Intelligent sorting device and traditional Chinese medicine sorting process

Abstract

The present application relates to the technical field of sorting separation, and discloses an intelligent sorting device and a traditional Chinese medicinal material sorting process. In the process of moving of the sorting cylinder in the sorting section, the opening direction of the sorting cylinder is gradually adjusted from upward to the direction of the sorting workbench, and the materials are sorted when passing through the sorting workbench. The calibration objects in the sorting cylinder corresponding to the materials meeting the standards are retained, and the calibration objects in the sorting cylinder corresponding to the materials not meeting the standards are removed. The orientation of the sorting cylinder facilitates detection and avoids contact with the qualified materials, thereby ensuring the cleanliness of the qualified materials. After sorting, the sorting cylinder continues to move with the materials, the contents of the sorting cylinder are poured into the guiding output mechanism, and then each portion of the traditional Chinese medicinal materials can be transported in a separated state through the guiding output mechanism. When the materials are packaged and processed at the back end, the unqualified materials can be directly removed, thereby improving the processing efficiency of the materials.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of sorting and separating, in particular to an intelligent sorting device and a traditional Chinese medicinal material sorting process. BACKGROUND

[0002] With the progress of industrial automation technology, the traditional method of relying on manual material identification and classification has been difficult to meet the requirements of large-scale production for efficiency and accuracy. Especially in high-precision and high-standard industries such as food processing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, electronic assembly, and automobile parts, how to realize fast, accurate, and safe material sorting has become a key link to improve overall production efficiency and product quality.

[0003] With the development of traditional Chinese medicinal material processing technology, sorting equipment has been gradually applied in the field of traditional Chinese medicinal material processing. The sorting of traditional Chinese medicinal materials is a key link in the production process of traditional Chinese medicine, which directly affects the quality and efficacy of the medicine. Traditional sorting mainly relies on manual operation, and workers remove impurities, inferior medicinal materials or non-medicinal parts through visual observation and manual sorting. Early automatic sorting is mainly based on mechanical screening, gravity sorting or air flow sorting, which is suitable for granular or large density difference materials. For example, a vibrating screen can separate different specifications of medicinal materials through aperture size, and an air separator can separate light impurities (such as branches, leaves, and dust) from heavy medicinal materials using air flow. However, these methods have limited effect on the sorting of traditional Chinese medicinal materials with complex morphology or similar characteristics, making it difficult to achieve high-precision sorting.

[0004] Due to the diverse morphology of traditional Chinese medicinal materials (such as roots, stems, leaves, and fruits), significant differences in texture, color, and size further increase the difficulty of manual sorting. In existing technology, material stacking is the main bottleneck that restricts sorting efficiency, which is manifested as follows: stacked medicinal materials will cover each other, causing the vision system to fail to completely collect the feature information of individual units, resulting in missed detection or misjudgment; stacking causes uneven distribution of medicinal materials during transportation, which may cause equipment blockage or frequent shutdown for arrangement, affecting continuous operation. SUMMARY

[0005] In view of the deficiencies of the prior art, the present application provides an intelligent sorting device and a traditional Chinese medicinal material sorting process.

[0006] To solve the above technical problems, the present application provides the following technical solutions:

[0007] The utility model provides an intelligent sorting equipment, including separate conveying mechanism and sorting work platform, the front end of separate conveying mechanism is provided with dispersion input mechanism, the tail end of dispersion input mechanism is provided with ration guide mechanism, separate conveying mechanism includes circulating conveying chain and a plurality of sorting cylinder, each sorting cylinder circulates and moves under the conveying of circulating conveying chain, the material of dispersion input mechanism can pass ration guide mechanism and is inputed in each sorting cylinder inside respectively with the same weight of each, the one end of separate conveying mechanism is provided with calibration input mechanism above ration guide mechanism, the one end of separate conveying mechanism is provided with guide output mechanism below ration guide mechanism, the process that separate conveying mechanism conveys each sorting cylinder is divided into feeding section, sorting section and back section along the direction of conveyance, when the first end of sorting cylinder is located in feeding section, the material of ration guide mechanism ration output is received, when the tail end of sorting cylinder is located in feeding section, the calibration material of calibration input mechanism output is received, the opening direction of sorting cylinder is gradually adjusted from towards upwards to towards sorting work platform direction in the process that sorting cylinder moves in sorting section, and then gradually adjusts from towards sorting work platform direction to towards upwards, when the first end of sorting cylinder enters the tail end of back section from sorting section, the opening direction of sorting cylinder is adjusted from towards upwards to towards downwards, and the content of sorting cylinder is poured into guide output mechanism.

[0008] Preferably, the separate conveying mechanism further comprises a conveying support bracket, the inside of the conveying support bracket is provided with a circulating drive sprocket and a circulating tension sprocket, the inside of the conveying support bracket and on one side of the circulating drive sprocket is provided with a sprocket drive motor, and the sprocket drive motor is in power connection with the circulating drive sprocket.

