Flexible material distribution rotating device and flexible material supply equipment

Abstract

The utility model provides a flexible material distributing and rotating device. The flexible material distributing and rotating device comprises a base, a rotating assembly, a material bearing piece and a beating assembly. The rotating assembly comprises a rotating driving part and a rotating disc, the rotating driving part is fixed to the base, and the rotating disc is arranged on the surface of the base and circumferentially rotates relative to the base along with the rotating driving part. The material bearing piece is laid on the surface of the rotating disc so as to rotate along with the rotating disc, the material bearing piece is provided with a flexible material overturning area, and the rotating disc is provided with a hollow area corresponding to the flexible material overturning area. The beating assembly comprises a beating driving part and a beating part, the beating driving part is fixedly connected to the bottom of the base, the beating part is connected to the output end of the beating driving part and is opposite to the beating window, and the rotating surface of the beating part is basically perpendicular to the material bearing part; when the striking piece rotates, the top end of the striking piece penetrates through the striking window in the base and the hollowed-out area in the rotating disc to abut against the flexible material overturning area in an interference mode, and the flexible material overturning area is struck so that the flexible material overturning area can vibrate and drive materials borne by the flexible material overturning area to be separated and overturned.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of material classification, and in particular to a flexible material dividing rotating device and a flexible material feeding device. Background Art

[0002] Traditional vibratory material sorting equipment is a material screening equipment with a vibrating disc as the core component. A pulse electromagnet is set under the vibrating disc hopper to generate vibration, which can make the hopper vibrate in the vertical direction. Specifically, the vibration generated by the pulse electromagnet is transmitted to the vibrating disc hopper through the inclined spring sheet, driving the hopper to perform torsional vibration around its vertical axis. The parts in the hopper rise along the spiral track due to the vibration of the hopper. During the rising process, they are subject to the limit screening or posture changes of a series of tracks. The parts can automatically enter the assembly device or processing position in a unified state according to the requirements of assembly or processing. The purpose of traditional vibratory material sorting equipment is to automatically and orderly arrange disordered workpieces in a directional manner through vibration and accurately transport them to the next process.

[0003] However, traditional vibrating sorting equipment based on spiral tracks can only sort materials that conform to the shape of the track, and it is difficult to sort special-shaped materials that are difficult to fit into the track cavity. Furthermore, the posture screening of the spiral track is also very likely to cause various problems such as material damage and blockage, making it difficult to apply to the sorting of high-precision materials. In addition, the vibration of the hopper using pulse electromagnets as the vibration source also has problems such as high noise and severe wear of vibration equipment parts. Utility Model Content

[0004] In order to overcome the deficiencies of the prior art, the utility model provides a flexible material dividing and rotating device and a flexible material feeding device.

[0005] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model provides a flexible material distribution rotating device, which includes a base, a rotating assembly, a material carrier and a striking assembly. The base has a striking window. The rotating assembly includes a rotating driving member and a rotating disk, the rotating driving member is fixed to the base, and the rotating disk is arranged on the surface of the base and rotates circumferentially relative to the base following the rotating driving member. The material carrier is laid on the surface of the rotating disk to rotate with the rotating disk and has a flexible material turning area on the material carrier, and the rotating disk has a hollow area corresponding to the flexible material turning area. The striking assembly includes a striking driving member and a striking member, the striking driving member is fixedly connected to the bottom of the base, the striking member is connected to the output end of the striking driving member and is arranged opposite to the striking window, and the rotating surface of the striking member is basically perpendicular to the material carrier; when the striking member rotates, the top end thereof penetrates the striking window on the base and the hollow area on the rotating disk to interfere with the flexible material turning area on the material carrier, and strikes the flexible material turning area to vibrate the flexible material turning area and drive the material carried by it to separate and flip.

[0006] According to an embodiment of the utility model, the material carrier is an integral flexible fabric stretched and laid on the rotating disk, and the integral flexible fabric forms a continuous flexible material turning area in the circumferential direction;

[0007] Alternatively, the material carrier comprises a plurality of support areas and a plurality of flexible material turning areas spaced apart in the circumferential direction, and the rigidity of the support area is greater than the rigidity of the flexible material turning area;

[0008] Alternatively, the material carrier comprises a circular supporting area in the central region and an annular flexible turning area at the periphery of the circular supporting area, and the rigidity of the supporting area is greater than the rigidity of the flexible turning area.

