Battery variable-pitch turnover device

Abstract

The utility model discloses a variable-pitch turnover device for a battery. The variable-pitch turnover device comprises a jacking variable-pitch assembly and a turnover assembly arranged above the jacking variable-pitch assembly, the jacking variable-pitch assembly comprises a bottom plate, a guide plate and a moving unit, the guide plate and the moving unit are horizontally and slidably connected with the bottom plate, the guide plate is located below the moving unit, the moving direction of the guide plate and the moving direction of the moving unit are not parallel, rollers are arranged at the lower end of the moving unit, a guide groove is formed in the guide plate, and the rollers are arranged in the guide groove. The rollers are connected into the guide grooves in a sliding manner; according to the utility model, the pitch changing mechanism, the jacking mechanism and the turnover mechanism are combined into one device, so that the structure is compact, and the space utilization rate is increased; when the device is matched with a manipulator for use, the variable-pitch and turnover functions are integrated and fixed on a machine table, so that the complexity of carrying the manipulator is reduced, and equipment can run more stably.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of battery manufacturing, in particular to a battery variable distance flipping device. Background Art

[0002] For the variable pitch and flipping of batteries, one solution is to set up a variable pitch mechanism and a flipping mechanism respectively, and use multiple manipulators for handling. The disadvantages of this solution are: low structural space utilization and high cost of multiple sets of manipulators. Another solution is to add a variable pitch mechanism and a rotating mechanism to the grasping manipulator. The disadvantages of this solution are: when multiple batteries are variable pitch and flipped, the structure of the manipulator is very complicated, the wiring is difficult, the replacement or adjustment of each limit when changing the model is complicated, and it is not convenient for maintenance; the manipulator has a large load and a short mechanical life. Utility Model Content

[0003] The purpose of the utility model is to provide a battery variable distance flipping device to solve the problems raised in the above background technology.

[0004] In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides the following technical solutions:

[0005] A battery variable pitch flipping device, comprising a lifting variable pitch component and a flipping component arranged above the lifting variable pitch component;

[0006] The lifting and pitch changing assembly comprises a bottom plate, a guide plate horizontally slidably connected to the bottom plate, and a moving unit, wherein the guide plate is located below the moving unit, and the moving directions of the guide plate and the moving unit are not parallel, a roller is provided at the lower end of the moving unit, a guide groove is provided on the guide plate, and the roller is slidably connected to the guide groove;

[0007] The turning assembly comprises a turning clamping plate rotatably connected to the bottom plate.

[0008] The distance between the batteries is adjusted by lifting the variable distance component to achieve the change of battery distance, and then the batteries are flipped by the flipping component above the lifting variable distance component to achieve the variable distance and flipping of the batteries.

[0009] As a further solution of the utility model: the base plate is slidably connected to a guide shaft via a linear bearing, and there are multiple groups of linear bearings and guide shafts. The upper end of the guide shaft is fixedly connected to a lifting plate, and the guide plate is slidably connected to the lifting plate. The base plate is provided with a lifting cylinder for driving the lifting plate to move.

[0010] By setting the guide shaft and the lifting cylinder, the lifting plate can be driven to move up and down on the bottom plate to realize the lifting of the variable pitch device.

[0011] As a further solution of the utility model: two groups of first guide rails are provided on the lifting plate, a first slider is slidably connected to the first guide rail, the guide plate is fixedly connected to the first slider, and a variable pitch cylinder is provided on the lifting plate for pushing the guide plate to move on the lifting plate.

[0012] By arranging a guide rail on the lifting plate and arranging a slider on the guide plate, the guide plate can slide horizontally on the lifting plate.

[0013] As a further solution of the utility model: a guide rail mounting plate is fixedly connected above the lifting plate through a plurality of support columns, the guide plate is located between the guide rail mounting plate and the lifting plate, and the moving unit is slidably connected to the upper end of the guide rail mounting plate.

[0014] The guide plate is slidably connected between the lifting plate and the guide rail mounting plate, and the moving unit is slidably connected above the guide rail mounting plate.

