Plate-shaped material arranging and sequencing device and method

Abstract

The plate-shaped material arranging and sequencing device comprises an arranging hopper and an arranging and conveying channel, a discharging opening of the arranging hopper is communicated with the arranging and conveying channel, and the arranging and conveying channel is sequentially provided with an overlapping arranging mechanism, a front and back arranging mechanism and a head and tail arranging mechanism in the conveying direction. The overlapping material arranging mechanism is used for separating overlapped plate-shaped materials on the material arranging conveying channel into single layers, the front and back surface material arranging mechanism is used for turning over the plate-shaped materials on the material arranging conveying channel to be in the same front and back direction, and the head and tail material arranging mechanism is used for turning the plate-shaped materials on the material arranging conveying channel to be in the same head and tail direction. The invention further discloses a plate-shaped material arranging and sequencing method which is carried out by adopting the plate-shaped material arranging and sequencing device. The plate-shaped material arranging and sequencing device and method have the advantages that the arranging requirements of plate-shaped materials with special shapes are met, the arranging efficiency is high, and the labor intensity is low.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of food and medicine packaging machinery and equipment, and in particular to a device and method for arranging and sorting plate-shaped materials. Background Art

[0002] A reagent box cover needs to be installed on the reagent box after being arranged. This cover is a plate-shaped material, which has not only a front and back side, but also a direction, such as Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, the back of the cover plate is provided with a nail part, the head is narrow and the tail is wide. For this special shape of material, using the existing vibrating bucket will cause the cover plate to overlap, the front and back sides to be inverted, and the head and tail to be reversed. Therefore, the existing vibrating bucket is difficult to meet the material sorting requirements of the cover plate. Therefore, manual material sorting is generally used, but the efficiency is low and the labor intensity is high. Summary of the invention

[0003] The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to overcome the deficiencies of the prior art and provide a plate-like material sorting and sorting device and method which meets the material sorting requirements of plate-like materials with special shapes, has high material sorting efficiency and low labor intensity.

[0004] In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions:

[0005] A plate-like material sorting and sequencing device comprises a material sorting hopper and a material sorting conveying channel, wherein the material sorting hopper has a material outlet connected to the material sorting conveying channel, and the material sorting conveying channel is provided with an overlapping material sorting mechanism, a front and back material sorting mechanism and a head and tail material sorting mechanism in sequence along the conveying direction, wherein the overlapping material sorting mechanism is used to separate the overlapping plate-like materials on the material sorting conveying channel into a single layer, the front and back material sorting mechanism is used to flip the plate-like materials on the material sorting conveying channel so that the front and back directions are consistent, and the head and tail material sorting mechanism is used to turn the plate-like materials on the material sorting conveying channel so that the head and tail directions are consistent.

[0006] As a further improvement of the above technical solution:

[0007] The inner circumference of the material sorting hopper is provided with a spirally ascending inner track, and the material discharge port of the material sorting hopper is arranged at the top end of the inner track.

[0008] The material handling and conveying channel spirally descends around the outer circumference of the material handling hopper.

[0009] The material sorting and conveying channel is provided with a rejecting mechanism downstream of the head and tail material sorting mechanisms, and the rejecting mechanism is used to reject the plate-like materials that are unqualified in the material sorting.

[0010] A material return channel is arranged outside the material sorting hopper, and the material return channel connects the rejecting mechanism and the material feed port of the material sorting hopper.

[0011] The upper surface of the plate-like material is set as the front side, and the lower surface is set as the back side. The back side is provided with nails. The head of the plate-like material is narrow and the tail is wide.

[0012] The material handling hopper is a vibrating hopper.

[0013] A method for arranging and sorting plate-shaped materials, using the above-mentioned plate-shaped material arranging and sorting device, comprises the following steps:

[0014] S1, after the material sorting hopper sorts the plate-shaped materials, it transports the plate-shaped materials to the material sorting and conveying channel through the discharge port;

[0015] S2. The plate-shaped material is transported forward along the material sorting and conveying channel, first separated into single layers by the overlapping material sorting mechanism for transportation, then flipped by the front and back material sorting mechanism so that the front and back directions are consistent, and finally turned by the head and tail material sorting mechanism so that the head and tail directions are consistent;

[0016] S3, the material conveying channel outputs the qualified plate-shaped materials.