[0009] According to an embodiment of the utility model, the striking member follows the striking driving member to make a 360-degree circumferential rotation or reciprocate swing within the range where the striking window is located, and strikes the flexible material turning area in an interference fit manner near the highest point of the rotation or swing.

[0010] According to one embodiment of the utility model, the striking assembly includes a plurality of striking members connected to the output end of the striking driving member, the plurality of striking members follow the striking driving member to make a 360-degree circumferential rotation, and within one rotation cycle, the plurality of striking members interfere with and strike the flexible material turning area in turn; the striking member is an integral component or includes a plurality of relatively rotating joints.

[0011] According to one embodiment of the utility model, the striking piece includes a striking piece body and a rotating piece rotatably connected to the top of the striking piece body. When striking the flexible material turning area, the rotating piece rotates relative to the striking piece body and the flexible material turning area, and the stiffness of the rotating piece is lower than the stiffness of the striking piece body.

[0012] According to one embodiment of the utility model, the striking assembly also includes an elastic plate arranged at the striking window and a protruding vibrating member located above the elastic plate, the protruding vibrating member is arranged relative to the highest point of rotation of the striking member and the distance between the protruding vibrating member and the elastic plate is smaller than the deformation of the elastic plate; when the striking member rotates, its top end interferes with the elastic plate to cause the elastic plate to deform, the elastic plate drives the protruding vibrating member to deform, and the protruding vibrating member drives the flexible material turning area to vibrate in a manner close to point contact or line contact.

[0013] According to one embodiment of the utility model, the striking drive member is fixedly connected to the bottom of the base through a mounting plate, and a vertical adjustment hole is formed on the mounting plate for adjusting the vertical distance between the center of the output shaft of the striking drive member and the flexible material turning area, and the striking drive member is detachably connected to the vertical adjustment hole.

[0014] According to an embodiment of the utility model, the rotating disk is a hollow annular structure and its inner wall is formed with teeth, the rotating driving member includes a rotating driving motor and a driving gear meshed with the teeth on the inner wall of the rotating disk, and the rotating driving motor drives the rotating disk to rotate through the driving gear;

[0015] Alternatively, the rotating disk is a solid disk, the output shaft of the rotating drive member is connected to the center of the rotating disk to drive the rotating disk to rotate relative to the base, and one or more arc-shaped hollow areas corresponding to the flexible material turning area are distributed circumferentially on the rotating disk.

[0016] The utility model also provides another flexible material distribution rotating device, which includes a base, a rotating assembly, a material carrier and a vibrating member. The base has a striking window. The rotating assembly includes a rotating driving member and a rotating disk, the rotating driving member is fixed to the base, the rotating disk is arranged on the surface of the base and follows the rotating driving member to make circumferential rotation relative to the base. The material carrier is laid on the surface of the rotating disk to rotate with the rotating disk and the material carrier has a flexible material turning area, and the rotating disk has a hollow area corresponding to the flexible material turning area. The vibrating member is arranged on the base and the output end axis of the vibrating member faces the flexible material turning area, the output end of the vibrating member is interference-contacted with the flexible material turning area in a linear or circular arc vibration manner, and strikes the flexible material turning area to vibrate the flexible material turning area and drive the material carried by it to separate and flip.

[0017] On the other hand, the utility model also provides a flexible feeding device, which includes the above-mentioned flexible material distribution rotating device.

[0018] According to one embodiment of the utility model, the flexible feeding equipment also includes a silo, a visual device and a sorting robot. The silo is arranged at the edge of the rotating disk in the flexible material distribution rotating device to transport the material to the flexible material turning area on the material carrier. The visual device is arranged above the rotating disk to collect material status information on the flexible material turning area. The sorting robot is arranged at the edge of the rotating disk and is electrically connected to the visual device. Based on the material status information on the flexible material turning area collected by the visual device, the material that meets the preset conditions is sorted out from the flexible material turning area.

