Sorting conveyor
By utilizing the dual-degree-of-freedom rotation function of the optical camera and the receiving plate, combined with the design of limiters and baffles, the problem of complex structure and high cost of existing sorting equipment is solved, achieving efficient and accurate material sorting and adapting to the flexibility of materials of different sizes.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202511690621.1
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-11-18
- Publication Date
- 2026-01-02
AI Technical Summary
Existing sorting equipment has a complex structure and redundant control mechanisms, resulting in high manufacturing costs and difficult maintenance, which limits the popularization of automated sorting technology among small and medium-sized enterprises.
A sorting conveyor was designed, which uses an optical camera to collect material image information in real time. Combined with the dual-degree-of-freedom rotation function of the receiving plate (roll and pitch), and through the cooperation of the front baffle and side baffle, the material can be accurately dropped and sorted by adjusting the limit rod and positioning rod.
It achieves efficient and accurate material sorting, with a simple structure and low cost, improving sorting efficiency and accuracy, and adapting to the flexibility of materials of different sizes.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of logistics sorting equipment, and particularly relates to a sorting conveyor. BACKGROUND
[0002] In the field of logistics sorting and industrial production, an automatic sorting conveyor is a key equipment for improving efficiency, which identifies bar code information on materials, transmits the information to a background computer management system, and then controls corresponding actuators to introduce the identified materials to different positions to realize automatic sorting.
[0003] The existing sorting equipment has the problems of complex sorting structure and redundant control actuators, high manufacturing cost and difficult maintenance, which makes it difficult for small and medium-sized enterprises to bear, limits the popularization and application of automatic sorting technology, and therefore, the present application provides a sorting conveyor. SUMMARY
[0004] In view of the shortcomings of the prior art, the present application provides a sorting conveyor, which overcomes the shortcomings of the prior art, is reasonable in design, compact in structure, and solves the problem of high cost of the existing sorting equipment.
[0005] To achieve the above object, the present application is realized by the following technical scheme: a sorting conveyor, comprising a belt conveyor, a support is arranged on the belt conveyor, an optical camera is arranged on the support, the optical camera is located above the conveying end of the belt conveyor, a supporting frame is arranged below the conveying end of the belt conveyor, a material receiving plate capable of rolling horizontally and rotating in pitch is arranged on the top of the supporting frame, a material receiving box is arranged on both sides of the material receiving plate and away from the belt conveyor, and the material receiving box is used to receive the materials falling from the top of the material receiving plate.
[0006] Preferably, the top of the supporting frame is fixedly connected with a bottom plate, a pair of vertical plates are arranged on the top of the bottom plate, a rotating frame is rotatably connected in the pair of vertical plates, a first motor for driving the rotating frame to rotate is arranged on one side of the rotating frame, a rotating shaft is rotatably connected in the rotating frame, the axis of the rotating shaft is perpendicular to the axis of the output shaft of the first motor, and a connecting frame connected with the bottom of the material receiving plate is arranged on one end of the rotating shaft.
[0007] Preferably, a first bevel gear is arranged on the end of the rotating shaft away from the connecting frame, a second bevel gear is meshed with the outer wall of the first bevel gear, and a second motor for driving the second bevel gear to rotate is arranged on one side of the second bevel gear.
[0008] Preferably, a rear baffle is arranged at the top of the rear end of the material receiving plate adjacent to one side of the belt conveyor, a front baffle is slidably connected to the inside of the front end of the material receiving plate, a first spring is connected between the bottom of the front baffle and the bottom of the material receiving plate, side baffles are slidably connected to the inside of the two sides of the material receiving plate, and a second spring is connected between the bottom of the side baffle and the bottom of the material receiving plate.
[0009] Preferably, a front top rod matched with the front baffle is arranged at the top of the bottom plate to lift the front baffle when the material receiving plate rotates horizontally, and side top rods matched with the side baffles are arranged at the top of the two sides of the bottom plate to lift the side baffles when the material receiving plate rotates vertically.
