Lighter shell adsorption disc feeding system

Abstract

A lighter shell adsorption disc feeding system comprises a horizontal conveyor (3), an arrangement conveyor (20) is arranged below the discharging end of the horizontal conveyor (3), and an adsorption rack (21) is arranged above the discharging end of the horizontal conveyor (3); the machine has the advantages that the machine shells are adsorbed and grabbed to the arrangement conveyor through the lifting suction cup mechanism, the machine shells are arranged in order, and the production efficiency is high. The horizontally-placed machine shells are rapidly, evenly and vertically pushed into the rotating disc in sequence, the conveying stability of the machine shells is good, and the machine shells cannot fall off during conveying.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the field of lighter production equipment, in particular to a lighter casing adsorption upper plate system. Background Art

[0002] At present, on the lighter production line, the lighter casing needs to be sent to the upper brace station through a conveyor. Since the upper brace station adopts an automated upper brace mechanism, the casings sent must be arranged neatly and enter the upper brace mechanism for processing in turn. The casings sent by the existing casing conveyor are not arranged neatly and cannot be adapted to the automated upper brace mechanism.

[0003] On the lighter production line, the lighter casing needs to be sent to the upper brace station by a conveyor. Since the upper brace station adopts an automated turntable upper brace mechanism, the casing sent by the conveyor is in a horizontal position, and there is a lack of an upper disk device that can automatically adjust the casing from a horizontal state to a vertical and sequentially placed state. Utility Model Content

[0004] The purpose of the utility model is to provide a lighter casing adsorption upper plate system in view of the above-mentioned shortcomings.

[0005] The utility model comprises a horizontal conveyor, an arrangement conveyor is arranged below the discharge end of the horizontal conveyor, an adsorption rack is arranged above the discharge end of the horizontal conveyor, and a pair of lifting suction cup mechanisms for adsorbing and transferring the casing to the arrangement conveyor are arranged in a mirror-image distribution on the adsorption rack;

[0006] An upper plate mechanism is provided on one side of the discharging end of the arrangement conveyor, and a horizontal push cylinder is provided on the discharging end frame of the arrangement conveyor.

[0007] The upper plate mechanism includes an upper plate frame, a feed plate, a push-out cylinder and a rotating plate.

[0008] A group of casing accommodating grooves are evenly distributed on the circumference of the feed disk, and the feed disk is movably installed on the upper disk frame through a rotating shaft. The feed disk is driven to rotate by an electric motor, and the casing at the discharge end of the arrangement conveyor is pushed into the casing accommodating groove of the feed disk by a horizontal pushing cylinder. A pushing plate is provided at the end of the piston rod of the pushing cylinder, and the pushing cylinder is installed on the upper disk frame. A group of vertical placement grooves are evenly distributed on the top of the rotating disk, and the rotating disk is located on one side of the feed disk, and the casing on the feed disk is pushed into the vertical placement groove by the pushing cylinder.

[0009] The lifting suction cup mechanism includes a transverse slide, a vertical slide and a steering motor. The transverse slide is installed on the adsorption frame, the vertical slide is installed on the slider of the transverse slide, the steering motor is installed on the slider of the vertical slide, and a vacuum suction cup for adsorbing the casing is arranged at the end of the power output shaft of the steering motor; the transverse slide is an electric slide, the vertical slide is a pneumatic slide; the steering motor is a stepping motor.

[0010] A set of height limit rods are arranged on the frame of the arranging conveyor, and an arranging and conveying area is formed between the height limit rods and the conveying top surface of the arranging conveyor; the height limit rods are installed on the frame of the arranging conveyor through a pair of inverted L-shaped brackets; the inverted L-shaped brackets are composed of a vertical fixing plate and a horizontal fixing plate, and the vertical fixing plate is detachably installed on the frame of the arranging conveyor through a pair of bolts, and an oblong nail hole is opened on the vertical fixing plate, and a pair of bolts are screwed into the oblong nail hole into the horizontal fixing plate to fix the horizontal fixing plate to the vertical fixing plate, a set of rod holes is opened at the lower part of the horizontal fixing plate, and a pair of threaded locking holes is opened at the top of the horizontal fixing plate, the height limit rods are located in the corresponding rod holes, and a pair of screws are screwed into the corresponding threaded locking holes to tighten and fix the height limit rods.