[0019] In summary, in the flexible material distribution rotating device and flexible feeding equipment provided by the utility model, a material carrier is laid on the rotating disk and the material carrier has a flexible material turning area for carrying materials. Based on the effect of the vibration source on the flexible material turning area, the flexible material turning area vibrates in the vertical direction to make the material above it bounce up and flip in the air and then fall back to realize the flipping of the material direction; and after the material flips back, the current flexible material turning area follows the rotating disk to rotate in the direction of the visual device and the sorting manipulator, and the vibration source will act on the material on the next flexible material turning area. The material flipping achieved based on the vibration deformation of the flexible material turning area does not impose any restrictions on the shape of the material. The materials with positive and negative directions can adjust their directions when they fall back to the flexible material turning area based on gravity, so it has good versatility; and the flexible buffer not only has low noise but also greatly reduces the collision and wear of the materials during the flipping process, and can be well applied to the sorting and feeding of high-precision materials. Furthermore, the utility model uses the striking component as a vibration source to act on the flexible material turning area, and the striking member interferes with the flexible material turning area in a rotating manner. This method greatly reduces the impact surface so that the impact force is concentrated on the impact point of the flexible material turning area, increasing the bounce height of the material at the impact point to ensure accurate material turning during the bounce and loop process.

[0020] In order to make the above and other purposes, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and easy to understand, preferred embodiments are given below and described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] Figure 1 Shown is a schematic structural diagram of a flexible material distribution and rotation device provided in one embodiment of the utility model.

[0022] Figure 2 Shown Figure 1 A partial decomposition diagram of .

[0023] Figure 3 Shown Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the structure after removing the material carrier.

[0024] Figure 4 and Figure 5 Shown Figure 3 Schematic diagram of the structure from another perspective. Figure 6 Shown Figure 1 Assembly diagram of the rotating components and material carrier.

[0025] Figure 7 Shown Figure 6 Enlarged schematic diagram of point E in the middle.

[0026] Figure 8 Shown Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the structure of the striking component.

[0027] Fig. 9 Shown Figure 1 Assembly diagram of the striking component.

[0028] Fig.10 and Fig.11 The figure shows a schematic diagram of the structure of a material carrier in a flexible material distribution rotating device provided in another embodiment of the utility model.

[0029] Fig.12 Shown is a schematic structural diagram of a flexible feeding device provided in one embodiment of the utility model.

[0030] Fig.13 Shown Fig.12 The schematic diagram of the principle of the flexible feeding equipment when sorting and feeding a single material is shown.

[0031] Fig.14 Shown Fig.12 The schematic diagram of the principle of the flexible feeding equipment when sorting and feeding materials of multiple specifications. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0032] The existing vibration material distribution equipment with a vibration plate as the core component has the problems of limited material classification, poor versatility, easy damage and blockage of materials during the material distribution process, high noise, and easy wear of equipment. This embodiment provides a flexible material distribution rotating device and flexible feeding equipment that is not limited by the shape of the material, has little material damage, and has low noise.

[0033] like Figures 1 to 9 As shown, the flexible material distribution rotating device 10 provided in this embodiment includes a base 1, a rotating assembly 2, a material carrier 3 and a striking assembly 4. The base 1 has a striking window 11. The rotating assembly 2 includes a rotating driving member 21 and a rotating disk 22, wherein the rotating driving member 21 is fixed to the base 1, and the rotating disk 22 is arranged on the surface of the base 1 and rotates circumferentially relative to the base 1 following the rotating driving member 21. The material carrier 3 is laid on the surface of the rotating disk 22 to rotate with the rotating disk 22, and the material carrier 3 has a flexible material turning area 31, and the rotating disk 22 has a hollow area corresponding to the flexible material turning area. The striking assembly 4 includes a striking driving member 41 and a striking member 42, wherein the striking driving member 41 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the base 1, and the striking member 42 is connected to the output end of the striking driving member 41 and is arranged opposite to the striking window 11, and the rotating surface of the striking member 42 is substantially perpendicular to the material carrier 3. When the striking member 42 rotates, its top end penetrates the striking window 11 on the base 1 and the hollow area on the rotating disk 22 to interfere with the flexible material turning area 31 on the material carrier 3, and strikes the flexible material turning area 31 to vibrate the flexible material turning area 31 and drive the material it carries to separate and turn over.