[0009] Preferably, the outside of the circulating conveying chain is fixedly provided with a plurality of mounting links, each of the sorting cylinders is connected between the connecting bracket and the circulating conveying chain, the connecting bracket comprises a mounting support plate and a movable rotating rod, the mounting support plate is fixedly connected with the mounting links through bolts, the movable rotating rod is fixedly connected with the sorting cylinder through a connecting rod, and the movable rotating rod can freely rotate in the mounting support plate.

[0010] Preferably, the top end of the conveying support bracket and located in the sorting section is provided with a direction adjusting bracket, one side of the direction adjusting bracket close to the sorting work platform is provided with a direction adjusting guide rod, the direction adjusting guide rod comprises a lifting section, a horizontal section and a descending section, in the process that the sorting cylinder moves in the sorting section along with the connecting bracket and the mounting links, the cylinder wall of the sorting cylinder is in abutment between the direction adjusting guide rod, and the direction of the sorting cylinder is adjusted along with the height adjustment of the direction adjusting guide rod.

[0011] Preferably, the opening direction of the sorting cylinder is gradually adjusted from upward to the direction of the sorting workbench when the sorting cylinder passes through the lifting section of the direction adjustment guide rod; the opening direction of the sorting cylinder keeps the direction of the sorting workbench when the sorting cylinder passes through the horizontal section of the direction adjustment guide rod; the opening direction of the sorting cylinder is gradually adjusted from the direction of the sorting workbench to upward when the sorting cylinder passes through the descending section of the direction adjustment guide rod.

[0012] Preferably, the calibration input mechanism comprises a calibration input support, the calibration input support is arranged above the feeding section of the separation conveying mechanism, the top end of the calibration input support is provided with a calibration object conveying belt, the calibration object conveying belt is provided with a calibration guide unit near the tail end of the feeding section of the separation conveying mechanism; the frequency of conveying calibration objects by the calibration object conveying belt is synchronized with the frequency of conveying the sorting cylinder by the circulating conveying chain, and the calibration object conveying belt can output one calibration object at a time through the calibration guide unit into the sorting cylinder located at the tail end of the feeding section.

[0013] Preferably, the dispersion input mechanism comprises a feeding hopper, the bottom end of the interior of the feeding hopper is provided with a horizontal conveying belt, the tail end of the horizontal conveying belt is provided with a lifting conveying belt, the tail end of the lifting conveying belt is provided with an intermittent conveying belt, and the tail end of the intermittent conveying belt extends into the interior of the quantitative guide mechanism; the surface of the lifting conveying belt is provided with a plurality of intercepting support plates, and the material conveyed by the lifting conveying belt can be conveyed upward under the support of the intercepting support plates; the bottom end of the lifting conveying belt is further provided with a movable intercepting support, and a movable intercepting baffle is slidably arranged in the interior of the movable intercepting support; the distance between the movable intercepting baffle and the surface of the lifting conveying belt can be adjusted.

[0014] Preferably, the quantitative guide mechanism comprises an upper mounting frame and a weighing detection frame, the top end of the weighing detection frame is provided with a guide groove, the guide groove and the weighing detection frame are connected through a weighing sensor, and the guide groove is inclined from the tail end of the intermittent conveying belt to the head end of the feeding section of the separation conveying mechanism; the bottom end of the upper mounting frame is provided with a shielding groove, the bottom end of the upper mounting frame is provided with a movable baffle and a driving cylinder, and the movable baffle can close and open the material channel from the guide groove to the head end of the feeding section of the separation conveying mechanism under the driving of the driving cylinder.

[0015] Preferably, the guiding output mechanism comprises an output guiding groove and an output conveying belt, the output guiding groove is installed at the tail end of the separation conveying mechanism, the output guiding groove is inclined towards the output conveying belt by the tail end of the separation conveying mechanism; the bottom end of the output guiding groove is provided with a containing notch, when the sorting cylinder enters the head end of the return section from the tail end of the sorting section, the bottom end of the sorting cylinder passes through the containing notch to continue to move, and the cylinder wall of the sorting cylinder does not interfere with the output guiding groove.

[0016] A traditional Chinese medicinal material sorting process uses the above-mentioned intelligent sorting equipment to sort traditional Chinese medicinal materials, comprising the following steps:

[0017] The traditional Chinese medicinal materials that need to be sorted are intermittently input into the quantitative guiding mechanism from the dispersion input mechanism;

[0018] After being weighed and separated by the quantitative guiding mechanism, the traditional Chinese medicinal materials that need to be sorted are respectively input into the inside of each sorting cylinder with the same weight per portion;

[0019] During the process that the separation conveying mechanism conveys the traditional Chinese medicinal materials through each sorting cylinder, the separation conveying mechanism sequentially passes through the feeding section and the sorting section of the separation conveying mechanism;

[0020] When the sorting cylinder carrying the traditional Chinese medicinal materials passes through the tail end of the feeding section, the sorting cylinder receives the calibration objects output by the calibration input mechanism;

[0021] During the process that the sorting cylinder moves in the sorting section, the opening direction of the sorting cylinder is gradually adjusted from upward to the direction of the sorting workbench, and the traditional Chinese medicinal materials in the inside of the sorting cylinder are sorted from the side of the sorting workbench away from the separation conveying mechanism;

[0022] The calibration objects in the inside of the sorting cylinder where the qualified traditional Chinese medicinal materials are located are retained, and the calibration objects in the inside of the sorting cylinder where the unqualified traditional Chinese medicinal materials are located are removed;

[0023] When the sorting cylinder enters the head end of the return section from the tail end of the sorting section, the opening direction of the sorting cylinder is adjusted from upward to downward, the traditional Chinese medicinal materials in the inside of the sorting cylinder are poured into the inside of the guiding output mechanism, and the guiding output mechanism conveys each portion of the traditional Chinese medicinal materials in a separated state.