[0017] Compared with the prior art, the advantages of the present invention are:

[0018] The working process of the plate-like material sorting and sorting device of the present invention is as follows: first, the plate-like material is sorted by the sorting hopper and then transported to the sorting and conveying channel through the discharge port; secondly, the plate-like material is transported forward along the sorting and conveying channel, first separated into a single layer for transportation by the overlapping sorting mechanism, then flipped by the front and back sorting mechanism to have the front and back directions consistent (such as the front side facing up), and finally turned by the head and tail sorting mechanism to have the head and tail directions consistent (such as the head facing forward); then, the sorting and conveying channel outputs the plate-like material that has passed the sorting. The plate-like material sorting and sorting device arranges the overlapping sorting mechanism, the front and back sorting mechanism and the head and tail sorting mechanism in sequence along the conveying direction of the sorting and conveying channel, so that the plate-like material is first separated into a single layer for transportation by the overlapping sorting mechanism to avoid overlapping transportation, then flipped by the front and back sorting mechanism to have the front and back directions consistent, which is convenient for the subsequent turning operation of the head and tail sorting mechanism, and then turned by the head and tail sorting mechanism to have the head and tail directions consistent, and then the plate-like material with the consistent directions is transported by the sorting and conveying channel, thereby meeting the sorting requirements of plate-like materials with special shapes. Moreover, the material sorting efficiency is high and the labor intensity is low.

[0019] The plate-like material arranging and sorting method of the present invention is carried out by adopting a plate-like material arranging and sorting device and has all the advantages of the plate-like material arranging and sorting device. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0020] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the main structure of plate-like materials.

[0021] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the top view structure of plate-like materials.

[0022] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of the plate-like material sorting and arranging device of the present invention from a first viewing angle.

[0023] Figure 4 yes Figure 3 Schematic diagram of the enlarged structure at point A in the middle.

[0024] Figure 5 yes Figure 3 Schematic diagram of the enlarged structure at point B in the middle.

[0025] Figure 6 It is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of the plate-like material sorting and arranging device of the present invention from a second viewing angle.

[0026] Figure 7 It is a schematic diagram of the top view of the structure of the plate-like material sorting and arranging device of the present invention.

[0027] Figure 8 It is a schematic diagram of the main structure of the plate-like material sorting and arranging device of the present invention.

[0028] The symbols in the figure represent:

[0029] 1. Material sorting hopper; 11. Inner track; 2. Material sorting and conveying channel; 3. Overlapping material sorting mechanism; 31. Narrowing section; 4. Front and back material sorting mechanism; 5. Head and tail material sorting mechanism; 51. Guide strip; 52. Blowing component; 6. Plate-shaped material; 61. Front side; 62. Back side; 63. Nail part; 7. Rejection mechanism; 8. Return channel. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0030] The present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

[0031] In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "length", "width", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inside" and "outside" etc., indicating orientations or positional relationships, are based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be understood as a limitation on the present invention.

[0032] 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 one or more of the features. In the description of the present invention, the meaning of "plurality" is two or more, unless otherwise clearly and specifically defined.

[0033] In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "assemble", "connect", "connect", "fix" 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 or the interaction relationship between two elements. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0034] Embodiment 1:

[0035] Figures 3 to 8 An embodiment of a plate-like material sorting and arranging device of the present invention is shown. The plate-like material sorting and arranging device of this embodiment includes a material sorting hopper 1 and a material sorting and conveying channel 2. The discharge port of the material sorting hopper 1 is connected to the material sorting and conveying channel 2. The material sorting and conveying channel 2 is provided with an overlapping material sorting mechanism 3, a front and back material sorting mechanism 4 and a head and tail material sorting mechanism 5 in sequence along the conveying direction. The overlapping material sorting mechanism 3 is used to separate the overlapping plate-like materials 6 on the material sorting and conveying channel 2 into a single layer, the front and back material sorting mechanism 4 is used to flip the plate-like materials 6 on the material sorting and conveying channel 2 so that the front and back directions are consistent, and the head and tail material sorting mechanism 5 is used to turn the material on the material sorting and conveying channel 2 so that the head and tail directions are consistent.