[0034] The flexible material distribution rotating device provided in this embodiment uses the vibration generated by the striking component 4 hitting the flexible material turning area 31 as the vibration source and makes the material bounce up based on the elasticity of the flexible material turning area 31. The material automatically realizes the direction flipping based on the gravity in the process of bouncing up and falling back. The rotating surface of the striking member 42 in the striking component 4 is basically perpendicular to the material carrier 3; this setting enables the striking member 42 to contact and strike the flexible material turning area 31 in a point-like or line-like manner, reducing the striking surface and concentrating the striking force to increase the material's bounce height, separating the stacked materials while ensuring that they can achieve the direction flipping in the process of bouncing up and falling back. The flexible buffer provided by the flexible material turning area 31 to the falling material not only effectively avoids material damage, but also greatly reduces the noise of flipping. Further, compared with the existing vibrating material distribution equipment that uses the cavity of the spiral track as the material direction screening reference, the direction flipping based on the material bouncing back in this embodiment can be applied to all materials with positive and negative sides, including the screening of regular materials with positive and negative directions and the screening of irregular materials, and has good versatility.

[0035] To further concentrate the striking force of the striking assembly 4, as Figure 4 and Figure 8 As shown, the present embodiment further provides that the striking assembly 4 also includes an elastic plate 43 disposed at the striking window 11 and a protruding vibrating member 44 located above the elastic plate. The protruding vibrating member 44 is disposed opposite to the highest point of rotation of the striking member 42, and the distance between the protruding vibrating member 44 and the elastic plate 43 is smaller than the deformation amount of the elastic plate 43. When the striking member 42 rotates, its top end abuts against the elastic plate 43 to deform the elastic plate 43, and the elastic plate 43 drives the protruding vibrating member 44 to deform ( Figure 8 ) is a schematic diagram of the raised vibrator 44 when it is deformed, so as to further reduce the striking area so that the flexible turning area 31 has better elasticity. Specifically, the raised vibrator 44 has a semi-circular arc structure, and when it is deformed, it hits the flexible turning area 31 in an almost line contact manner to generate point vibration or line vibration. However, the utility model does not impose any limitation on this. In other embodiments, the upper end of the raised vibrator may also be arranged to be a small-area truncated cone or nearly conical. In addition, if the flexible turning area itself has sufficient elasticity after tensioning to promote the separation of stacked materials and the materials can be turned over when they bounce back, then the elastic plate 43 and the raised vibrator 44 may not be required in the striking assembly 4.

[0036] In this embodiment, if Figure 3 , Figure 4 as well as Figure 6As shown, the rotating disk 22 is a hollow annular structure and its inner wall is formed with teeth 221. The rotating drive member 21 includes a rotating drive motor 211 and a driving gear 212 meshing with the teeth 221 on the inner wall of the rotating disk. The rotating drive motor 211 drives the rotating disk 22 to rotate through the driving gear 212. The hollow annular structure makes it unnecessary to process a hollow area on the rotating disk 22 for the striking member 42 to pass through in order to simplify the structure of the parts. However, the utility model does not make any limitation to this. In other embodiments, the rotating disk can also be set as a solid disk, and the output shaft of the rotating drive member is connected to the center of the rotating disk to drive the rotating disk to rotate relative to the base. A plurality of arc-shaped hollow areas corresponding to the flexible material turning area are distributed circumferentially on the rotating disk.