[0024] Compared with the prior art, the intelligent sorting equipment and the traditional Chinese medicinal material sorting process have the following beneficial effects:

[0025] 1. The intelligent sorting equipment, during the movement of the sorting cylinder in the sorting section, the opening direction of the sorting cylinder is gradually adjusted from upward to the direction of the sorting workbench, and the materials are sorted when passing through the sorting workbench, the calibration objects in the sorting cylinder that meet the standard are retained, and the calibration objects in the sorting cylinder that do not meet the standard are removed, and during the packaging and other processing of the materials at the rear end, the unqualified materials are directly removed, the orientation of the sorting cylinder facilitates detection, and contact with qualified materials is avoided to ensure the cleanliness of the qualified materials; the sorting cylinder continues to move with the materials after sorting, and the direction is gradually adjusted from the direction of the sorting workbench to the upward direction, and then the opening direction is adjusted from the upward direction to the downward direction, and the contents of the sorting cylinder are poured into the guiding output mechanism, and then each portion of the traditional Chinese medicinal materials can be transported in a separated state through the guiding output mechanism, facilitating the processing and rejection process at the rear end, and improving the processing efficiency of the materials.

[0026] 2. The intelligent sorting equipment, through the conveying of the dispersion input mechanism, a large number of stacked materials can be separated to ensure that the materials conveyed to the quantitative guiding mechanism within each set time interval do not exceed the weight value of each portion of the material set by the quantitative guiding mechanism, so that the dispersion input mechanism can be stopped in time according to the amount of materials in the quantitative guiding mechanism, and each portion of the material separated by the quantitative guiding mechanism does not exceed the set range, avoiding affecting the stability of the weight of each portion of the material in the subsequent sorting process.

[0027] 3. The intelligent sorting equipment, when the sorting cylinder passes through the direction adjusting guide rod arranged at the top end of the direction adjusting support, the orientation of the sorting cylinder is adjusted along with the height adjustment of the direction adjusting guide rod due to the support of the direction adjusting guide rod, when the sorting cylinder passes through the lifting section of the direction adjusting guide rod, the opening direction of the sorting cylinder is gradually adjusted from upward to the direction of the sorting workbench; when the sorting cylinder passes through the horizontal section of the direction adjusting guide rod, the opening direction of the sorting cylinder remains in the direction of the sorting workbench; when the sorting cylinder passes through the descending section of the direction adjusting guide rod, the opening direction of the sorting cylinder is gradually adjusted from the direction of the sorting workbench to the upward direction; so as to gradually adjust the opening direction of the sorting cylinder to the direction of the sorting workbench, and then facilitate the sorting process from the side of the sorting workbench away from the separation conveying mechanism.

[0028] 4. The intelligent sorting equipment, through the setting of the output guide groove, when the sorting cylinder enters the tail end of the sorting section into the head end of the return section, the bottom end of the sorting cylinder passes through the containing slot and continues to move, and the cylinder wall of the sorting cylinder is not interfered with the output guide groove, and the material in the sorting cylinder can be completely poured into the output conveyor belt through the guidance of the output guide groove, while ensuring that the conveying speed of the sorting cylinder is not affected, and the materials in the sorting cylinders can be conveyed in a separated state through the conveying speed of the output conveyor belt. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0029] Figure 1 It is one of the three-dimensional structure schematic diagrams of the intelligent sorting equipment of the application;

[0030] Figure 2 It is the second three-dimensional structure schematic diagram of the intelligent sorting equipment of the application;

[0031] Figure 3 It is a three-dimensional structure schematic diagram of the front end of the feeding section of the separation conveying mechanism of the intelligent sorting equipment of the application;

[0032] Figure 4 It is one of the three-dimensional structure schematic diagrams of the separation conveying mechanism, the quantitative guide mechanism and the calibration input mechanism of the intelligent sorting equipment of the application;

[0033] Figure 5 It is the second three-dimensional structure schematic diagram of the separation conveying mechanism, the quantitative guide mechanism and the calibration input mechanism of the intelligent sorting equipment of the application;

[0034] Figure 6 It is a local structure schematic diagram of the separation conveying mechanism and the quantitative guide mechanism of the intelligent sorting equipment of the application;

[0035] Figure 7 It is a local structure schematic diagram of the separation conveying mechanism and the calibration input mechanism of the intelligent sorting equipment of the application;

[0036] Figure 8 It is a three-dimensional structure schematic diagram of the separation conveying mechanism of the intelligent sorting equipment of the application;

[0037] Figure 9 It is an enlarged view of part A of the application; Figure 8

[0038] Figure 10 It is a local structure schematic diagram of the separation conveying mechanism and the guide output mechanism of the intelligent sorting equipment of the application;

[0039] Figure 11 It is a three-dimensional structure schematic diagram of the dispersion input mechanism of the intelligent sorting equipment of the application.

