensure that the transport assembly 12 can accurately pick up the components F stacked at the top in each carrying bin D.

[0071] Specifically in the embodiment, the bearing device 20 further includes a position detection mechanism (not shown), which includes a plurality of detectors 228 and a detection sheet 229. The plurality of detectors 228 are arranged on the support frame 221 at intervals in the vertical direction. The detection sheet 229 is arranged on the moving block 225 of the lifting assembly, so that when the detection sheet 229 is lifted and lowered together with the moving block 225 of the lifting assembly, it passes through the identification area of ​​each detector 228 in sequence. Each detector 228 is used to identify the detection sheet 229 that enters its own identification area, thereby determining the position of each lifting end E, and then judging the number of components F remaining in each bearing bin D according to the position of each lifting end E, so as to replenish the components F in each bearing bin D in a timely manner. Optionally, the detector 228 can be a photoelectric sensor.

[0072] Specifically in the embodiment, the carrying device 20 also includes a flexible blocking member 210 arranged at the second opening of each carrying bin D. The flexible blocking member 210 is used to apply the blocking force output by the blocking element F from the second opening. In this way, when the lifting end E lifts the element F, the element F stacked at the top can overcome the blocking force of the blocking element F and be lifted to the second opening. When the transport component 12 picks up and transports the element F at the second opening, under the action of the blocking force provided by the flexible blocking member 210, the element F picked up by the transport component 12 can be quickly separated from the next element F to avoid causing the next element F to produce a certain positional offset. Optionally, the flexible blocking member 210 can be a brush.

[0073] Furthermore, flexible blocking members 210 are disposed on opposite sides of each second opening, thereby allowing the top element F to pass through the second opening and blocking the next element F from following the top element F to pass through the second opening, which is beneficial to improving the blocking effect.

[0074] See also Figures 5 to 7 As shown, in the embodiment of the present invention, the adjustment device 30 includes a base 31, a fixed receiving assembly 32 and a movable receiving assembly 33, and the fixed receiving assembly 32 and the movable receiving assembly 33 are both arranged on the base 31. The fixed receiving assembly 32 has a plurality of first receiving positions 321 for receiving the element F, and the movable receiving assembly 33 has a plurality of second receiving positions 331 for receiving the element F.

[0075] The movable receiving component 33 can be moved to a first position (such as Figure 5 as shown) and a second position (as Figure 7 When the movable receiving assembly 33 is located at the first position, the arrangement of each first receiving position 321 and each second receiving position 331 is the same as the arrangement of each carrying bin D on the carrying device 20, so that each first receiving position 321 and each second receiving position 331 can respectively receive the component F released by the transport assembly 12. That is to say, in actual operation, when the transport assembly 12 moves to the adjustment station B, the movable receiving assembly 33 is located at the first position, so that each component F on the transport assembly 12 is opposite to the multiple first receiving positions 321 and the multiple second receiving positions 331 one by one, so that after the transport assembly 12 releases each component F, each component F can automatically fall into the corresponding first receiving position 321 or second receiving position 331.

[0076] When the movable receiving assembly 33 is located at the second position, each element F on each first receiving position 321 and each second receiving position 331 is arranged in a preset manner (such as Figure 7 The components F are arranged as shown in the figure, so that the transfer assembly 13 can simultaneously pick up each component F on the adjustment device 30 and accurately release each component F to each carrier H at the conveying station C. In other words, the components F are rearranged by moving the movable receiving assembly 33 relative to the fixed receiving assembly 32, so that the arrangement of each component F is the same as the arrangement of each carrier H passing through the conveying station C.

[0077] Thus, in actual operation, first, the movable receiving component 33 moves to the first position, and the transport component 12 moves from the carrying station A to the adjustment station B, so that each component F picked up by the transport component 12 corresponds to each first receiving position 321 and the second receiving position 331 one by one. Then, the transport component 12 releases each component F at the same time, so that each component F falls into each first receiving position 321 and each second receiving position 331 respectively, that is, each first receiving position 321 receives a component F, and each second receiving position 331 also receives a component F. Then, the movable receiving component 33 moves to the second position, so that each component F on each first receiving position 321 and the second receiving position 331 is arranged in a preset arrangement. The transfer component 13 moves to the adjustment station B, and picks up each component F on each first receiving position 321 and the second receiving position 331 at the same time. Then, the transfer assembly 13 moves from the adjustment station B to the conveying station C, and releases each component F at the same time, so that each component F falls onto each carrier H respectively, that is, each carrier H passing through the conveying station C receives one component F.