[0015] As a further solution of the utility model: two second guide rails are fixedly connected to the upper end of the guide rail mounting plate, the mobile unit includes a mobile unit base, and the lower ends of both sides of the mobile unit base are fixedly connected to second sliders, and the second sliders are slidably connected to the second guide rails.

[0016] A second guide rail is arranged on the guide rail mounting plate, and the moving unit is slidably connected to the second guide rail via a second sliding block, so that the moving unit can slide horizontally on the guide rail mounting plate.

[0017] As a further solution of the utility model: a roller mounting plate is fixedly connected to the lower end of the mobile unit base, the roller is connected to the lower end of the roller mounting plate, the roller mounting plate is located between the second sliders on both sides, and an avoidance groove for avoiding the roller mounting plate and the roller is opened in the middle of the guide rail mounting plate, the roller passes through the avoidance groove on the guide rail mounting plate and is inserted into the guide groove on the guide plate, and a battery placement groove for accommodating batteries is provided at the upper end of the mobile unit base.

[0018] In the present application, the three plates of the lifting plate, the guide plate and the guide rail mounting plate are arranged in a superimposed manner, and the guide plate is slidably connected between the lifting plate and the guide rail mounting plate. At the same time, an avoidance groove is provided in the middle of the guide rail mounting plate, so that the roller at the lower end of the mobile unit on the guide rail mounting plate can pass through the avoidance groove and be inserted into the guide groove on the guide plate, so that the movement of the mobile unit on the guide rail mounting plate can be controlled by the movement of the guide plate, thereby achieving the purpose of spacing adjustment.

[0019] As a further solution of the utility model: a plurality of guide grooves are arranged on the guide plate, the spacing between adjacent guide grooves gradually increases from one end of the guide groove to the other end, and the sliding direction of the guide plate is perpendicular to the sliding direction of the moving unit.

[0020] In the present application, the middle one of the multiple guide grooves is arranged vertically, and the guide grooves on both sides are gradually inclined outward, thereby causing the spacing between adjacent guide grooves to gradually increase from one end to the other end. Therefore, when the roller moves from one end of the guide groove to another point, it will drive the spacing between the adjacent mobile units above to change. By controlling the horizontal movement distance of the guide plate, the spacing between the adjacent mobile units can be controlled.

[0021] As a further solution of the utility model: the flip assembly includes an active shaft support plate and a driven shaft support plate fixedly connected to the bottom plate, and the flip clamp is rotatably connected between the active shaft support plate and the driven shaft support plate.

[0022] By arranging two parallel vertical plate structures of the driving shaft support plate and the driven shaft support plate, the top of the variable pitch component connected by the flip clamp can be rotated.

[0023] As a further solution of the utility model: the flip splint includes two parallel arranged cylinder mounting plates, the two cylinder mounting plates are respectively rotatably connected to the driving shaft support plate and the driven shaft support plate, two clamping cylinders are fixedly connected to the inner sides of the two cylinder mounting plates, two parallel arranged cylinder connecting plates are arranged between the two cylinder mounting plates, both sides of the two cylinder connecting plates are slidably connected to the cylinder mounting plates through clamping cylinders, and the first battery clamping plate and the second cylinder rushing plate are respectively provided on the inner sides of the two cylinder connecting plates.

[0024] The present application sets up two parallel cylinder connecting plates, and uses a clamping cylinder to drive the two cylinder connecting plates to move closer or apart, thereby controlling the first battery clamping plate and the second battery clamping plate to move closer or apart, so as to complete the clamping and release of the battery. After clamping, the battery can be flipped by rotating the flip assembly.

[0025] As a further solution of the utility model: the active shaft support plate is rotatably connected to the cylinder mounting plate via the active shaft, the driven shaft support plate is rotatably connected to the cylinder mounting plate via the driven shaft, and a driving unit for driving the active shaft to rotate is provided on the active shaft support plate.

[0026] By providing a driving unit, the flip assembly can be driven to rotate to complete the flipping of the battery.