[0011] The alignment conveyor is a belt conveyor.

[0012] A transverse discharge trough is provided on the discharge end frame of the arrangement conveyor, and the outlet end of the transverse discharge trough is connected to one of the casing accommodating slots. The transverse push cylinder is installed on the frame of the arrangement conveyor through a cylinder bracket, and the casing in the transverse discharge trough is pushed into the casing accommodating slot by the transverse push cylinder; a rectangular push block is provided at the end of the piston rod of the transverse push cylinder.

[0013] The upper disc frame is composed of a pair of supporting plates, and a turntable gap is formed between the pair of supporting plates. The feed disc is located in the turntable gap and rotates; a groove limiting part is arranged on the upper part of the upper disc frame, and the end of the groove limiting part close to the pushing cylinder is a feeding opening, and a casing rotation avoidance opening is opened on the lower part of the side wall of the groove limiting part. The groove limiting part is located above one of the vertical placement slots, and the casing in the casing accommodating slot is pushed into the groove limiting part by the pushing cylinder, and then the casing falls into the vertical placement slot.

[0014] A vertical pushing piece is arranged at the end of the pushing plate, and an L-shaped anti-dropping plate is arranged at the top of the pushing plate.

[0015] A protective cylinder is arranged on the upper disc frame, and a protective plate is arranged at the end of the piston rod of the protective cylinder. When the casing is pushed out of the cylinder, the protective cylinder drives the protective plate to extend synchronously, and the casing rotation avoidance opening is covered by the protective plate.

[0016] Both the push-out cylinder and the protective cylinder are guide rod cylinders.

[0017] The rotating disk is an electric turntable.

[0018] The utility model has the advantages that the housing is adsorbed and grabbed onto the arrangement conveyor by the lifting suction cup mechanism, the housing is arranged neatly, and the production efficiency is high. The horizontally placed housings are quickly and evenly pushed vertically into the rotating disk in sequence, and the housing conveying stability is good, and the housing will not fall during conveying. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic diagram of the arrangement conveyor of the utility model.

[0020] Figure 2 It is a structural schematic diagram of the lifting suction cup mechanism of the utility model.

[0021] Figure 3 It is a structural schematic diagram of an inverted L-shaped bracket of the utility model.

[0022] Figure 4 It is a structural schematic diagram of the upper plate mechanism of the utility model.

[0023] Figure 5 It is a structural schematic diagram of the utility model in which the casing is pushed into the casing accommodating groove.

[0024] Figure 6 It is a structural schematic diagram of the utility model in which the casing is pushed into the vertical placement slot.

[0025] Figure 7 It is a structural schematic diagram of the push cylinder and the protection cylinder of the utility model. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0026] In order to make the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Generally, the components of the embodiments of the present invention described and shown in the drawings here can be arranged and designed in various different configurations.

[0027] Therefore, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention provided in the accompanying drawings is not intended to limit the scope of the invention claimed for protection, but merely represents selected embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0028] It should be noted that similar reference numerals and letters denote similar items in the following drawings, and therefore, once an item is defined in one drawing, further definition and explanation thereof is not required in subsequent drawings.

[0029] In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be noted that if the terms "upper", "lower", "inner", "outer", etc. appear, the orientation or position relationship indicated is based on the orientation or position relationship shown in the drawings, or the orientation or position relationship in which the product of the invention is usually placed when in use. This is only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present invention. In addition, if the terms "first", "second", etc. appear in the description of the present invention, they are only used to distinguish the description and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance.

[0030] In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it is also necessary to explain that, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "setting" and "connection" 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 it can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or it can be the internal communication of two components. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0031] As shown in the accompanying drawings, the utility model includes a horizontal conveyor 3, an arrangement conveyor 20 is arranged below the discharge end of the horizontal conveyor 3, an adsorption rack 21 is arranged above the discharge end of the horizontal conveyor 3, and a pair of lifting suction cup mechanisms 22 for adsorbing and transferring the casing to the arrangement conveyor 20 are arranged in a mirror-image distribution on the adsorption rack 21;

[0032] An upper plate mechanism is provided on one side of the discharging end of the arrangement conveyor 20, and a horizontal push cylinder 40 is provided on the discharging end frame of the arrangement conveyor 20.

[0033] The upper plate mechanism includes an upper plate frame 41, a feed plate 42, a push-out cylinder 43 and a rotating plate 44.