[0078] In some embodiments, a plurality of first receiving positions 321 are arranged along the first direction X, and a plurality of second receiving positions 331 are also arranged along the first direction X. When the movable receiving assembly 33 is located at the first position, the movable receiving assembly 33 and the fixed receiving assembly 32 are arranged along the second direction Y perpendicular to the first direction X, so that the elements F on each first receiving position 321 are arranged in one row, and the elements F on each second receiving position 331 are arranged in another row, that is, all elements F on the adjustment device 30 are arranged in two rows. When the movable receiving assembly 33 is located at the second position, the movable receiving assembly 33 and the fixed receiving assembly 32 are arranged along the first direction X, so that each element F on each first receiving position 321 and each element F on each second receiving position 331 are arranged in a row together.

[0079] It should be noted that the various carrying bins D on the carrying device 20 are arranged in two rows. When the transport component 12 transfers the two rows of components F to the adjustment station B, the various first receiving positions 321 of the fixed receiving component 32 are arranged in one row, and the various second receiving positions 331 of the movable receiving component 33 are arranged in another row (that is, the movable receiving component 33 is located in the first position), so that the two rows of components F on the transport component 12 correspond to the various first receiving positions 321 on the fixed receiving component 32 and the various second receiving positions 331 on the movable receiving component 33, respectively, so that when the transport component 12 releases the various components F at the same time, one row of components F falls into the various first receiving positions 321, respectively, and the other row of components F falls into the various second receiving positions 331, respectively.

[0080] Similarly, the carriers H passing through the conveying station C in the conveying channel 41 are arranged in a row. When the transfer component 13 transfers the components F arranged in a row on the adjustment device 30 to the conveying station C, the components F on the transfer component 13 are opposite to the carriers H one by one, so that the transfer component 13 can accurately release the components F to the carriers H respectively.

[0081] Of course, when the movable receiving assembly 33 is located at the first position, it is not limited to that each first receiving position 321 and each second receiving position 331 are arranged in two rows; similarly, when the movable receiving assembly 33 is located at the second position, it is not limited to that each first receiving position 321 and each second receiving position 331 are arranged in one row. In other embodiments, when the movable receiving assembly 33 is located at the first position, each first receiving position 321 and each second receiving position 331 may also be arranged in other ways, as long as they can be arranged in the same way as each carrying bin D on the carrying device 20, and no limitation is made here. Similarly, when the movable receiving assembly 33 is located at the second position, each first receiving position 321 and each second receiving position 331 may also be arranged in other ways, as long as they can be arranged in the same way as each carrier H passing through the conveying station C in the conveying channel 41, and no limitation is made here.

[0082] Specifically in the embodiment, the adjustment device 30 further includes a first slide 34 and a second slide 35. The first slide 34 is movably connected to the base 31 along the first direction X. The second slide 35 is movably connected to the first slide 34 along the second direction Y, and the movable bearing assembly 33 is mounted on the second slide 35, so that the movable bearing assembly 33 can move with the second slide 35. In this way, the movable bearing assembly 33 is driven to move between the first position and the second position by the movement of the first slide 34 relative to the base 31 along the first direction X and the movement of the second slide 35 relative to the first slide 34 along the second direction Y.

[0083] Furthermore, the adjustment device 30 also includes a driving member 36, a guide seat 37 and a guide wheel (not shown). The driving member 36 is disposed on the base 31 and is drivingly connected to the first slide 34 to drive the first slide 34 to move relative to the base 31 along the first direction X, thereby driving the second slide 35 and the movable receiving assembly 33 to generate displacement in the first direction X. The guide seat 37 is disposed on the base 31 and has a guide channel 371. The guide wheel is mounted on the second slide 35 and is rollingly matched with the guide channel 371.

[0084] In the process of the driving member 36 driving the first slide 34 to move along the first direction X, under the guiding action of the guide channel 371, the guide wheel drives the movable receiving assembly 33 to generate displacement in the second direction Y, so that the movable receiving assembly 33 moves between the first position and the second position. In this way, when the second slide 35 moves along the first direction X driven by the first slide 34, the second slide 35 is also displaced in the second direction Y by the cooperation of the guide channel 371 and the guide wheel, thereby realizing the movable receiving assembly 33 on the second slide 35 to move between the first position and the second position. In other words, only one power source (i.e., the driving member 36) is needed to realize the movement of the movable receiving assembly 33 in two directions (i.e., the first direction X and the second direction Y), thereby realizing the movement of the movable receiving assembly 33 between the first position and the second position, which is conducive to simplifying the equipment structure and reducing the equipment cost. Optionally, the driving member 36 can be a cylinder.