[0040] ​In the figure: 1, separation conveying mechanism; 11, circulating conveying chain; 111, mounting chain link; 12, sorting cylinder; 13, conveying support bracket; 131, circulating drive sprocket; 132, circulating tension sprocket; 133, sprocket drive motor; 14, connecting bracket; 141, mounting support plate; 142, movable rotating rod; 143, connecting support rod; 15, direction adjustment bracket; 16, direction adjustment guide rod; 2, sorting workbench; 3, dispersion input mechanism; 31, feeding hopper; 32, horizontal conveyor belt; 33, lifting conveyor belt; 331, intercepting support plate; 34, intermittent conveyor belt; 35, movable intercepting support; 4, quantitative guide mechanism; 41, upper mounting frame; 42, weighing detection frame; 43, guide groove; 44, shielding groove; 45, movable baffle; 46, drive cylinder; 5, calibration input mechanism; 51, calibration input bracket; 52, calibration object conveying belt; 53, calibration guide unit; 6, guide output mechanism; 61, output guide groove; 611, containing notch; 62, output conveyor belt. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0041] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0042] As introduced in the background, the deficiencies in the prior art exist. In order to solve the above technical problems, the present application proposes an intelligent sorting equipment and a traditional Chinese medicine sorting process.

[0043] Embodiment one: please refer to Figures 1-11The application discloses an intelligent sorting device, which comprises a separation conveying mechanism 1 and a sorting workbench 2, wherein the front end of the separation conveying mechanism 1 is provided with a dispersion input mechanism 3, and the tail end of the dispersion input mechanism 3 is provided with a quantitative guide mechanism 4; the separation conveying mechanism 1 comprises a circulating conveying chain 11 and a plurality of sorting barrels 12, each of the sorting barrels 12 is circulated and moved under the conveying of the circulating conveying chain 11; the material input from the dispersion input mechanism 3 can be input into each of the sorting barrels 12 in the same weight through the quantitative guide mechanism 4; the end of the separation conveying mechanism 1 close to the quantitative guide mechanism 4 is provided with a calibration input mechanism 5 above, and the end of the separation conveying mechanism 1 away from the quantitative guide mechanism 4 is provided with a guide output mechanism 6 below; during the conveying of the separation conveying mechanism 1 to each of the sorting barrels 12, the conveying direction is divided into a feeding section, a sorting section and a return section; when the sorting barrel 12 is located at the head end of the feeding section, the material output by the quantitative guide mechanism 4 is received; when the sorting barrel 12 is located at the tail end of the feeding section, the calibration material output by the calibration input mechanism 5 is received; during the movement of the sorting barrel 12 in the sorting section, the opening direction of the sorting barrel 12 is gradually adjusted from upward to the direction of the sorting workbench 2, and then gradually adjusted from the direction of the sorting workbench 2 to upward; when the sorting barrel 12 enters the head end of the return section from the tail end of the sorting section, the opening direction of the sorting barrel 12 is adjusted from upward to downward, and the content of the sorting barrel 12 is poured into the guide output mechanism 6.

[0044] In specific use, the material is input from the head end of the dispersion input mechanism 3, and is conveyed through the dispersion input mechanism 3; the large amount of stacked materials can be separated to ensure that the material conveyed to the quantitative guide mechanism 4 within each set time interval (generally the response time of the conveying mechanism of the dispersion input mechanism 3) can not exceed the set weight value of each material of the quantitative guide mechanism 4, so that the dispersion input mechanism 3 can be stopped in time according to the amount of material in the quantitative guide mechanism 4, and each material separated through the quantitative guide mechanism 4 can be prevented from exceeding the set range, and the stability of the weight of each material in the subsequent sorting process can be avoided;

[0045] Each material is inputted into each sorting cylinder 12 with the same weight per portion, the sorting cylinder 12 carrying the material continues to be conveyed in the feeding section of the separation conveying mechanism 1, and the conveying calibration object frequency of the calibration input mechanism 5 is matched, so that the sorting cylinder 12 at the tail end of the feeding section receives the calibration object (which can be a qualified label or the like used for marking whether the material is qualified) output by the calibration input mechanism 5, and the calibration object and the material can continue to be conveyed together to the sorting section of the separation conveying mechanism 1 through the sorting cylinder 12; during the movement of the sorting cylinder 12 in the sorting section, the opening direction of the sorting cylinder 12 is gradually adjusted from upward to the direction of the sorting workbench 2, and the sorting workbench 2 on one side can be used by the workers to sort (which can also be in the form of visual detection cooperating with a mechanical hand), the calibration object in the sorting cylinder 12 inside the material meeting the standard is retained, and the calibration object in the sorting cylinder 12 inside the material not meeting the standard is removed, and the unqualified material can be directly removed when the material is packaged and processed at the rear end, the orientation of the sorting cylinder 12 is convenient for detection, and at the same time, contact with the qualified material can be avoided, so as to ensure the cleanliness of the qualified material; the sorting cylinder 12 carrying the material continues to move after the sorting is completed, and the direction gradually adjusts from upward to the direction of the sorting workbench 2 and then from upward to downward, and the contents of the sorting cylinder 12 are poured into the guide output mechanism 6, and then each portion of the traditional Chinese medicinal materials can be conveyed in a separated state through the guide output mechanism 6, which is convenient for the processing and rejection process at the rear end and improves the processing efficiency of the material.