[0034] A group of casing accommodating grooves 45 are evenly distributed on the circumference of the feed tray 42. The feed tray 42 is movably mounted on the upper tray frame 41 through a rotating shaft. The feed tray 42 is driven to rotate by a motor, and the casing at the discharge end of the arrangement conveyor 20 is pushed into the casing accommodating groove 45 of the feed tray 42 by the horizontal pushing cylinder 40. A pushing plate 46 is provided at the end of the piston rod of the pushing cylinder 43. The pushing cylinder 43 is installed on the upper tray frame 41. A group of vertical placement grooves 47 are evenly distributed on the top of the rotating disk 44. The rotating disk 44 is located on one side of the feed tray 42, and the casing on the feed tray 42 is pushed into the vertical placement groove 47 by the pushing cylinder 43.

[0035] The lifting suction cup mechanism 22 includes a transverse slide 23, a vertical slide 24 and a steering motor 25. The transverse slide 23 is installed on the adsorption frame 21, the vertical slide 24 is installed on the slider of the transverse slide 23, the steering motor 25 is installed on the slider of the vertical slide 24, and a vacuum suction cup 26 for adsorbing the casing is provided at the end of the power output shaft of the steering motor 25; the transverse slide 23 is an electric slide, the vertical slide 24 is a pneumatic slide; the steering motor 25 is a stepping motor.

[0036] A group of height limiting rods 27 are arranged on the frame of the arranging conveyor 20, and an arranging and conveying area is formed between the height limiting rods 27 and the conveying top surface of the arranging conveyor 20; the height limiting rods 27 are installed on the frame of the arranging conveyor 20 through a pair of inverted L-shaped brackets; the inverted L-shaped brackets are composed of a vertical fixing plate 28 and a horizontal fixing plate 29, and the vertical fixing plate 28 is detachably installed on the frame of the arranging conveyor 20 through a pair of bolts, and an oblong nail hole is opened on the vertical fixing plate 28. A pair of bolts pass through the oblong nail hole and are screwed into the horizontal fixing plate 29 to fix the horizontal fixing plate 29 to the vertical fixing plate 28. A group of rod holes are opened at the lower part of the horizontal fixing plate 29, and a pair of threaded locking holes are opened at the top of the horizontal fixing plate 29. The height limiting rods 27 are located in the corresponding rod holes, and a pair of screws are screwed into the corresponding threaded locking holes to tighten and fix the height limiting rods 27.

[0037] The alignment conveyor 20 is a belt conveyor.

[0038] A transverse discharge trough is provided on the discharge end frame of the arrangement conveyor 20, and the outlet end of the transverse discharge trough is connected to one of the casing accommodating slots 45. The transverse pushing cylinder 40 is installed on the frame of the arrangement conveyor 20 through a cylinder bracket, and the casing in the transverse discharge trough is pushed into the casing accommodating slot 45 by the transverse pushing cylinder 40; a rectangular pushing block is provided at the end of the piston rod of the transverse pushing cylinder 40.

[0039] The upper disc frame 41 is composed of a pair of support plates, and a turntable gap is formed between the pair of support plates. The feed disc 42 rotates in the turntable gap; a groove limit portion 48 is provided on the upper part of the upper disc frame 41, and the end of the groove limit portion 48 close to the ejection cylinder 43 is a feed opening 49, and a casing rotation avoidance opening 50 is opened on the lower part of the side wall of the groove limit portion 48. The groove limit portion 48 is located above one of the vertical placement slots 47, and the casing in the casing accommodating slot 45 is pushed into the groove limit portion 48 by the ejection cylinder 43, and then the casing falls into the vertical placement slot 47.

[0040] A vertical pushing piece is disposed at the end of the pushing plate 46 , and an L-shaped anti-dropping plate 51 is disposed at the top of the pushing plate 46 .

[0041] A protective cylinder 52 is provided on the upper disc frame 41, and a protective plate 53 is provided at the end of the piston rod of the protective cylinder 52. When the casing is pushed out of the cylinder 43, the protective cylinder 52 drives the protective plate 53 to extend synchronously, and the casing rotation avoidance opening 50 is covered by the protective plate 53.

[0042] Both the push-out cylinder 43 and the protection cylinder 52 are guide rod cylinders.

[0043] The rotating disk 44 is an electric rotating disk.