[0037] In this embodiment, the material carrier 3 is an integral flexible fabric stretched and laid on the rotating disk 22, and the integral flexible fabric forms a continuous flexible material turning area 31 in the circumferential direction. Figure 6 and Figure 7 As shown, the rotating disk 21 is pressed against the base 1 via the pressing ring 12, the edge of the material carrier 3 is bent and tensioned to fit into the gap 222 between the rotating disk 21 and the pressing ring 12, and the middle of the material carrier 3 is connected to the base 1 via the limiting shaft 5, and the material carrier 3 rotates relative to the base 1 following the rotating disk 21. However, the present invention does not make any limitation to this. In other embodiments, such as Fig.10 As shown, the material carrier 3 may also include a circular support area 32 located in the center area and a flexible material turning area 31 located in an annular shape around the circular support area, and the rigidity of the support area 32 is greater than the rigidity of the flexible material turning area 31. The support area 32 with greater rigidity can adjust the tension of the flexible material turning area 31 to ensure that it has excellent elasticity. Alternatively, in other embodiments, as Fig.11 As shown, the material carrier 3 includes a plurality of support areas 32' and a plurality of flexible material turning areas 31' spaced apart along the circumferential direction; in this structure, the striking frequency of the striking assembly 4 needs to be set to match the rotation frequency of the rotating disk 22. Specifically, when the support area 32' on the material carrier approaches the striking assembly 4, it is necessary to ensure that the striking interval time is greater than the arc length of the support area / the rotation speed of the rotating disk, so that the next strike of the striking assembly 4 falls into the next flexible material turning area 31'.

[0038] In this embodiment, if Fig. 9As shown, the striking drive member 41 is a striking motor, which is fixedly connected to the bottom of the base 1 through a mounting plate 45. A vertical adjustment hole 451 is formed on the mounting plate 45 for adjusting the vertical distance between the center of the output shaft of the striking drive member 41 and the flexible material turning area 31, and the striking drive member 41 is detachably connected to the vertical adjustment hole 451. Based on the vertical adjustment hole 451, the interference amount when the top end of the striking member 42 strikes the flexible material turning area 31 can be adjusted, so that the striking component 4 can match the flexible material turning areas 31 with different elasticity and materials of different weights and has better versatility. In this embodiment, the striking member 42 is a striking hammer connected to the output shaft of the striking motor, and the striking hammer follows the striking motor to make a 360-degree circumferential rotation and its rotation surface is perpendicular to the flexible material turning area 31. As shown in FIG. Figure 8 and Fig. 9 As shown, when the striking member 42 moves to the vicinity of the highest point, its top end interferes with the flexible material turning area 31, hits the flexible material turning area 31, and generates vibration and drives the material carried by the flexible material turning area 31 to bounce up to achieve material separation and flipping. However, the utility model does not make any limitation to this. In other embodiments, the striking member can also be set to follow the striking drive member to swing back and forth within the range where the striking window 11 is located, and when it swings to the vicinity of the highest point, its top end interferes with the flexible material turning area to hit the flexible material turning area.

[0039] In this embodiment, the striking assembly 4 includes a striking member 42. However, the present invention does not limit this. In other embodiments, the striking assembly may include a plurality of striking members connected to the output end of the striking drive member, and the plurality of striking members may follow the striking drive member to perform a 360-degree circumferential rotation, and the plurality of striking members may successively interfere with and strike the flexible material turning area in one rotation cycle. Preferably, the plurality of striking members are evenly distributed around the output end of the striking drive member.

[0040] like Fig. 9 As shown, in this embodiment, the striking member 42 includes a striking member body 421 and a rotating member 422 rotatably connected to the top of the striking member body 421. When striking the flexible material turning area 31, the rotating member 422 rotates relative to the striking member body 421 and the flexible material turning area 31, and the rigidity of the rotating member 422 is lower than that of the striking member body 421. The setting of the rotating member 422 converts the sliding friction between the top of the striking member 42 and the flexible material turning area 31 in the interference state into rolling friction with smaller friction resistance, greatly reducing the wear on the flexible fabric and the top of the striking member 42, and greatly improving the service life of the flexible material dividing rotating device. In order to further reduce wear, the rigidity of the rotating member 422 is also set to be lower than that of the striking member body 421.

[0041] In this embodiment, the striking member body 421 is an integral component. However, the present invention does not impose any limitation on this. In other embodiments, in order to improve the flexibility of the striking member body so that it can well follow the rotation of the striking driving member when striking the flexible material turning area 31, the striking member body can also be configured to include a plurality of relatively rotatable joints. The multi-joint structure can reduce the rigidity of the striking member body and improve its flexibility.