[0046] Embodiment two: please refer to Figures 1-10 The difference from the above embodiment is that the separation conveying mechanism 1 further comprises a conveying support bracket 13, the conveying support bracket 13 is internally provided with a circulating drive sprocket 131 and a circulating tension sprocket 132, the conveying support bracket 13 is internally provided with a sprocket drive motor 133 on the side of the circulating drive sprocket 131, and the sprocket drive motor 133 is in power connection with the circulating drive sprocket 131.

[0047] A plurality of mounting links 111 are fixedly arranged outside the circulating conveying chain 11, each sorting cylinder 12 is connected between the circulating conveying chain 11 and the connecting bracket 14, the connecting bracket 14 comprises a mounting branch plate 141 and a movable rotating rod 142, the mounting branch plate 141 is fixed between the mounting links 111 through bolts, and the movable rotating rod 142 is fixedly connected with the sorting cylinder 12 through a connecting rod 143, and the movable rotating rod 142 can freely rotate in the mounting branch plate 141.

[0048] The top end of the conveying support bracket 13 and the sorting section are provided with a direction adjusting bracket 15, which is provided with a direction adjusting guide rod 16 close to one side of the sorting workbench 2, and the direction adjusting guide rod 16 includes a lifting section, a horizontal section and a descending section; during the movement of the sorting cylinder 12 and the mounting chain link 111 in the sorting section, the cylinder wall of the sorting cylinder 12 abuts against the direction adjusting guide rod 16, and the orientation of the sorting cylinder 12 is adjusted according to the height of the direction adjusting guide rod 16.

[0049] When the sorting cylinder 12 passes through the lifting section of the direction adjusting guide rod 16, the opening direction of the sorting cylinder 12 is gradually adjusted from upward to the direction of the sorting workbench 2; when the sorting cylinder 12 passes through the horizontal section of the direction adjusting guide rod 16, the opening direction of the sorting cylinder 12 remains in the direction of the sorting workbench 2; and when the sorting cylinder 12 passes through the descending section of the direction adjusting guide rod 16, the opening direction of the sorting cylinder 12 is gradually adjusted from the direction of the sorting workbench 2 to upward.

[0050] In specific use, the sprocket drive motor 133 outputs power to the circulating drive sprocket 131, and the circulating conveying chain 11 is constantly moved in a circulating manner by the power provided by the sprocket drive motor 133 while being tensioned outside the circulating drive sprocket 131 and the circulating tension sprocket 132, so as to constantly move each sorting cylinder 12 in the feeding section, the sorting section and the return section of the separation conveying mechanism 1; since each sorting cylinder 12 is connected between the connecting bracket 14 and the circulating conveying chain 11, the free rotation of the movable rotating rod 142 of the connecting bracket 14 is provided, and under the self-gravity of the sorting cylinder 12 and the material inside, the sorting cylinder 12 is conveyed with the opening upward, and when the sorting cylinder 12 passes through the direction adjusting guide rod 16 arranged at the top end of the direction adjusting bracket 15, the sorting cylinder 12 can adjust the opening angle under the rotating action of the movable rotating rod 142 of the connecting bracket 14 due to the support of the direction adjusting guide rod 16, and specifically, the orientation of the sorting cylinder 12 is adjusted according to the height of the direction adjusting guide rod 16, and when the sorting cylinder 12 passes through the lifting section of the direction adjusting guide rod 16, the opening direction of the sorting cylinder 12 is gradually adjusted from upward to the direction of the sorting workbench 2; when the sorting cylinder 12 passes through the horizontal section of the direction adjusting guide rod 16, the opening direction of the sorting cylinder 12 remains in the direction of the sorting workbench 2; and when the sorting cylinder 12 passes through the descending section of the direction adjusting guide rod 16, the opening direction of the sorting cylinder 12 is gradually adjusted from the direction of the sorting workbench 2 to upward; so as to gradually adjust the opening direction of the sorting cylinder 12 to the direction of the sorting workbench 2, and then facilitate the sorting process from the side of the sorting workbench 2 away from the separation conveying mechanism 1.

[0051] The calibration input mechanism 5 comprises a calibration input support 51 erected above the feeding section of the separation conveying mechanism 1, and the top end of the calibration input support 51 is provided with a calibration object conveying belt 52, and the calibration object conveying belt 52 is provided with a calibration guide unit 53 close to the tail end of the feeding section of the separation conveying mechanism 1; the frequency of conveying the calibration objects by the calibration object conveying belt 52 is synchronized with the frequency of conveying the sorting barrels 12 by the circulating conveying chain 11, and the calibration object conveying belt 52 can output one calibration object at a time through the calibration guide unit 53 into the sorting barrel 12 located at the tail end of the feeding section.

