An umbrella taking and placing module and a loading and unloading mechanism

Abstract

The present invention relates to the technical field of vacuum coating, and in particular to an umbrella picking and placing module and a loading and unloading mechanism provided with the umbrella picking and placing module. The umbrella picking and placing module includes a support member, a rotating member, a rotation driving module, a first picking component, and a second picking component. The rotating member is rotatably arranged on the support member, and the rotation driving module is used to drive the rotating member to rotate. The first picking component and the second picking component are both mounted on the rotating member. The umbrella picking and placing module is used to perform the following steps: obtaining the current first posture of the umbrella to obtain the inclination angle of the umbrella; driving the rotating member to rotate through the rotation driving module so that the rotating member rotates to the inclination angle; respectively picking different positions of the same umbrella through the first picking component and the second picking component; when transferred to a specific position, the rotation driving module drives the rotating member to rotate again so that the umbrella rotates to the second posture, and then places the umbrella at the specific position.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of vacuum coating, and in particular to an umbrella picking and placing module and a loading and unloading mechanism. Background Art

[0002] At present, evaporation coating technology, as an important surface treatment technology, has been widely used in many industries, such as electronic products, optical devices, new energy materials, building materials, packaging and decoration, etc.

[0003] The evaporation coating technology heats the coating material to evaporate it and deposit a film on the surface of the substrate, thereby endowing the substrate with specific functionality and aesthetics.

[0004] However, with the continuous improvement of the automation and intelligence of domestic manufacturing, the need for the automation and intelligence of coating equipment is also increasing day by day. When traditional evaporation coating equipment picks and places workpieces, it still cannot achieve automated operation and still requires manual participation. First, the front sealing door of the evaporation coating equipment is opened, and the umbrellas or workpieces on the workpiece rack are taken down one by one, and then the umbrellas or workpieces are placed one by one. The process is cumbersome and time-consuming. One vacuum pumping operation can only coat one surface of the workpiece, but the vacuum pumping takes a long time, and the utilization rate of the equipment and the production efficiency of the equipment cannot be improved.

[0005] However, a huge challenge in improving the automation ability of evaporation coating equipment is the picking and placing of umbrellas. It is necessary to place umbrellas with both planar and arc-shaped forms into an umbrella rack with a narrow space and difficult docking.

[0006] The umbrella rack on the top of the evaporation coating equipment is an approximate conical surface, and there is also an inclination angle for docking, which is extremely inconvenient for picking and placing. Summary of the Invention

[0007] The present invention provides an umbrella picking and placing module and a loading and unloading mechanism for the problems of the prior art, which can adjust the angle of picking and placing umbrellas, thereby more conveniently picking and placing umbrellas.

[0008] To solve the above technical problems, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

[0009] An umbrella picking and placing module provided by the present invention includes a support member, a rotating member, a rotation driving module, a first picking component, and a second picking component. The rotating member is rotatably arranged on the support member, the rotation driving module is used to drive the rotating member to rotate, and both the first picking component and the second picking component are installed on the rotating member;

[0010] The umbrella picking and placing module is used to perform the following steps:

[0011] Obtain the current first posture of the umbrella to obtain the inclination angle of the umbrella;

[0012] The rotating driving module drives the rotating part to rotate so that the rotating part rotates to an inclined angle;

[0013] The first picking component and the second picking component pick different positions of the same umbrella respectively;

[0014] After being transferred to a specific position, the rotating driving module drives the rotating part to rotate again so that the umbrella rotates from the second posture, and then places the umbrella at a specific position.

[0015] Further, the support member is provided with a rotating seat, a rotating shaft is arranged between the support member and the rotating seat, one end of the rotating part is installed on the rotating seat, and the rotating driving module is drivingly connected to the rotating shaft.

[0016] Furthermore, the first picking component is installed at the bottom of one end of the rotating part, and the second picking component is installed at the bottom of the other end of the rotating part.

[0017] Further, the number of the first picking components is at least two, and at least two first picking components are arranged at intervals at the bottom of one end of the rotating part.

[0018] Further, the rotating driving module is provided with an angle sensor, and the angle sensor is used to obtain the rotation angle of the rotating driving module.

[0019] Further, the first picking component picks up the umbrella by one or more of magnetic attraction, clamping, tensioning, and negative pressure adsorption.