[0036] The working process of the plate-like material sorting and sorting device is as follows: first, the sorting hopper 1 sorts the plate-like material 6 and then conveys the plate-like material 6 to the sorting and conveying channel 2 through the discharge port; secondly, the plate-like material 6 is conveyed forward along the sorting and conveying channel 2, first separated into a single layer for conveying by the overlapping sorting mechanism 3, then flipped by the front and back sorting mechanism 4 so that the front and back directions are consistent (such as the front side 61 facing upward), and finally turned by the head and tail sorting mechanism 5 so that the head and tail directions are consistent (such as the head facing forward); then, the sorting and conveying channel 2 outputs the qualified plate-like material 6. The plate-like material sorting and sequencing device arranges the overlapping material sorting mechanism 3, the front and back material sorting mechanism 4 and the head and tail material sorting mechanism 5 in sequence along the conveying direction of the material sorting and conveying channel 2, so that the plate-like material 6 is first separated into a single layer for conveying by the overlapping material sorting mechanism 3 to avoid overlapping conveying, and then turned by the front and back material sorting mechanism 4 to make the front and back directions consistent, which is convenient for the subsequent turning operation of the head and tail material sorting mechanism 5, and then turned by the head and tail material sorting mechanism 5 to make the head and tail directions consistent, and then the plate-like material 6 with the consistent direction is conveyed by the material sorting and conveying channel 2, thereby meeting the material sorting requirements of the plate-like material 6 with special shapes. In addition, the material sorting efficiency is high and the labor intensity is low.

[0037] Furthermore, in this embodiment, the inner circumference of the material handling hopper 1 is provided with an inner track 11 that rises in a spiral, and the discharge port of the material handling hopper 1 is provided at the top of the inner track 11. The material handling hopper 1 rotates, so that the plate-shaped material 6 in the material handling hopper 1 moves up along the inner track 11 until it enters the material handling conveying channel 2 from the discharge port. The inner track 11 rises in a spiral around the inner circumference of the material handling hopper 1.

[0038] Furthermore, in this embodiment, the material handling conveying channel 2 spirally descends around the outer periphery of the material handling hopper 1. The conveying length of the material handling conveying channel 2 is extended to meet the requirements of sequential arrangement of the overlapping material handling mechanism 3, the front and back material handling mechanism 4 and the head and tail material handling mechanism 5.

[0039] Furthermore, if Figure 3 , Figure 6 and Figure 7 As shown, in this embodiment, the material sorting and conveying channel 2 is provided with a rejection mechanism 7 downstream of the head and tail material sorting mechanisms 5, and the rejection mechanism 7 is used to reject the plate-like materials 6 that are unqualified in the material sorting. The rejection mechanism 7 rejects the plate-like materials 6 that are unqualified in the material sorting, so that the plate-like materials 6 conveyed by the material sorting and conveying channel 2 are all qualified products with the same top-to-bottom, left-to-right, and front-to-back orientations.

[0040] Furthermore, if Figure 3 , Figure 6 and Figure 7 As shown, in this embodiment, the material sorting hopper 1 is provided with a return channel 8, which connects the rejection mechanism 7 and the feed port of the material sorting hopper 1. The rejection mechanism 7 transfers the unqualified plate-like material 6 to the return channel 8, and the return channel 8 then returns the unqualified plate-like material 6 to the material sorting hopper 1 for re-sorting. In this way, the unqualified plate-like material 6 can be sorted again or multiple times until it is sorted to a qualified level, thereby reducing the number of unqualified products and improving the overall work efficiency.

[0041] Furthermore, in this embodiment, the upper surface of the plate-like material 6 is set as the front side 61, the lower surface is set as the back side 62, the back side 62 is provided with a nail portion 63, and the head of the plate-like material 6 is narrow and the tail is wide. Due to the special structure of the plate-like material 6, the order of the overlapping material sorting mechanism 3, the front and back material sorting mechanism 4 and the head and tail material sorting mechanism 5 cannot be replaced. For example, if the front and back material sorting mechanism 4 and the head and tail material sorting mechanism 5 are replaced, for the plate-like material 6 with the wrong front and back sides (such as the tail facing forward), the head and tail material sorting mechanism 5 will not be able to perform a steering operation on it (such as the steering operation needs to rely on the lifting effect of the nail portion 63 to provide an operating space at the bottom).