[0010] Preferably, the front top rods are arranged laterally and gradually decrease in height from the middle to the two sides, and the side top rods are arranged vertically and gradually decrease in height away from the belt conveyor.
[0011] Preferably, a plurality of fixed plates are symmetrically arranged on the two sides of the belt conveyor, a lead screw is slidably connected to the inside of the fixed plate, a pair of nuts are threadedly connected to the outer wall of the lead screw to limit the position of the lead screw on the fixed plate, and a limiting rod is connected to the end of the lead screw on the same side to limit the material on the top of the belt conveyor.
[0012] Preferably, a plurality of positioning blocks are symmetrically arranged on the belt of the belt conveyor, and a plurality of positioning blocks on the same side are equidistantly distributed, and a positioning rod is jointly clamped in the symmetrically arranged two positioning blocks.
[0013] Preferably, a wedge-shaped groove is arranged in the positioning block, and a wedge-shaped block matched with the wedge-shaped groove is arranged at the two ends of the positioning rod.
[0014] Preferably, the limiting rod has a raised section upwardly raised at the position of the front end of the belt conveyor. The application provides a sorting conveyor. The optical camera is used to collect the image information of the material in real time, and the horizontal rolling and vertical rotating functions of the material receiving plate are combined to accurately control the sliding direction of the material and quickly sort the material into the corresponding receiving box, so that the sorting efficiency and precision are high, the structure is simple, and the manufacturing cost is low.
[0015] The front baffle and the side baffle are arranged and matched with the front top rod and the side top rod to automatically lift and form effective blocking when the material receiving plate rotates horizontally or vertically, so that the material is prevented from sliding and deviating, and the sorting precision is improved.
[0016] The adjustable limiting rods on both sides of the belt conveyor limit the material conveying track, the front end upturned section guides the material to enter smoothly, and reduces the inclination or dumping in the conveying process; the positioning rods are clamped through the wedge-shaped grooves and wedge-shaped blocks, the spacing can be quickly adjusted to adapt to different sizes of materials, and the conveying stability and equipment flexibility are improved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0017] Figure 1 is a structural schematic diagram of the present application; Figure 2 is a top view of the material receiving plate structure of the present application; Figure 3 is a top view of the bottom plate structure of the present application; Figure 4 is a bottom view of the material receiving plate structure of the present application; Figure 5 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the rotating frame structure of the present application; Figure 6 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the positioning block structure of the present application; Figure 7 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the positioning rod structure of the present application.
[0018] In the figure: 1, belt conveyor; 11, fixed plate; 12, lead screw; 13, nut; 14, limiting rod; 15, positioning block; 151, wedge-shaped groove; 16, positioning rod; 161, wedge-shaped block; 2, support; 3, optical camera; 4, support frame; 5, material receiving plate; 51, rear baffle; 52, front baffle; 53, first spring; 54, side baffle; 55, second spring; 6, material receiving box; 7, bottom plate; 71, vertical plate; 72, rotating frame; 73, first motor; 74, rotating shaft; 75, connecting frame; 76, first bevel gear; 77, second bevel gear; 78, second motor; 81, front jacking rod; 82, side jacking rod. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0019] In order to make the purpose, technical scheme and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical scheme in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are 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 those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the scope of protection of the present application.
[0020] Referring to the drawings Figures 1-7The utility model provides a sorting conveyor, including the belt conveyor 1, be equipped with the support 2 on the belt conveyor 1, be equipped with optical camera 3 for real -time acquisition material image information on the support 2, optical camera 3 is located the upper side of the belt conveyor 1 delivery end, the lower side of the belt conveyor 1 delivery end is equipped with support frame 4, the top of support frame 4 is equipped with the material receiving plate 5 that can roll horizontally and pitch rotation, the both sides of material receiving plate 5 and the side away from the belt conveyor 1 are equipped with the material receiving box 6 for the material that the top of material receiving plate 5 falls, material is dropped to material receiving plate 5 after conveying through the belt conveyor 1, is equipped with the soft pad on the top of material receiving plate 5 for the material that falls and places the material that falls and slides out of material receiving plate 5, after material receiving plate 5 receives material, according to the information collected to optical camera 3, corresponding make horizontal roll or pitch action, convey the material to corresponding material receiving box 6, to this end, the sorting of material is completed, simple structure, low manufacturing cost.