[0020] Further, the second picking component picks up the umbrella by one or more of magnetic attraction, clamping, tensioning, and negative pressure adsorption.

[0021] Further, obtaining the current first posture of the umbrella to obtain the inclination angle of the umbrella specifically includes:

[0022] Obtaining the shape and posture of the umbrella to calculate the picking position of the umbrella;

[0023] Connect the picking positions of the umbrella on the projection in the vertical plane, and calculate the included angle between the connection line and the horizontal plane, which is recorded as the inclination angle of the umbrella.

[0024] Further, both the first picking component and the second picking component are detachably installed on the rotating part.

[0025] The present invention also provides a loading and unloading mechanism, including a moving module, and the moving module is drivingly connected with at least one of the above-mentioned umbrella picking and placing modules.

[0026] Advantages of the present invention: Through the setting of the rotation drive module and the rotating member, the first picking component and the second picking component can be tilted and adjusted according to the current posture of the umbrella, so that the first picking component and the second picking component rotate to the corresponding angle of the umbrella and then pick up the umbrella, achieving the effect of safely and conveniently picking up the umbrella. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0027] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of Embodiment 1.

[0028] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of another perspective of Embodiment 1.

[0029] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of Embodiment 2.

[0030] Reference numerals: 1 - Umbrella picking and placing module, 2 - Umbrella, 3 - Moving module, 11 - Support member, 12 - Rotating member, 13 - Rotation drive module, 14 - First picking component, 15 - Second picking component, 16 - Rotating seat, 17 - Rotating shaft. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

[0031] For the convenience of understanding by those skilled in the art, the present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the embodiments and the drawings. The content mentioned in the embodiments does not limit the present invention. The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

[0032] Embodiment 1

[0033] As Figure 1 and Figure 2 shown, this embodiment provides an umbrella 2 picking and placing module 1, including a support member 11, a rotating member 12, a rotation drive module 13, a first picking component 14, and a second picking component 15. The rotating member 12 is rotatably arranged on the support member 11. The rotation drive module 13 is used to drive the rotating member 12 to rotate. Both the first picking component 14 and the second picking component 15 are installed on the rotating member 12.

[0034] Specifically, the umbrella 2 picking and placing module 1 is used to perform the following steps:

[0035] Obtain the first posture of the umbrella 2 currently to obtain the tilt angle of the umbrella 2;

[0036] Drive the rotating member 12 to rotate through the rotation drive module 13 so that the rotating member 12 rotates to the tilt angle;

[0037] Pick up different positions of the same umbrella 2 through the first picking component 14 and the second picking component 15 respectively;

[0038] After being transferred to a specific position, the rotation drive module 13 drives the rotating member 12 to rotate again, so that the umbrella 2 rotates from the second posture, and then the umbrella 2 is placed at a specific position.

[0039] Taking the feeding of the horizontally placed umbrella 2 onto the umbrella rack as an example, the present invention first drives the rotating member 12 to rotate through the rotation drive module 13, so that the rotating member 12 is adjusted to a horizontal state, and then the first picking component 14 and the second picking component 15 pick different positions of the same umbrella 2; Subsequently, the present invention leaves the position where the umbrella 2 is placed under the drive of the outside world and moves above the umbrella rack, and then according to the inclination angle of the position where the umbrella 2 is placed on the umbrella rack, the rotation drive module 13 controls the rotating member 12 to rotate, so that the first picking component 14 and the second picking component 15 rotate relatively, driving the umbrella 2 to rotate to the second posture; Finally, the outside world drives the present invention to descend and place the umbrella 2 at a specific position of the umbrella 2.

[0040] The present invention realizes the adjustment according to the current posture of the umbrella 2, thus realizing the effect of a flexible picking fixture, making the loading and unloading of the umbrella 2 relative to the umbrella rack more flexible and convenient.

[0041] In this embodiment, the support member 11 is provided with a rotating seat 16, a rotating shaft 17 is provided between the support member 11 and the rotating seat 16, one end of the rotating member 12 is installed on the rotating seat 16, and the rotation drive module 13 is drivingly connected to the rotating shaft 17.

[0042] In actual use, the rotation drive module 13 can be structures such as a motor, a rotary cylinder, a rotary oil cylinder, etc. The purpose is to drive the rotating member 12 to rotate around the rotating shaft 17, and any structure that can achieve this function belongs to the protection scope of the present invention.