[0085] Optionally, the guide channel 371 is a guide groove formed by an inward depression on the surface of the guide seat 37, the guide wheel is located in the guide groove, and when the driving member 36 drives the first slide seat 34 to move along the first direction X, the guide wheel can roll along the side wall of the guide groove.

[0086] Optionally, the base 31 is provided with a first slide rail 311 extending longitudinally along the first direction X, and the first slide seat 34 is provided with a first slider 341 slidably matched with the first slide rail 311. In this way, the movement of the first slider 341 along the first slide rail 311 guides the movement of the first slide seat 34 relative to the base 31 along the first direction X.

[0087] Optionally, the first slide 34 is provided with a second slide rail 342 extending longitudinally along the second direction Y, and the second slide 35 is provided with a second slider 351 slidably matched with the second slide rail 342. In this way, the movement of the second slider 351 along the second slide rail 342 is used to guide the movement of the second slide 35 relative to the first slide 34 along the second direction Y.

[0088] Optionally, the fixed receiving assembly 32 includes a plurality of clamping units, each of which forms a first receiving position 321, that is, each clamping unit is used to clamp and fix each component F, so as to receive and position the component F. The specific structure of the clamping unit is not limited here, as long as the clamping of the component F can be achieved.

[0089] Optionally, the movable receiving assembly 33 includes a plurality of clamping units, each of which forms a second receiving position 331, that is, each clamping unit is used to clamp and fix each component F to achieve receiving and positioning of the component F. The specific structure of the clamping unit is not limited here, as long as the clamping of the component F can be achieved.

[0090] See also Figure 1 and Figure 8 As shown, in the embodiment of the present invention, the conveying device 40 includes a positioning screw 42, which is rotatably arranged at a position of the conveying passage 41 passing through the conveying station C, and is used to position and cooperate with a plurality of carriers H passing through, so that the plurality of carriers H are arranged in the above-mentioned preset arrangement, and then the plurality of carriers H can respectively receive each component F released by the transfer assembly 13. In this way, when the positioning screw 42 rotates, the plurality of carriers H passing through the conveying station C cooperate with the spiral pattern on the positioning screw 42, thereby adjusting the spacing between each carrier H, so that the spacing between each carrier H is equal to the spacing between each component F after rearrangement by the adjustment device 30, and then each carrier H can receive each component F released by the transfer assembly 13.

[0091] It should be noted that the specific structure of the conveying device 40 is not limited here as long as it can convey each carrier H to move downstream along the conveying channel 41.

[0092] The technical features of the above-described embodiments may be arbitrarily combined. To make the description concise, not all possible combinations of the technical features in the above-described embodiments are described. However, as long as there is no contradiction in the combination of these technical features, they should be considered to be within the scope of this specification.

[0093] The above-mentioned embodiments only express several implementation methods of the present invention, and the descriptions thereof are relatively specific and detailed, but they cannot be understood as limiting the scope of the invention patent. It should be pointed out that, for ordinary technicians in this field, several variations and improvements can be made without departing from the concept of the present invention, and these all belong to the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the patent of the present invention shall be subject to the attached claims.