[0021] The top of support frame 4 is fixedly connected with bottom plate 7, a pair of vertical plates 71 are arranged on the top of bottom plate 7, a rotating frame 72 is rotatably connected in the pair of vertical plates 71, a first motor 73 is arranged on one side of the rotating frame 72 and used for driving the rotating frame 72 to rotate, a rotating shaft 74 is rotatably connected in the rotating frame 72, the axis of the rotating shaft 74 is perpendicular to the axis of the output shaft of the first motor 73, a connecting frame 75 is arranged on one end of the rotating shaft 74 and connected with the bottom of the material receiving plate 5, the rotating frame 72 is driven by the first motor 73 to rotate, so that the rotating shaft 74 is driven by the rotating frame 72 to rotate around the axis of the first motor 73, and further, the connecting frame 75 drives the material receiving plate 5 to pitch rotation, and at this time, the material on the material receiving plate 5 can slide to the material receiving box 6 on the front side of the material receiving plate 5.
[0022] The other end of the rotating shaft 74 is provided with a first bevel gear 76, the outer wall of the first bevel gear 76 is meshed with a second bevel gear 77, one side of the second bevel gear 77 is provided with a second motor 78 for driving the second bevel gear 77 to rotate, the second bevel gear 77 drives the first bevel gear 76 to rotate through the rotation of the second motor 78, further, the rotating shaft 74 drives the connecting frame 75 to rotate, at this time, the material receiving plate 5 rolls horizontally, so that the material on the material receiving plate 5 can slide to the material receiving box 6 on the two sides of the material receiving plate 5.
[0023] The rear end of the material receiving plate 5 is provided with a rear baffle 51 adjacent to one side of the belt conveyor 1, so as to avoid the material from sliding off the rear end of the top of the material receiving plate 5, a front baffle 52 is slidably connected in the front end of the material receiving plate 5, the first spring 53 is connected between the bottom of the front baffle 52 and the bottom of the material receiving plate 5, when the material receiving plate 5 rolls horizontally to discharge material, the front baffle 52 is controlled to move upward and the top of the front baffle 52 is higher than the top of the material receiving plate 5, at this time, the front baffle 52 cooperates with the rear baffle 51 to block the material, so as to avoid the material from sliding to the two sides of the material receiving plate 5 and falling obliquely, which affects the sorting accuracy.
[0024] The inner sides of the receiving plate 5 are slidably connected with side baffles 54, and the bottom of the side baffles 54 is connected with the bottom of the receiving plate 5 through a second spring 55. When the receiving plate 5 rotates downward, the side baffles 54 on both sides move upward and the top of the side baffles 54 is higher than the top of the receiving plate 5, so that the side baffles 54 on both sides block the material, avoiding the material from sliding forward on the receiving plate 5 and falling obliquely, which affects the sorting accuracy.
[0025] The top of the bottom plate 7 is provided with a front top rod 81 matched with the front baffle 52, so as to lift the front baffle 52 when the receiving plate 5 rotates horizontally. When the receiving plate 5 rotates horizontally around the rotating shaft 74, the front baffle 52 rotates first with the receiving plate 5, and then moves upward relative to the receiving plate 5 when the bottom of the front baffle 52 abuts against the front top rod 81, so that the top of the front baffle 52 is higher than the receiving plate 5, which blocks the material and avoids the material from sliding and deviating too much, which affects the accuracy of the unloading.