[0042] Although the present embodiment uses the vibration generated by the striking component 4 striking the flexible material turning area 31 as a vibration source to separate and flip the materials. However, the present invention does not impose any limitation on this. In other embodiments, a vibrator with a small vibration surface may be used to strike and vibrate the flexible material turning area 31, such as a voice coil motor whose output end vibrates in a straight line or in a circular arc. Specifically, the vibrator is disposed on the base and the output end axis of the vibrator faces the flexible material turning area. The output end of the vibrator is in interference contact with the flexible material turning area in a straight line or in a circular arc vibration manner, striking the flexible material turning area to vibrate the flexible material turning area and drive the material carried by it to separate and flip.

[0043] Corresponding to the above-mentioned flexible material distribution and rotation device, this embodiment also provides a flexible material feeding device. Fig.12 As shown, the flexible feeding equipment includes a flexible material distribution rotating device 10, a material bin 20, a visual device 30, a sorting robot 40, a frame 50 and a controller 60. The flexible material distribution rotating device 10 is arranged on the frame 50, and the material bin 20 is arranged on the edge of the rotating disk 21 of the flexible material distribution rotating device 10 to transport the material to the flexible material turning area 31 on the material carrier 3. The visual device 30 is arranged above the rotating disk 21 to collect the material status information on the flexible material turning area 31. The sorting robot 40 is arranged on the edge of the rotating disk 21 and is electrically connected to the visual device 30 through the controller 60. Based on the material status information on the flexible material turning area 31 collected by the visual device 30, the material that meets the preset conditions is sorted out from the flexible material turning area 31. The material status information includes the amount of material on the flexible material turning area 31, the forward and reverse directions of the material, and the position and angle of the target material on the rotating disk 21. Based on the collected material status information, when the rotating disk 21 rotates to the vicinity of the sorting robot 40, the sorting robot 40 moves quickly and sorts out the materials whose forward and reverse directions meet the requirements. Furthermore, the silo 20 is also electrically connected to the visual acquisition device 30 through the controller 60. Based on the effective material quantity on the flexible turning area 31 obtained by the visual acquisition device 30 (effective material refers to the material quantity that the visual acquisition device can identify), the controller sends a refilling signal to the silo 20 for automatic refilling. Specifically, the visual acquisition device 30 is an image acquisition and processing device including a camera. However, the present invention does not impose any limitation on this.

[0044] The flexible feeding device provided in this embodiment can sort and feed a single material, and can also mix and feed materials of various specifications. For the sorting and feeding of a single material, according to the rotation state of the rotating disk 21, it can be divided into intermittent rotation feeding of a single material and continuous rotation feeding of a single material. Fig.13 As shown, according to the position of each device in the flexible feeding equipment, the entire material carrier 3 is divided into four areas along the circumferential direction, namely the A feeding area where the silo is located, the B vibration separation area where the striking assembly 4 is located, the C photo grabbing area where the visual device 30 and the sorting robot are located, and the D recycling area. The rotating disk 21 rotates intermittently from A→B→C→D→A in a clockwise direction and rotates 90 degrees each time. After turning to the right position, each area starts to act: for example, area A automatically refills according to the effective material quantity collected by the visual device 30. Specifically, the controller 60 identifies the image of the flexible turning area 31 captured by the visual device 30 and determines whether the effective number of identifiable materials is less than the set threshold. If less than, the controller 60 sends a refill signal to the silo 20 to automatically replenish the material. During automatic refilling, neither the visual device 30 nor the sorting robot 40 moves. Area B is the vibration separation area where the striking assembly 4 is located; Area C is the material identification and sorting area, where the visual device 30 identifies the material status information such as the positive and negative directions, angles and coordinates of the material, and transmits the collected material status information to the controller 60, which then issues instructions to the sorting robot 40; the sorting robot 40 grabs the target material in a very short time according to the material status collected by the visual device 30, and places it in a designated position as required, and so on. Area D is the recycling area.

[0045] The principle of continuous rotation feeding of a single material is basically the same as that of intermittent rotation feeding of a single material, the difference being that during continuous rotation feeding, the rotating disk 21 rotates continuously in a clockwise direction from A→B→C→D→A.

[0046] When feeding materials of different specifications, materials of different specifications can be mixed and then mixed and fed from the silo 20 in area A. The striking assembly in area B vibrates and separates the materials of different specifications and turns them over. In addition to collecting the quantity, angle and coordinate information of the materials, the visual device 30 in area C also distinguishes the types of materials; after the distinction, all the collected information is transmitted to the sorting robot 40. The sorting robot 40 sorts out materials of different specifications. In order to further improve the efficiency of material sorting, a silo can be added in area D to feed the mixed materials to achieve mixed sorting of materials of different specifications, such as Fig.14 shown.