Claims

1. A feeding device, characterized in that: It has a bearing station, an adjustment station and a conveying station, and the feeding equipment includes: The transfer device comprises a turntable assembly and a conveying assembly and a transfer assembly both arranged on the turntable assembly, wherein the turntable assembly is rotatably arranged around a rotation axis to drive the conveying assembly to move between the carrying station and the adjustment station, and to drive the transfer assembly to move between the adjustment station and the conveying station; A carrying device is arranged corresponding to the carrying station and has a plurality of carrying bins for stacking components; the handling assembly can simultaneously pick up components in a plurality of the carrying bins at the carrying station; An adjustment device is arranged corresponding to the adjustment station, the handling assembly can release the multiple components picked up to the adjustment device at the adjustment station, the adjustment device is used to arrange the multiple components carried in a preset arrangement, and the transfer assembly can pick up the multiple components on the adjustment device at the adjustment station; and A conveying device having a conveying channel, wherein the conveying channel is used to convey a plurality of carriers through the conveying station in the predetermined arrangement, and the transfer assembly is capable of releasing a plurality of components onto each carrier at the conveying station; The adjustment station includes a first adjustment station and a second adjustment station, the adjustment device includes two, and the two adjustment devices are arranged at the first adjustment station and the second adjustment station in a one-to-one correspondence, and the conveying assembly and the transfer assembly each include two; driven by the turntable assembly, one of the conveying assemblies moves between the bearing station and the first adjustment station, wherein the other conveying assembly moves between the bearing station and the second adjustment station, one of the transfer assemblies moves between the first adjustment station and the conveying station, wherein the other transfer assembly moves between the second adjustment station and the conveying station; The carrying device comprises a carrying frame and a lifting mechanism, wherein the carrying frame is provided with a plurality of the carrying bins, and the top of each of the carrying bins is provided with a second opening; the lifting mechanism is arranged on the carrying frame and has a plurality of lifting ends corresponding to the plurality of the carrying bins, and the lifting mechanism is configured to control each of the lifting ends to lift the components in the corresponding carrying bin toward the second opening; the transport assembly is used to pick up the components at the second opening of each of the carrying bins; The adjustment device includes a base and a fixed receiving assembly and a movable receiving assembly both arranged on the base, the fixed receiving assembly has a plurality of first receiving positions, and the movable receiving assembly has a plurality of second receiving positions; the movable receiving assembly can be moved to a first position and a second position relative to the fixed receiving assembly; when the movable receiving assembly is located at the first position, each of the first receiving positions and each of the second receiving positions are used to receive the elements released by the conveying assembly; when the movable receiving assembly is located at the second position, all elements on each of the first receiving positions and each of the second receiving positions are arranged in the preset arrangement.

2. The feeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The carrying station, the first adjustment station, the conveying station and the second adjustment station are arranged in sequence around the rotation axis; the turntable assembly can rotate 90° clockwise or counterclockwise around the rotation axis to switch between the first state and the second state; The two conveying components are respectively the first conveying component and the second conveying component, and the two transfer components are respectively the first transfer component and the second transfer component; when the turntable assembly is in the first state, the first conveying component, the second conveying component, the first transfer component and the second transfer component are respectively located at the first adjustment station, the carrying station, the second adjustment station and the conveying station; when the turntable assembly is in the second state, the first conveying component, the second conveying component, the first transfer component and the second transfer component are respectively located at the carrying station, the second adjustment station, the conveying station and the first adjustment station.

3. The feeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The jacking mechanism includes a support frame, a jacking assembly and a driving assembly; the support frame is connected to the bearing frame, the jacking assembly is liftably connected to the support frame and has a plurality of jacking ends; the driving assembly is arranged on the support frame and is drivingly connected to the jacking assembly.

4. The feeding device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The lifting assembly includes a guide rod, a moving block, a mounting plate and a plurality of lifting rods; The guide rod is slidably connected to the support frame in a vertical direction, the moving block is connected to the bottom end of the guide rod and is transmission-connected to the driving assembly, the top end of the guide rod is connected to the mounting plate, the bottom end of each lifting rod is connected to the mounting plate, and the top end of each lifting rod extends into the corresponding bearing bin and serves as the lifting end.

5. The feeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The plurality of first receiving positions are arranged along a first direction, and the plurality of second receiving positions are arranged along the first direction; When the movable supporting component is located at the first position, the movable supporting component and the fixed supporting component are arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; when the movable supporting component is located at the second position, the movable supporting component and the fixed supporting component are arranged along the first direction.

6. The feeding device according to claim 5, characterized in that: The adjustment device also includes a first slide and a second slide; the first slide is movably connected to the base along the first direction, the second slide is movably connected to the first slide along the second direction, and the movable supporting assembly is installed on the second slide.

7. The feeding device according to claim 6, characterized in that: The adjustment device further comprises a driving member, a guide seat and a guide wheel, wherein the driving member is arranged on the base and is drivingly connected to the first slide seat, the guide seat is arranged on the base and has a guide channel, and the guide wheel is mounted on the second slide seat and is rollingly matched with the guide channel; When the driving member drives the first slide to move along the first direction, under the guiding action of the guide channel, the guide wheel drives the movable receiving assembly to move between the first position and the second position.

8. The feeding device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The conveying device includes a positioning screw, which is rotatably arranged at a position of the conveying channel passing through the conveying station, and is used to position and cooperate with multiple carriers in the conveying channel so that the multiple carriers are arranged in the preset arrangement.

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