[0042] Furthermore, in this embodiment, the material sorting hopper 1 is a vibrating hopper.

[0043] Furthermore, if Figure 3 and Figure 5As shown, in this embodiment, the overlapping material sorting mechanism 3 may include a narrowing section 31 provided on the material sorting and conveying channel 2, the bottom surface of the narrowing section 31 gradually tilts toward one side, and the width of the narrowing section 31 is less than the width of two plate-like materials 6 and greater than the width of one plate-like material 6, so that only one plate-like material 6 or plate-like materials 6 stacked up and down can pass through, and in the process of the plate-like materials 6 stacked up and down moving along the bottom surface of the narrowing section 31, the upper plate-like material 6 gradually tilts to flip outwards as the bottom surface of the narrowing section 31 changes, thereby achieving the effect of de-overlapping. It should be noted that the narrow end of the plate-like material 6 is easier to enter the narrowing section 31.

[0044] Furthermore, if Figure 3 and Figure 4 As shown, in this embodiment, the front and back material sorting mechanism 4 may include an upper protrusion arranged on the bottom surface of the material sorting and conveying channel 2, and the top surface of the upper protrusion is an inclined guide surface. When the plate-like material 6 with the front side 61 facing downward passes by, it is flipped to have the front side 61 facing upward under the oblique push action of the guide surface. When the plate-like material 6 with the front side 61 facing upward passes by, due to the lifting effect of the nail portion 63, the plate-like material 6 is not affected by the oblique push action of the guide surface, that is, the plate-like material 6 with the front side 61 facing upward can keep the front side 61 facing upward when passing through the upper protrusion.

[0045] Furthermore, if Figure 3 and Figure 4 As shown, in this embodiment, the head and tail material sorting mechanism 5 may include a guide bar 51 and a blowing assembly 52, the guide bar 51 is arranged on the bottom surface of the material sorting and conveying channel 2, so that the material sorting and conveying channel 2 forms a single-row channel groove for a single plate-like material 6 on both sides of the guide bar 51, and an upper protrusion is provided at the feeding end of one of the single-row channel grooves, which is used to make the plate-like material 6 with the front 61 facing downward flip to another single-row channel groove when passing through, and through size design, the plate-like material 6 with the head facing forward is conveyed forward along the other single-row channel groove, so that a nail portion 63 at the rear end of the plate-like material 6 with the tail facing forward is located in one single-row channel groove, and the other nail portions 63 are located in another single-row channel groove; the blowing assembly 52 is arranged above the discharge end of the single-row channel groove, when the plate-like material 6 with the tail facing forward passes through the blowing assembly 52, the blowing assembly 52 blows air to the plate-like material 6, so that the plate-like material 6 with the tail facing forward is turned to face the head forward.

[0046] Of course, in other embodiments, the overlapping material sorting mechanism 3, the front and back material sorting mechanism 4 and the head and tail material sorting mechanism 5 may also be other mechanisms that can meet the requirements.

[0047] Embodiment 2:

[0048] A method for arranging and sorting plate-shaped materials, using the plate-shaped material arranging and sorting device of embodiment 1, comprises the following steps:

[0049] S1, the material sorting hopper 1 sorts the plate-shaped material 6 and then conveys the plate-shaped material 6 to the material sorting and conveying channel 2 through the discharge port;

[0050] S2, the plate-shaped material 6 is conveyed forward along the material sorting and conveying passage 2, first separated into a single layer for conveying by the overlapping material sorting mechanism 3, then turned over by the front and back material sorting mechanism 4 so that the front and back directions are consistent (e.g., the front side 61 faces upward, here, the plate-shaped material 6 is required to face the front side 61 upward, and for materials of other shapes, the back side 62 may face upward), and finally turned by the head and tail material sorting mechanism 5 so that the head and tail directions are consistent (e.g., the head faces forward, here, the plate-shaped material 6 is required to face the head face forward, and for materials of other shapes, the tail may face forward);

[0051] S3, the material conveying channel 2 outputs the plate-shaped material 6 that has passed the material sorting.