[0044] Embodiment 1: The casing delivered by the horizontal conveyor 3 is preliminarily arranged, and the casing of the lighter is conveyed to the bottom of the lifting suction cup mechanism 22 by the horizontal conveyor 3. The horizontal slide 23 drives the vertical slide 24 to move above the casing, and the vertical slide 24 drives the steering motor 25 to descend, and the casing is sucked by the vacuum suction cup 26, and then the vertical slide 24 is lifted and reset, and the steering motor 25 drives the casing to rotate a specified angle so that the casing is parallel to the horizontal conveyor 3. The horizontal slide 23 drives the casing to move above the feeding end of the arrangement conveyor 20, and the vertical slide 24 drives the casing to descend, and the vacuum suction cup 26 contacts and adsorbs, so that the casing falls on the arrangement conveyor 20. A pair of lifting suction cup mechanisms 22 can grab the casing at the same time and place a pair of casings on the arrangement conveyor 20. The casing entering the arrangement conveyor 20 is limited in conveying height by the height limit rod 27, so that the casing is arranged in sequence and sent to the upper brace station by the arrangement conveyor 20.

[0045] When the delivered casings are arranged in a disorderly manner, the existing visual inspection system is used in the transfer device, which can make the lifting suction cup mechanism 22 more accurate in grabbing the casings. The visual inspection system is composed of an industrial control computer 200, a pair of industrial cameras 201, an image acquisition card and an execution control mechanism. The industrial camera 201 takes pictures of the casings on the conveying surface of the horizontal conveyor 3, and the pictures are stored in the image acquisition card and then sent to the industrial control computer 200. Only the display screen of the industrial control computer 200 is drawn in the attached figure. The industrial control computer 200 identifies the state of the casing according to the photographed picture, and then controls the grabbing position of the lifting suction cup mechanism 22 through the execution control mechanism. After grabbing the casing, the rotation angle of the steering motor 25 is controlled according to the casing offset angle to make the casing parallel to the horizontal conveyor 3, and then the casing is placed on the arrangement conveyor 20 for transportation.

[0046] The lighter casing is transported to the discharge end of the arrangement conveyor 20, the piston rod of the horizontal push cylinder 40 extends, and the casing is pushed into the horizontal casing accommodating groove 45 of the feed tray 42 through the rectangular push block, and then the feed tray 42 drives the casing to rotate to a vertical position together, and the piston rods of the push cylinder 43 and the protective cylinder 52 extend at the same time, and the push cylinder 43 pushes the casing on the top of the feed tray 42 into the groove limiter 48 through the push plate 46, and at the same time the protective plate 53 blocks the avoidance port 50, so that a U-shaped guiding area is formed in the groove limiter 48, and the casing falls into the vertical placement groove 47 below along the groove limiter 48 under the action of gravity. At this time, the piston rods of the push cylinder 43 and the protective cylinder 52 are retracted, the avoidance port 50 is opened, and the rotating disk 44 rotates a specified angle to drive the casing into the upper brace station. When the push-out cylinder 43 pushes the casing, the casing is pre-towed from the rear by the L-shaped anti-drop plate 51 to prevent the casing from tipping over when being pushed.

Claims

1. A lighter casing adsorption plate system, comprising a horizontal conveyor (3), characterized in that: An arranging conveyor (20) is arranged below the discharge end of the horizontal conveyor (3), an adsorption rack (21) is arranged above the discharge end of the horizontal conveyor (3), and a pair of lifting suction cup mechanisms (22) for adsorbing and transferring the casing to the arranging conveyor (20) are arranged on the adsorption rack (21) in a mirror-image manner; An upper plate mechanism is provided on one side of the material discharging end of the arrangement conveyor (20), and a horizontal push cylinder (40) is provided on the material discharging end frame of the arrangement conveyor (20). The upper plate mechanism comprises an upper plate frame (41), a feed plate (42), a push-out cylinder (43) and a rotating plate (44). A group of casing accommodating grooves (45) are evenly distributed in an annular manner on the circumference of the feed tray (42). The feed tray (42) is movably mounted on the upper tray frame (41) via a rotating shaft. The feed tray (42) is driven to rotate by a motor. The casing of the discharging end of the arrangement conveyor (20) is pushed into the casing accommodating groove (45) of the feed tray (42) by a horizontal push cylinder (40). A push plate (46) is provided at the end of the piston rod of the push cylinder (43). The push cylinder (43) is mounted on the upper tray frame (41). A group of vertical placement grooves (47) are evenly distributed in an annular manner on the top of the rotating disk (44). The rotating disk (44) is located on one side of the feed tray (42). The casing on the feed tray (42) is pushed into the vertical placement groove (47) by the push cylinder (43).