[0026] The top of the bottom plate 7 is provided with a front top rod 81 matched with the front baffle 52, so as to lift the front baffle 52 when the receiving plate 5 rotates horizontally. When the receiving plate 5 rotates horizontally around the rotating shaft 74, the front baffle 52 rotates first with the receiving plate 5, and then moves upward relative to the receiving plate 5 when the bottom of the front baffle 52 abuts against the front top rod 81, so that the top of the front baffle 52 is higher than the receiving plate 5, which blocks the material and avoids the material from sliding and deviating too much, which affects the accuracy of the unloading.
[0027] Initially, a gap is left between the front top rod 81 and the front baffle 52, so as to avoid the bottom of the front baffle 52 abutting against the front top rod 81 when the receiving plate 5 rotates around the rotating shaft 74. Initially, a gap is left between the side top rod 82 and the side baffle 54, so as to avoid the bottom of the side baffle 54 abutting against the side top rod 82 when the receiving plate 5 rotates horizontally around the rotating shaft 74.
[0028] In order to improve the lifting capacity of the front top rod 81 for the front baffle 52 when the receiving plate 5 rotates horizontally, the front top rod 81 is arranged in a horizontal direction and the height of the front top rod 81 gradually decreases from the middle to both sides. In order to improve the lifting capacity of the side top rod 82 for the side baffle 54 when the receiving plate 5 rotates upward, the side top rod 82 is arranged in a vertical direction and the height of the side top rod 82 gradually decreases away from the belt conveyor 1.
[0029] The belt conveyor 1 is symmetrically provided with a plurality of fixed plates 11 on both sides, the inside of the fixed plate 11 is slidably connected with a lead screw 12, the outer wall of the lead screw 12 is threadedly connected with a pair of nuts 13, the axial position of the lead screw 12 on the fixed plate 11 can be adjusted by rotating the nut 13, the end portions of the lead screws 12 on the same side are jointly connected with a limiting rod 14, the limiting rod 14 is located above the belt of the belt conveyor 1, the limiting rods 14 on both sides can limit the side wall of the conveyed material to avoid tilting during conveying and improve the conveying accuracy.
[0030] A plurality of positioning blocks 15 are symmetrically provided on the belt of the belt conveyor 1, the positioning blocks 15 on the same side are equidistantly distributed, and a positioning rod 16 is jointly clamped in the symmetrically two positioning blocks 15, the positioning rod 16 can be installed on the positioning block 15 to interval convey the material, a wedge-shaped groove 151 is formed in the positioning block 15, and wedge-shaped blocks 161 are arranged at both ends of the positioning rod 16 and matched with the wedge-shaped groove 151, the clamping cooperation of the wedge-shaped blocks 161 and the wedge-shaped groove 151 can improve the installation strength of the positioning rod 16 and avoid falling, and the distance between adjacent positioning rods 16 can be changed to adapt to the sorting requirements of different sizes of materials.
[0031] In order to guide the material to smoothly enter, the limiting rod 14 is provided with an upwardly raised section at the position of the conveying front end of the belt conveyor 1, the limiting rods 14 on both sides can limit the two sides of the material to avoid tilting when placed and affecting subsequent conveying.
[0032] Working principle: the belt conveyor 1 conveys the material to the end, after the optical camera 3 collects image information to identify the category, the material falls to the top of the receiving plate 5, after the material is identified by the optical camera 3, the first motor 73 or the second motor 78 is started correspondingly, so that the receiving plate 5 completes horizontal rolling or pitching rotation movement, so that different materials respectively slide into different receiving boxes 6, and high-efficiency and accurate sorting is realized.
[0033] It should be noted that, in the present text, relational terms such as first and second are used merely to distinguish one entity or action from another, without necessarily requiring or implying any such actual relationship or order between such entities or actions. Moreover, the terms "comprising", "including" or any other variant thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or equipment including a series of elements not only includes those elements, but also includes other elements not explicitly listed or inherent to such a process, method, article or equipment. Without more limitations, the element defined by the statement "including a" does not exclude the presence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article or equipment including the element.
[0034] The above examples are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, and are not intended to limit the present application; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing examples, those skilled in the art should understand that the technical solutions recorded in the foregoing examples can be modified, or some technical features can be replaced by equivalent features; and these modifications or replacements do not cause the essence of the corresponding technical solutions to deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.