[0043] Specifically, the first picking component 14 is installed at the bottom of one end of the rotating member 12, and the second picking component 15 is installed at the bottom of the other end of the rotating member 12.

[0044] That is, the first picking component 14 is located directly below the straight line where the rotating shaft 17 is located, so that the position change amount of the first picking component 14 is small when the rotating member 12 rotates. Its advantage is that when the first picking component 14 moves directly above a picking position of the umbrella 2, the present invention does not need to move any more. Subsequently, only the rotating member needs to rotate, and the first picking component 14 will only rotate directly above this picking position, ensuring the positioning effect and enabling the vacuum coating equipment equipped with the present invention to more easily realize the automatic loading and unloading of the umbrella 2.

[0045] In this embodiment, the number of the first picking components 14 is at least two, and at least two first picking components 14 are arranged at intervals at the bottom of one end of the rotating member 12.

[0046] In this embodiment, there are two first picking components 14, and both of the two first picking components 14 are located directly below the straight line where the rotating shaft 17 is located. By cooperating the second picking component 15 with the two first picking components 14, a three-point positioning effect is formed, making the picking of the umbrella 2 by the present invention more stable and avoiding the umbrella 2 from flipping during the picking or moving process.

[0047] In this embodiment, the rotation driving module 13 is provided with an angle sensor (not shown in the figure), and the angle sensor is used to obtain the rotation angle of the rotation driving module 13. This angle sensor can be a conventional sensor. That is, through the setting of the angle sensor, the rotation angle of the rotation driving module 13 can be monitored, so as to ensure that the rotating part 12 will not rotate excessively, making the loading and unloading of the umbrella 2 more stable.

[0048] In this embodiment, the first picking component 14 picks up the umbrella 2 by one or more of magnetic attraction, clamping, tensioning, and negative pressure adsorption.

[0049] Similarly, the second picking component 15 picks up the umbrella 2 by one or more of magnetic attraction, clamping, tensioning, and negative pressure adsorption.

[0050] That is, different umbrellas 2 will have different structures:

[0051] If there are convex shapes suitable for clamping actions on the surface of the umbrella 2, the first picking component 14 and the second picking component 15 can pick up the umbrella 2 by clamping.

[0052] When there are countersunk holes or through holes on the front of the umbrella 2 that are suitable for pins and shafts to enter and connect, the first picking component 14 and the second picking component 15 can pick up the umbrella 2 by tensioning.

[0053] When the surface of the umbrella 2 is smooth, the first picking component 14 and the second picking component 15 pick up the umbrella 2 by negative pressure adsorption.

[0054] When the umbrella 2 has a magnetizable structure, the first picking component 14 and the second picking component 15 pick up the umbrella 2 by magnetic attraction.

[0055] Of course, the structures of the first picking component 14 and the second picking component 15 can be structures with only one of the above functions. At this time, the first picking component 14 and the second picking component 15 can be detachably installed on the rotating part 12, for example, by using a screw fixing method for installation. At this time, the staff can replace the suitable first picking component 14 and second picking component 15 according to the actual structure of the umbrella 2 for use.

[0056] Another way is that both the first picking component 14 and the second picking component 15 are multifunctional, and each integrates at least two picking structures, so that the corresponding picking structure can be switched according to the structure of the umbrella 2 to be picked up to pick up the umbrella 2. This way belongs to the superposition of conventional picking structures. Although the structure is relatively complex, it saves the time for replacing the first picking component 14 and the second picking component 15, which is beneficial to improving efficiency and is applicable to the situation of umbrellas 2 with various different structures.

[0057] In this embodiment, obtaining the current first posture of the umbrella 2 to obtain the inclination angle of the umbrella 2 specifically includes:

[0058] Obtaining the shape and posture of the umbrella 2 to calculate the picking position of the umbrella 2;

[0059] Connect the picking positions of the umbrella 2 on the projection on the vertical plane, and calculate the included angle between the connecting line and the horizontal plane, which is recorded as the inclination angle of the umbrella 2.