2. A lighter casing adsorption plate system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The lifting suction cup mechanism (22) comprises a transverse slide (23), a vertical slide (24) and a steering motor (25); the transverse slide (23) is mounted on an adsorption frame (21); the vertical slide (24) is mounted on a slider of the transverse slide (23); the steering motor (25) is mounted on a slider of the vertical slide (24); a vacuum suction cup (26) for adsorbing a casing is arranged at the end of a power output shaft of the steering motor (25); the transverse slide (23) is an electric slide, the vertical slide (24) is a pneumatic slide; and the steering motor (25) is a stepping motor.

3. A lighter casing adsorption upper plate system according to claim 1, characterized in that: A set of height limiting rods (27) are arranged on the frame of the arranging conveyor (20), and an arranging conveying area is formed between the height limiting rods (27) and the conveying top surface of the arranging conveyor (20); the height limiting rods (27) are installed on the frame of the arranging conveyor (20) through a pair of inverted L-shaped brackets; the inverted L-shaped brackets are composed of a vertical fixing plate (28) and a horizontal fixing plate (29), and the vertical fixing plate (28) is detachably installed on the frame of the arranging conveyor (20) through a pair of bolts. The vertical fixing plate (28) is provided with an oblong nail hole, a pair of bolts are screwed into the transverse fixing plate (29) through the oblong nail hole, and the transverse fixing plate (29) is fixed to the vertical fixing plate (28), a group of rod holes are provided at the lower part of the transverse fixing plate (29), a pair of threaded locking holes are provided at the top of the transverse fixing plate (29), the height limiting rod (27) is located in the corresponding rod holes, and a pair of screws are screwed into the corresponding threaded locking holes to press and fix the height limiting rod (27).

4. A lighter casing adsorption plate system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The arrangement conveyor (20) is a belt conveyor.

5. A lighter casing adsorption plate system according to claim 1, characterized in that: A horizontal discharge trough is provided on the discharge end frame of the arrangement conveyor (20), and the outlet end of the horizontal discharge trough is connected to one of the casing receiving slots (45). The horizontal push cylinder (40) is installed on the frame of the arrangement conveyor (20) through a cylinder bracket, and the casing in the horizontal discharge trough is pushed into the casing receiving slot (45) by the horizontal push cylinder (40); and a rectangular push block is provided at the end of the piston rod of the horizontal push cylinder (40).

6. A lighter casing adsorption plate system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The upper disk frame (41) is composed of a pair of support plates, a turntable gap is formed between the pair of support plates, and the feed disk (42) is located in the turntable gap and rotates; a groove limiting portion (48) is arranged on the upper part of the upper disk frame (41), one end of the groove limiting portion (48) close to the push-out cylinder (43) is a feed opening (49), and a casing rotation avoidance opening (50) is opened on the lower part of the side wall of the groove limiting portion (48), and the groove limiting portion (48) is located above one of the vertical placement grooves (47), and the casing in the casing accommodating groove (45) is pushed into the groove limiting portion (48) by the push-out cylinder (43), and then the casing falls into the vertical placement groove (47).

7. A lighter casing adsorption plate system according to claim 6, characterized in that: A vertical pushing piece is arranged at the end of the pushing plate (46), and an L-shaped anti-dropping plate (51) is arranged at the top of the pushing plate (46).

8. A lighter casing adsorption plate system according to claim 7, characterized in that: A protective cylinder (52) is arranged on the upper disc frame (41), and a protective plate (53) is arranged at the end of the piston rod of the protective cylinder (52). When the casing is pushed out of the cylinder (43), the protective cylinder (52) drives the protective plate (53) to extend synchronously, and the casing rotation avoidance opening (50) is covered by the protective plate (53).

9. A lighter casing adsorption plate system according to claim 8, characterized in that: The push-out cylinder (43) and the protection cylinder (52) are both guide rod cylinders.

10. A lighter casing adsorption plate system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The rotating disk (44) is an electric rotating disk.

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