[0052] In specific use, the required calibration objects can be stored in advance at the conveying front end of the calibration object conveying belt 52, or a structure (a feeding machine) for feeding the calibration objects one by one at the same frequency as the calibration object conveying belt 52 can be provided, and the calibration objects can be conveyed by the calibration object conveying belt 52 at the same frequency as the circulating conveying chain 11, so that the calibration object conveying belt 52 can output one calibration object at a time through the calibration guide unit 53 into the sorting barrel 12 located at the tail end of the feeding section, so that the calibration objects in the sorting barrel 12 meeting the standards can be retained through the sorting process of the sorting workbench 2, and the calibration objects in the sorting barrel 12 not meeting the standards can be removed, so that the unqualified materials can be directly removed when the materials are packaged and processed at the rear end, the orientation of the sorting barrel 12 is convenient for detection, and the qualified materials can be prevented from being contacted to ensure the cleanliness of the qualified materials.

[0053] Embodiment three: please refer to Figures 1-11 The difference from the above embodiments is that the dispersed input mechanism 3 comprises a feeding hopper 31, the inside bottom end of the feeding hopper 31 is provided with a horizontal conveying belt 32, the tail end of the horizontal conveying belt 32 is provided with a lifting conveying belt 33, the tail end of the lifting conveying belt 33 is provided with an intermittent conveying belt 34, and the tail end of the intermittent conveying belt 34 extends into the quantitative guide mechanism 4; the surface of the lifting conveying belt 33 is provided with a plurality of intercepting support plates 331, and the materials conveyed by the lifting conveying belt 33 can be conveyed upward under the support of the intercepting support plates 331; the bottom end of the lifting conveying belt 33 is further provided with a movable intercepting support 35, the movable intercepting support 35 is internally provided with a movable intercepting baffle which can be adjusted in distance with the surface of the lifting conveying belt 33.

[0054] The quantitative guiding mechanism 4 comprises an upper mounting frame 41 and a weighing detection frame 42, the top end of the weighing detection frame 42 is provided with a guiding groove 43, the guiding groove 43 and the weighing detection frame 42 are connected through a weighing sensor, the guiding groove 43 is inclined from the tail end of the intermittent conveying belt 34 towards the first end of the feeding section of the separation conveying mechanism 1; the bottom end of the upper mounting frame 41 is provided with a shielding groove 44, the bottom end of the upper mounting frame 41 is provided with a movable baffle 45 and a driving cylinder 46, the movable baffle 45 can close and open the material channel from the guiding groove 43 to the first end of the feeding section of the separation conveying mechanism 1 under the driving of the driving cylinder 46.

[0055] In use, the material to be sorted can be placed in the inside of the feeding hopper 31 through the arrangement of the dispersion input mechanism 3, the material is conveyed to the lifting conveying belt 33 through the action of the horizontal conveying belt 32 arranged at the bottom end of the inside of the feeding hopper 31, the stacked material can be separated under the cooperation of the lifting angle and the gravity of the material itself due to the lifting angle of the lifting conveying belt 33, the stacked material can also be separated through the arrangement of the movable intercepting baffle of the movable intercepting support 35, and the amount of material between two adjacent intercepting support plates 331 is limited through the height arrangement of the intercepting support plate 331, so that the amount of material conveyed from the intermittent conveying belt 34 to the inside of the quantitative guiding mechanism 4 can be kept within a small range, and each portion of material separated through the quantitative guiding mechanism 4 can be prevented from exceeding the set range, so as to avoid affecting the stability of the weight of each portion of material in the subsequent sorting process; when the material is input into the quantitative guiding mechanism 4, the movable baffle 45 is first closed under the driving of the driving cylinder 46 to close the material channel from the guiding groove 43 to the first end of the feeding section of the separation conveying mechanism 1, intercept the material in the guiding groove 43, and weigh the material in the guiding groove 43 through the weighing sensor between the guiding groove 43 and the weighing detection frame 42, and when the weight of the material in the guiding groove 43 reaches the required weight, the movable baffle 45 is opened under the driving of the driving cylinder 46, the quantitative material is conveyed to the sorting cylinder 12 located at the first end of the feeding section under the combined guiding action of the guiding groove 43 and the shielding groove 44.

[0056] The guiding output mechanism 6 comprises an output guiding groove 61 and an output conveying belt 62, the output guiding groove 61 is installed at the tail end of the separation conveying mechanism 1, and the output guiding groove 61 is inclined from the tail end of the separation conveying mechanism 1 towards the output conveying belt 62; the bottom end of the output guiding groove 61 is provided with a containing groove 611, when the sorting cylinder 12 enters the first end of the return section from the tail end of the sorting section, the bottom end of the sorting cylinder 12 passes through the containing groove 611 to continue to move, and the cylinder wall of the sorting cylinder 12 does not interfere with the output guiding groove 61.