[0047] In addition, another feeding mode is provided for the mixed feeding of materials of multiple specifications: specifically, more than two silos can be set in the other three areas except area C (such as Fig.14As shown), each silo independently provides materials of one specification. If two specifications of materials are to be sorted, two silos can be set up for separate feeding. If three specifications of materials are to be sorted, three silos can be set up for separate feeding. At this time, the striking assembly can be set in a different area from the silo, or in the same area as the silo. For example, the silo and the striking assembly can be set up in area A at the same time. After the material enters the flexible feeding area 31, it follows the rotating disk 21 to rotate continuously or reciprocate intermittently. After arriving at the location of the striking assembly 4, the stacked materials are vibrated and separated and turned over; afterwards, they are visually identified after arriving at area C. Similarly, in addition to collecting the quantity, angle and coordinate information of the materials, the visual device 30 also distinguishes the types of materials; after the distinction, all the collected information is transmitted to the sorting robot 40 to realize mixed sorting of materials of different specifications.

[0048] The present invention does not impose any limitation on the number of the silos 20 on the flexible feeding device; the number of silos can be one, two, or more than three. Similarly, the present invention does not impose any limitation on the number of the striking components 4. In other embodiments, the number of the striking components can also be more than two.

[0049] In summary, in the flexible material distribution rotating device and flexible feeding equipment provided by the utility model, a material carrier is laid on the rotating disk and the material carrier has a flexible material turning area for carrying materials. Based on the effect of the vibration source on the flexible material turning area, the flexible material turning area vibrates in the vertical direction to make the material above it bounce up and flip in the air and then fall back to realize the flipping of the material direction; and after the material flips back, the current flexible material turning area follows the rotating disk to rotate in the direction of the visual device and the sorting manipulator, and the vibration source will act on the material on the next flexible material turning area. The material flipping achieved based on the vibration deformation of the flexible material turning area does not impose any restrictions on the shape of the material. The materials with positive and negative directions can adjust their directions when they fall back to the flexible material turning area based on gravity, so it has good versatility; and the flexible buffer not only has low noise but also greatly reduces the collision and wear of the materials during the flipping process, and can be well applied to the sorting and feeding of high-precision materials. Furthermore, the utility model uses the striking component as a vibration source to act on the flexible material turning area, and the striking member interferes with the flexible material turning area in a rotating manner. This method greatly reduces the impact surface so that the impact force is concentrated on the impact point of the flexible material turning area, increasing the bounce height of the material at the impact point to ensure accurate material turning during the bounce and loop process.

[0050] Although the present invention has been disclosed as above by the preferred embodiment, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone familiar with this technology can make slight changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be based on the protection scope required by the claims.

Claims

1. A flexible material distribution rotating device, characterized in that: include: a base having a striking window; The rotating assembly comprises a rotating driving member and a rotating disk, wherein the rotating driving member is fixed to the base, and the rotating disk is arranged on the surface of the base and follows the rotating driving member to rotate circumferentially relative to the base; A material carrier is laid on the surface of the rotating disk to rotate with the rotating disk, and the material carrier has a flexible material turning area, and the rotating disk has a hollow area corresponding to the flexible material turning area; The striking component includes a striking drive member and at least one striking member, wherein the striking drive member is fixedly connected to the bottom of the base, and the at least one striking member is connected to the output end of the striking drive member and is arranged opposite to the striking window, and the rotating surface of the striking member is basically perpendicular to the material carrier; when the striking member rotates, the top end thereof penetrates the striking window on the base and the hollow area on the rotating disk to interfere with the flexible material turning area on the material carrier, and strikes the flexible material turning area to make the flexible material turning area vibrate and drive the material carried by it to separate and turn over.