[0027] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows: the utility model combines the variable pitch mechanism, the lifting mechanism and the flipping mechanism into one device, which has a compact structure and increases space utilization; when used in conjunction with a robot, the complexity of the handling robot is reduced by integrating and fixing the variable pitch and flipping functions on the machine platform, and the equipment can run more stably. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0028] Figure 1 is a structural diagram of the battery variable pitch flipping device of this embodiment;

[0029] Figure 2 is a structural diagram of the lifting and variable pitch assembly of this embodiment;

[0030] Figure 3 is a front view of the lifting and variable pitch assembly of this embodiment;

[0031] Figure 4 is a top view of the guide plate of the jacking and pitch changing assembly of this embodiment;

[0032] Figure 5 is a structural diagram of a mobile unit of a lifting and variable pitch assembly of this embodiment;

[0033] Figure 6 is a structural diagram of the flip assembly of this embodiment;

[0034] Figure 7 4 is a top view of the flip assembly of this embodiment.

[0035] In the figure:

[0036] 1-lifting and pitch-changing assembly, 101-bottom plate, 102-linear bearing, 103-guide shaft, 104-lifting plate, 105-lifting cylinder, 106-pitch-changing cylinder, 107-first guide rail, 108-first slider, 109-guide plate, 110-support column, 111-guide rail mounting plate, 112-second guide rail, 113-mobile unit, 1131-second slider, 1132-mobile unit base, 1133-battery placement slot, 1134-roller mounting plate, 1135-roller, 114-battery, 115-guide slot;

[0037] 2- flip assembly, 201- main shaft support plate, 202- driven shaft support plate, 203- driving unit, 204- driving shaft, 205- driven shaft, 206- cylinder mounting plate, 207- clamping cylinder, 208- cylinder connecting plate, 209- first battery clamping plate, 210- second battery clamping plate. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0038] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the utility model.

[0039] See also Figure 1-7 In an embodiment of the utility model, a battery variable distance flipping device includes a lifting variable distance component 1 and a flipping component 2 arranged above the lifting variable distance component 1. The distance between batteries is adjusted by the lifting variable distance component 1 to achieve battery distance change, and then the battery is flipped by the flipping component above the lifting variable distance component 1 to achieve battery distance change and flipping.

[0040] The lifting and pitch changing assembly 1 includes a base plate 101, a guide plate 109 horizontally slidably connected to the base plate 101, and a moving unit 113. The guide plate 109 is located below the moving unit 113. The moving directions of the guide plate 109 and the moving unit 113 are not parallel. A roller 1135 is provided at the lower end of the moving unit 113. A guide groove 115 is provided on the guide plate 109. The roller 1135 is slidably connected to the guide groove 115.

[0041] In this embodiment, a guide shaft 103 is slidably connected to the base plate 101 through a linear bearing 102. There are multiple groups of linear bearings 102 and guide shafts 103. The upper end of the guide shaft 103 is fixedly connected to a lifting plate 104. The guide plate 109 is slidably connected to the lifting plate 104. A lifting cylinder 105 for driving the lifting plate 104 to move is provided on the base plate 101. By setting the guide shaft 103 and the lifting cylinder 105, the lifting plate 104 can be driven to move up and down on the base plate 101, thereby realizing the lifting of the variable pitch device. The lifting plate 104 is provided with two sets of first guide rails 107, and the first guide rails 107 are slidably connected with the first slider 108, and the guide plate 109 is fixedly connected to the first slider 108. The lifting plate 104 is provided with a variable pitch cylinder 106 for pushing the guide plate 109 to move on the lifting plate 104. By arranging the guide rails on the lifting plate 104 and the sliders on the guide plate 109, the guide plate 109 can slide horizontally on the lifting plate 104. The lifting plate 104 is supported by a plurality of support rods above the lifting plate 104. The support column 110 is fixedly connected to the guide rail mounting plate 111, the guide plate 109 is located between the guide rail mounting plate 111 and the lifting plate 104, the moving unit 113 is slidably connected to the upper end of the guide rail mounting plate 111, and two second guide rails 112 are fixedly connected to the upper end of the guide rail mounting plate 111. The moving unit 113 includes a moving unit base 1132, and the lower ends of both sides of the moving unit base 1132 are fixedly connected to the second slider 1131, and the second slider 1131 is slidably connected to the second guide rail 112.