[0052] The present plate-like material sorting and sorting method adopts a plate-like material sorting and sorting device, and has all the advantages of the plate-like material sorting and sorting device. The overlapping material sorting mechanism 3, the front and back material sorting mechanism 4 and the head and tail material sorting mechanism 5 are sequentially arranged along the conveying direction of the material sorting and conveying channel 2, so that the plate-like material 6 is first separated into a single layer for conveying by the overlapping material sorting mechanism 3 to avoid overlapping conveying, and then turned by the front and back material sorting mechanism 4 to have the front and back directions consistent, which is convenient for the subsequent turning operation of the head and tail material sorting mechanism 5, and then turned by the head and tail material sorting mechanism 5 to have the head and tail directions consistent, and then the plate-like material 6 with the consistent directions is conveyed by the material sorting and conveying channel 2, thereby meeting the material sorting requirements of the plate-like material 6 with special shapes. In addition, the material sorting efficiency is high and the labor intensity is low.

[0053] Although the present invention has been disclosed as above with preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any technician familiar with the art can make many possible changes and modifications to the technical solution of the present invention by using the technical content disclosed above without departing from the scope of the technical solution of the present invention, or modify it into an equivalent embodiment of equivalent changes. Therefore, any simple modification, equivalent change and modification made to the above embodiments according to the technical essence of the present invention without departing from the content of the technical solution of the present invention should fall within the scope of protection of the technical solution of the present invention.

Claims

1. A device for arranging and sorting plate-like materials, characterized in that: The invention comprises a material sorting hopper (1) and a material sorting conveying channel (2); the material outlet of the material sorting hopper (1) is connected to the material sorting conveying channel (2); the material sorting conveying channel (2) is provided with an overlapping material sorting mechanism (3), a front and back material sorting mechanism (4) and a head and tail material sorting mechanism (5) in sequence along the conveying direction; the overlapping material sorting mechanism (3) is used to separate the overlapping plate-like materials (6) on the material sorting conveying channel (2) into a single layer; the front and back material sorting mechanism (4) is used to flip the plate-like materials (6) on the material sorting conveying channel (2) so that the front and back directions are consistent; and the head and tail material sorting mechanism (5) is used to turn the plate-like materials (6) on the material sorting conveying channel (2) so that the head and tail directions are consistent.

2. The plate-like material sorting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The inner circumference of the material sorting hopper (1) is provided with a spirally ascending inner track (11), and the material discharge port of the material sorting hopper (1) is arranged at the top end of the inner track (11).

3. The plate-like material sorting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The material handling and conveying channel (2) spirally descends around the outer circumference of the material handling hopper (1).

4. The plate-like material sorting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The material sorting and conveying channel (2) is provided with a rejection mechanism (7) downstream of the head and tail material sorting mechanisms (5), and the rejection mechanism (7) is used to reject the plate-like materials (6) that are unqualified in the material sorting.

5. The plate-like material sorting device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The material sorting hopper (1) is provided with a material return channel (8) outside, and the material return channel (8) connects the rejection mechanism (7) and the material feed port of the material sorting hopper (1).

6. The plate-like material sorting device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that: The upper surface of the plate-shaped material (6) is set as the front side (61), and the lower surface is set as the back side (62). The back side (62) is provided with a nail portion (63). The head of the plate-shaped material (6) is narrow and the tail is wide.

7. The plate-like material sorting device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that: The material handling hopper (1) is a vibrating hopper.

8. A method for arranging and sorting plate-like materials, characterized in that: The plate-like material sorting device according to any one of claims 1 to 7 is used, comprising the following steps: S1, the material sorting hopper (1) sorts the plate-shaped materials (6) and then conveys the plate-shaped materials (6) to the material sorting and conveying channel (2) through the discharge port; S2, the plate-shaped material (6) is transported forward along the material sorting and conveying channel (2), first separated into single layers by the overlapping material sorting mechanism (3) for transportation, then turned over by the front and back material sorting mechanism (4) so ​​that the front and back directions are consistent, and finally turned by the head and tail material sorting mechanism (5) so that the head and tail directions are consistent; S3, the material conveying channel (2) outputs the plate-shaped material (6) that has passed the material sorting.

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