[0057] In specific use, through the arrangement of the output guide groove 61, when the sorting cylinder 12 enters the head end of the return section from the tail end of the sorting section, the bottom end of the sorting cylinder 12 continues to move through the containing notch 611, and there is no interference between the cylinder wall of the sorting cylinder 12 and the output guide groove 61, so that the material in the sorting cylinder 12 can be completely poured into the output conveyor belt 62 under the guidance of the output guide groove 61, while the conveying speed of the sorting cylinder 12 is not affected, and the materials in each sorting cylinder 12 can be conveyed in a separated state by the conveying speed of the output conveyor belt 62.

[0058] Embodiment four: a traditional Chinese medicinal material sorting process, using a kind of intelligent sorting equipment as described in any one of embodiments one to three to sort traditional Chinese medicinal materials, comprising the following steps:

[0059] The traditional Chinese medicinal materials needing to be sorted are intermittently input into the inside of the quantitative guide mechanism 4 from the dispersion input mechanism 3;

[0060] After being weighed and separated by the quantitative guide mechanism 4, the traditional Chinese medicinal materials needing to be sorted are respectively input into each sorting cylinder 12 in the same weight per portion;

[0061] In the process of conveying the traditional Chinese medicinal materials by the separation conveying mechanism 1 through each sorting cylinder 12, the traditional Chinese medicinal materials sequentially pass through the feeding section and the sorting section of the separation conveying mechanism 1;

[0062] When the sorting cylinder 12 carrying the traditional Chinese medicinal materials passes through the tail end of the feeding section, the sorting cylinder 12 receives the calibration material output by the calibration input mechanism 5;

[0063] In the process of moving of the sorting cylinder 12 in the sorting section, the opening direction of the sorting cylinder 12 is gradually adjusted from upward to the direction of the sorting workbench 2, and the traditional Chinese medicinal materials in the sorting cylinder 12 are sorted from the side of the sorting workbench 2 away from the separation conveying mechanism 1;

[0064] The calibration material in the sorting cylinder 12 in which the qualified traditional Chinese medicinal materials are located is retained, and the calibration material in the sorting cylinder 12 in which the unqualified traditional Chinese medicinal materials are located is removed;

[0065] When the sorting cylinder 12 enters the head end of the return section from the tail end of the sorting section, the opening direction of the sorting cylinder 12 is adjusted from upward to downward, and the traditional Chinese medicinal materials in the sorting cylinder 12 are poured into the inside of the guide output mechanism 6, and the guide output mechanism 6 conveys each portion of the traditional Chinese medicinal materials in a separated state.

[0066] Although the embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it can be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, replacements and variations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirits of the present application, and the scope of the present application is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. An intelligent picking device, characterized in that, The device comprises a separate conveying mechanism and a sorting workbench, the front end of the separate conveying mechanism is provided with a dispersion input mechanism, and the tail end of the dispersion input mechanism is provided with a quantitative guide mechanism; The separate conveying mechanism comprises a circulating conveying chain and a plurality of sorting barrels, each of the sorting barrels moves in a circulating manner under the conveying of the circulating conveying chain; The materials input from the dispersion input mechanism can be input into each of the sorting barrels in the same weight through the quantitative guide mechanism; The end of the separate conveying mechanism close to the quantitative guide mechanism is provided with a calibration input mechanism above, and the end of the separate conveying mechanism away from the quantitative guide mechanism is provided with a guide output mechanism below; During the conveying of the separate conveying mechanism, each of the sorting barrels is divided into a feeding section, a sorting section and a return section along the conveying direction, the sorting barrel at the head of the feeding section receives the materials quantitatively output by the quantitative guide mechanism, and the sorting barrel at the tail of the feeding section receives the calibration materials output by the calibration input mechanism; During the movement of the sorting barrel in the sorting section, the opening direction of the sorting barrel is gradually adjusted from upward to the direction of the sorting workbench, and then from the direction of the sorting workbench to upward again; When the sorting barrel enters the head of the return section from the tail of the sorting section, the opening direction of the sorting barrel is adjusted from upward to downward, so that the content of the sorting barrel is poured into the guide output mechanism; The calibration input mechanism comprises a calibration input support, the calibration input support is arranged above the feeding section of the separate conveying mechanism, the top end of the calibration input support is provided with a calibration material conveying belt, and the calibration material conveying belt is provided with a calibration guide unit close to the tail of the feeding section of the separate conveying mechanism; The frequency of conveying calibration materials by the calibration material conveying belt is synchronized with the frequency of conveying the sorting barrels by the circulating conveying chain, and the calibration material conveying belt can output one calibration material into the sorting barrel at the tail of the feeding section through the calibration guide unit each time.

2. The intelligent picking device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The separate conveying mechanism further comprises a conveying support support, the conveying support support is internally provided with a circulating drive sprocket and a circulating tension sprocket, the conveying support support is internally provided with a sprocket drive motor on one side of the circulating drive sprocket, and the sprocket drive motor is in power connection with the circulating drive sprocket.