Claims
1. A sorting conveyor, comprising a belt conveyor (1), on which a support (2) is provided, on which an optical camera (3) is provided, which is located above the end of the belt conveyor (1) for conveying, characterized in that: The lower side of the belt conveyor (1) conveying end is provided with a support frame (4), the top of the support frame (4) is provided with a cross-rolling and pitching rotating material receiving plate (5), the two sides of the material receiving plate (5) and the side away from the belt conveyor (1) are provided with material receiving boxes (6) for receiving the material falling from the top of the material receiving plate (5).
2. A singulating conveyor as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The top of the support frame (4) is fixedly connected with a bottom plate (7), the top of the bottom plate (7) is provided with a pair of vertical plates (71), a pair of vertical plates (71) are jointly and rotatably connected with a rotating frame (72), one side of the rotating frame (72) is provided with a first motor (73) for driving the rotation of the rotating frame (72), the rotating frame (72) is rotatably connected with a rotating shaft (74), the axis of the rotating shaft (74) is perpendicular to the axis of the output shaft of the first motor (73), one end of the rotating shaft (74) is provided with a connecting frame (75) connected with the bottom of the material receiving plate (5).
3. A singulating conveyor as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that: One end of the rotating shaft (74) away from the connecting frame (75) is provided with a first bevel gear (76), the outer wall of the first bevel gear (76) is meshedly connected with a second bevel gear (77), one side of the second bevel gear (77) is provided with a second motor (78) for driving the rotation of the second bevel gear (77).
4. A singulating conveyor as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that: The rear end top of the material receiving plate (5) adjacent to one side of the belt conveyor (1) is provided with a rear baffle (51), the front end of the material receiving plate (5) is slidably connected with a front baffle (52), the bottom of the front baffle (52) and the bottom of the material receiving plate (5) are connected with a first spring (53), the inside of the two sides of the material receiving plate (5) is slidably connected with a side baffle (54), the bottom of the side baffle (54) and the bottom of the material receiving plate (5) are connected with a second spring (55).
5. A singulating conveyor as claimed in claim 4, characterised in that: The top of the bottom plate (7) is provided with a front top rod (81) matched with the front baffle (52) to lift the front baffle (52) when the material receiving plate (5) rotates horizontally, the top of the two sides of the bottom plate (7) is provided with a side top rod (82) matched with the side baffle (54) to lift the side baffle (54) when the material receiving plate (5) rotates vertically.
6. A singulating conveyor as claimed in claim 5, characterised in that: The front top rod (81) is a plurality of rods arranged transversely, and the height gradually decreases from the middle to the two sides, the side top rod (82) is a plurality of rods arranged vertically, and the height gradually decreases away from the belt conveyor (1).
7. A singulating conveyor as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The two sides of the belt conveyor (1) are symmetrically provided with a plurality of fixed plates (11), the inside of the fixed plate (11) is slidably connected with a lead screw (12), the outer wall of the lead screw (12) is threadedly connected with a pair of nuts (13) for limiting the position of the lead screw (12) on the fixed plate (11), the end of the lead screw (12) on the same side is jointly connected with a limiting rod (14), the limiting rod (14) is located above the belt of the belt conveyor (1) for limiting the material conveyed on the top.
8. A singulating conveyor as claimed in claim 7, characterised in that: A plurality of positioning blocks (15) are symmetrically arranged on the belt of the belt conveyor (1), a plurality of positioning blocks (15) on the same side are equidistantly distributed, and symmetrically arranged two positioning blocks (15) are jointly clamped with a positioning rod (16).
9. A singulating conveyor as claimed in claim 8, characterised in that: The positioning block (15) is provided with a wedge-shaped slot (151), and the two ends of the positioning rod (16) are provided with wedge-shaped blocks (161) matched with the wedge-shaped slot (151).
10. A singulating conveyor as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that: The position of the limiting rod (14) at the front end of the belt conveyor (1) has an upwardly curved section.