2. The flexible material distribution rotating device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The material carrier is an integral flexible fabric stretched and laid on the rotating disk, and the integral flexible fabric forms a continuous flexible material turning area in the circumferential direction; Alternatively, the material carrier comprises a plurality of support areas and a plurality of flexible material turning areas spaced apart in the circumferential direction, and the rigidity of the support area is greater than the rigidity of the flexible material turning area; Alternatively, the material carrier comprises a circular supporting area in the central region and an annular flexible material turning area at the periphery of the circular supporting area, and the rigidity of the supporting area is greater than the rigidity of the flexible material turning area.

3. The flexible material distribution rotating device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The striking member follows the striking driving member to make a 360-degree circumferential rotation or reciprocate swing within the range of the striking window, and strikes the flexible material turning area in an interference fit manner near the highest point of the rotation or swing; the striking member is an integral component or includes a plurality of relatively rotating joints.

4. The flexible material distribution rotating device according to claim 3 is characterized in that: The striking assembly includes a plurality of striking members connected to the output end of the striking driving member. The plurality of striking members follow the striking driving member to make a 360-degree circumferential rotation. In one rotation cycle, the plurality of striking members sequentially interfere with and strike the flexible material turning area.

5. The flexible material distribution rotating device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The striking piece includes a striking piece body and a rotating piece rotatably connected to the top of the striking piece body. When striking the flexible material turning area, the rotating piece rotates relative to the striking piece body and the flexible material turning area, and the rigidity of the rotating piece is lower than the rigidity of the striking piece body.

6. The flexible material distribution rotating device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The striking assembly also includes an elastic plate arranged at the striking window and a protruding vibrating member located above the elastic plate, wherein the protruding vibrating member is arranged relative to the highest point of rotation of the striking member and the distance between the protruding vibrating member and the elastic plate is smaller than the deformation of the elastic plate; when the striking member rotates, its top end interferes with the elastic plate to deform the elastic plate, and the elastic plate drives the protruding vibrating member to deform, and the protruding vibrating member drives the flexible material turning area to vibrate in a manner close to point contact or line contact.

7. The flexible material distribution rotating device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The striking drive member is fixedly connected to the bottom of the base through a mounting plate. A vertical adjustment hole is formed on the mounting plate for adjusting the vertical distance between the center of the output shaft of the striking drive member and the flexible material turning area. The striking drive member is detachably connected to the vertical adjustment hole.

8. The flexible material distribution rotating device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The rotating disk is a hollow annular structure and has teeth formed on its inner wall. The rotating drive member includes a rotating drive motor and a driving gear meshed with the teeth on the inner wall of the rotating disk. The rotating drive motor drives the rotating disk to rotate through the driving gear. Alternatively, the rotating disk is a solid disk, the output shaft of the rotating drive member is connected to the center of the rotating disk to drive the rotating disk to rotate relative to the base, and one or more arc-shaped hollow areas corresponding to the flexible material turning area are distributed circumferentially on the rotating disk.

9. A flexible material distribution rotating device, characterized in that: include: a base having a striking window; The rotating assembly comprises a rotating driving member and a rotating disk, wherein the rotating driving member is fixed to the base, and the rotating disk is arranged on the surface of the base and follows the rotating driving member to rotate circumferentially relative to the base; A material carrier is laid on the surface of the rotating disk to rotate with the rotating disk, and the material carrier has a flexible material turning area, and the rotating disk has a hollow area corresponding to the flexible material turning area; A vibrating member is arranged on the base and the output end axis of the vibrating member faces the flexible material turning area. The output end of the vibrating member is in interference contact with the flexible material turning area in a linear or arc vibration manner, and hits the flexible material turning area to vibrate the flexible material turning area and drive the material it carries to separate and turn over.

10. A flexible feeding device, characterized in that: It comprises the flexible material distribution rotating device as described in any one of claims 1 to 9.

11. The flexible feeding device according to claim 10, characterized in that: Also includes: The material bin is arranged at the edge of the rotating disk in the flexible material distribution rotating device, and conveys the material to the flexible material turning area on the material carrier; A visual device is arranged above the rotating disk to collect material status information on the flexible material turning area; The sorting robot is arranged at the edge of the rotating disk and electrically connected to the visual device. Based on the material status information on the flexible material turning area collected by the visual device, the sorting robot sorts out the materials meeting the preset conditions from the flexible material turning area.

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