3. The intelligent picking device according to claim 2, characterized in that: A plurality of mounting links are fixedly arranged outside the circulating conveying chain, each of the sorting barrels is connected between the connecting support and the circulating conveying chain, the connecting support comprises a mounting support plate and a movable rotating rod, the mounting support plate is fixedly connected with the mounting link through bolts, the movable rotating rod is fixedly connected with the sorting barrel through a connecting rod, and the movable rotating rod can freely rotate in the mounting support plate.

4. The intelligent picking device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The top end of the conveying support support and the sorting section are provided with a direction adjusting support, one side of the direction adjusting support close to the sorting workbench is provided with a direction adjusting guide rod, and the direction adjusting guide rod comprises a lifting section, a horizontal section and a descending section. The cylinder wall of the sorting cylinder abuts against the direction adjusting guide rod during the movement of the sorting cylinder along with the connecting support and the mounting link in the sorting section, and the orientation of the sorting cylinder is adjusted along with the height adjustment of the direction adjusting guide rod.

5. The intelligent picking device according to claim 4, characterized in that: When the sorting cylinder passes through the lifting section of the direction adjusting guide rod, the opening direction of the sorting cylinder is gradually adjusted from upward to the direction of the sorting workbench; When the sorting cylinder passes through the horizontal section of the direction adjusting guide rod, the opening direction of the sorting cylinder remains the direction of the sorting workbench; When the sorting cylinder passes through the descending section of the direction adjusting guide rod, the opening direction of the sorting cylinder is gradually adjusted from the direction of the sorting workbench to upward.

6. The intelligent picking device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The dispersion input mechanism comprises a feeding hopper, the bottom end of the feeding hopper is internally provided with a horizontal conveying belt, the tail end of the horizontal conveying belt is provided with a lifting conveying belt, the tail end of the lifting conveying belt is provided with an intermittent conveying belt, and the tail end of the intermittent conveying belt extends into the inside of the quantitative guiding mechanism; The surface of the lifting conveying belt is provided with a plurality of intercepting support plates, and the material conveyed by the lifting conveying belt can be conveyed upward under the support of the intercepting support plates; The bottom end of the lifting conveying belt is further provided with a movable intercepting support frame, the inside of the movable intercepting support frame is slidably provided with a movable intercepting baffle, and the distance between the movable intercepting baffle and the surface of the lifting conveying belt can be adjusted.

7. The intelligent picking device according to claim 6, characterized in that: The quantitative guiding mechanism comprises an upper mounting frame and a weighing detection frame, the top end of the weighing detection frame is provided with a guide groove, the guide groove and the weighing detection frame are connected through a weighing sensor, and the guide groove is inclined from the tail end of the intermittent conveying belt to the head end of the feeding section of the separation conveying mechanism; The bottom end of the upper mounting frame is provided with a shielding groove, the bottom end of the upper mounting frame is provided with a movable baffle and a driving cylinder, and the movable baffle can close and open the material channel from the guide groove to the head end of the feeding section of the separation conveying mechanism under the driving of the driving cylinder.

8. The intelligent picking device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The guide output mechanism comprises an output guide groove and an output conveying belt, the output guide groove is mounted at the tail end of the separation conveying mechanism, and the output guide groove is inclined from the tail end of the separation conveying mechanism to the output conveying belt; The bottom end of the output guide groove is provided with a containing groove, when the sorting cylinder enters the head end of the return section from the tail end of the sorting section, the bottom end of the sorting cylinder passes through the containing groove and continues to move, and there is no interference between the cylinder wall of the sorting cylinder and the output guide groove.

9. A traditional Chinese medicine material sorting process, characterized in that, A kind of intelligent sorting equipment is used to sort traditional Chinese medicinal materials, including the following steps: Traditional Chinese medicinal materials needing to be sorted are intermittently input into the inside of the quantitative guiding mechanism from the dispersion input mechanism; After weighing and separating by the quantitative guiding mechanism, traditional Chinese medicinal materials needing to be sorted are respectively input into the inside of each sorting cylinder with the same weight per portion; During the process that the separation conveying mechanism conveys traditional Chinese medicinal materials through each sorting cylinder, the feeding section and the sorting section of the separation conveying mechanism are sequentially passed through; The sorting cylinder carries the Chinese herbal medicines through the tail end of the feeding section to receive the calibration objects output by the calibration input mechanism; During the movement of the sorting cylinder in the sorting section, the opening direction of the sorting cylinder is gradually adjusted from upward to the direction of the sorting workbench, and the Chinese herbal medicines in the sorting cylinder are sorted from the side of the sorting workbench away from the separation conveying mechanism; The calibration objects in the sorting cylinder where the qualified Chinese herbal medicines are located are retained, and the calibration objects in the sorting cylinder where the unqualified Chinese herbal medicines are located are removed; When the sorting cylinder enters the head end of the return section from the tail end of the sorting section, the opening direction of the sorting cylinder is adjusted from upward to downward, the Chinese herbal medicines in the sorting cylinder are poured into the guide output mechanism, and the guide output mechanism conveys each portion of the Chinese herbal medicines in a separated state.

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