[0060] That is, for some umbrellas 2, they are placed obliquely on the umbrella rack, and the umbrella 2 itself is also a non-flat structure, and even the thicknesses of different positions of the umbrella 2 are different. At this time, only the picking position of the umbrella 2 needs to be determined, and then the projections of the picking positions (mainly one first picking component 14 and one second picking component 15) on the vertical plane are connected, and a line segment with an included angle with the horizontal plane can be obtained. This included angle is the inclination angle of the fixture. The rotating part 12 of the present invention only needs to rotate to this angle and then descend until both the first picking component 14 and the second picking component 15 are in contact with the umbrella 2 and then perform actions, and the umbrella 2 can be successfully picked up.

[0061] Therefore, the present invention can realize the reliable picking of umbrellas 2 with special shapes such as non-flat structures and irregular structures, thereby improving flexibility and making the vacuum coating process of automatic loading and unloading easier to achieve.

[0062] Embodiment 2

[0063] As Figure 3 shown, this embodiment provides a loading and unloading mechanism, including a moving module 3, and the moving module 3 is drivingly connected with at least one umbrella 2 picking and placing module 1 described in Embodiment 1. The moving module 3 preferably has at least the functions of moving in the Z-axis direction and the X-axis direction, so that the moving module 3 only needs to translate and lift, and cooperate with the rotation of the umbrella 2 picking and placing module 1 described in Embodiment 1, and reliable picking and placing of umbrellas 2 with various postures and shapes can be achieved.

[0064] The above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and do not impose any form of limitation on the present invention. Although the present invention is disclosed above in preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in the relevant art, without departing from the technical solution of the present invention, when making some changes or modifications using the above-disclosed technical content to equivalent embodiments of equivalent changes, as long as they do not depart from the technical solution content of the present invention, any simple modifications, equivalent changes and modifications made to the above embodiments according to the technical means of the present invention all fall within the scope of the technical solution of the present invention.

Claims

1. An umbrella pick-up and placement module, characterized in that: It includes a support member, a rotating member, a rotating drive module, a first pickup assembly and a second pickup assembly. The rotating member is rotatably arranged on the support member. The rotating drive module is used to drive the rotating member to rotate. The first pickup assembly and the second pickup assembly are both installed on the rotating member. The umbrella taking and placing module is used to perform the following steps: Obtain the current first posture of the parachute to obtain the tilt angle of the parachute; The rotating member is driven to rotate by the rotating driving module so that the rotating member rotates to an inclined angle; Picking up different positions of the same umbrella respectively by the first picking component and the second picking component; After being transferred to the umbrella stand, the rotary drive module drives the rotary member to rotate again, so that the umbrella is rotated from the second posture, and then the umbrella is placed on the umbrella stand.

2. The umbrella taking and placing module according to claim 1, characterized in that: The support member is provided with a rotating seat, a rotating shaft is provided between the support member and the rotating seat, one end of the rotating member is installed on the rotating seat, and the rotating drive module is driven to connect the rotating shaft.

3. The umbrella taking and placing module according to claim 2, characterized in that: The first pickup assembly is installed at the bottom of one end of the rotating member, and the second pickup assembly is installed at the bottom of the other end of the rotating member.

4. The umbrella taking and placing module according to claim 1, characterized in that: The number of the first pickup components is at least two, and the at least two first pickup components are spaced apart and arranged at the bottom of one end of the rotating member.

5. The umbrella taking and placing module according to claim 1, characterized in that: The rotation driving module has an angle sensor, and the angle sensor is used to obtain the rotation angle of the rotation driving module.

6. The umbrella taking and placing module according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first picking component picks up the umbrella by one or more methods of magnetic attraction, clamping, tensioning, and negative pressure adsorption.

7. The umbrella taking and placing module according to claim 1, characterized in that: The second picking-up component picks up the umbrella by one or more methods of magnetic attraction, clamping, tensioning, and negative pressure adsorption.

8. The umbrella taking and placing module according to claim 1, characterized in that: The obtaining of the current first posture of the umbrella to obtain the tilt angle of the umbrella specifically includes: Obtain the shape and posture of the parachute to calculate the pick-up position of the parachute; Draw a line on the projection of the vertical plane to connect the pick-up positions of the umbrella, calculate the angle between the line and the horizontal plane, and record it as the tilt angle of the umbrella.

9. The umbrella taking and placing module according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first pickup assembly and the second pickup assembly can be detachably mounted on the rotating member.

10. A loading and unloading mechanism, characterized in that: The invention comprises a moving module, and the moving module is drivingly connected to at least one umbrella taking and placing module according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

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