[0042] The lower end of the mobile unit base 1132 is fixedly connected to a roller mounting plate 1134, and the roller 1135 is connected to the lower end of the roller mounting plate 1134. The roller mounting plate 1134 is located between the second sliders 1131 on both sides. An avoidance groove for avoiding the roller mounting plate 1134 and the roller 1135 is opened in the middle of the guide rail mounting plate 111. The roller 1135 passes through the avoidance groove on the guide rail mounting plate 111 and is inserted into the guide groove 115 on the guide plate 109. The upper end of the mobile unit base 1132 is provided with a battery placement groove 1133 for accommodating the battery 114.

[0043] In the present application, the three plates of the lifting plate 104, the guide plate 109 and the guide rail mounting plate 111 are arranged in a superimposed manner, and the guide plate 109 is slidably connected between the lifting plate 104 and the guide rail mounting plate 111. At the same time, an avoidance groove is provided in the middle of the guide rail mounting plate 111, so that the roller 1135 at the lower end of the mobile unit 113 on the guide rail mounting plate 111 can pass through the avoidance groove and be inserted into the guide groove 115 on the guide plate 109, so as to control the movement of the mobile unit 113 on the guide rail mounting plate 111 by the movement of the guide plate 109, thereby achieving the purpose of spacing adjustment. A plurality of guide grooves 115 are provided on the guide plate 109, and the spacing between adjacent guide grooves 115 gradually increases from one end of the guide groove 155 to the other end, and the sliding direction of the guide plate 109 is perpendicular to the sliding direction of the mobile unit 113. The middle one of the multiple guide grooves 115 of the present application is arranged vertically, and the guide grooves 115 on both sides gradually tilt outward, so that the spacing between adjacent guide grooves 115 gradually increases from one end to the other end. Therefore, when the roller 1135 moves from one end of the guide groove 115 to another point, the spacing between the adjacent mobile units 113 above will change. By controlling the horizontal movement distance of the guide plate 109, the spacing between the adjacent mobile units 113 can be controlled.

[0044] The flip assembly 2 includes a flip clamp rotatably connected to the base plate 101, and the flip assembly 2 includes an active shaft support plate 201 and a driven shaft support plate 202 fixedly connected to the base plate 101. The flip clamp is rotatably connected between the active shaft support plate 201 and the driven shaft support plate 202. By setting two parallel vertical plate structures for the active shaft support plate 201 and the driven shaft support plate 202, the flip clamp can be rotatably connected above the variable pitch assembly. The flipping splint includes two cylinder mounting plates 206 arranged in parallel, and the two cylinder mounting plates 206 are rotatably connected to the driving shaft support plate 201 and the driven shaft support plate 202 respectively. Two clamping cylinders 207 are fixedly connected to the inner sides of the two cylinder mounting plates 206. Two cylinder connecting plates 208 arranged in parallel are arranged between the two cylinder mounting plates 206. Both sides of the two cylinder connecting plates 208 are slidably connected to the cylinder mounting plates 206 through the clamping cylinders 207. The inner sides of the two cylinder connecting plates 208 are respectively provided with a first battery clamping plate 209 and a second cylinder clamping plate 210. The present application sets two cylinder connecting plates 208 arranged in parallel, and drives the two cylinder connecting plates 208 to approach or separate through the clamping cylinder 207, thereby controlling the first battery clamping plate 209 and the second battery clamping plate 210 to approach or separate, so as to complete the clamping and release of the battery. After clamping, the battery can be flipped by rotating the flip assembly. The driving shaft support plate 201 is rotatably connected to the cylinder mounting plate 206 via the driving shaft 204, and the driven shaft support plate 202 is rotatably connected to the cylinder mounting plate 206 via the driven shaft 205. A driving unit 203 for driving the driving shaft 204 to rotate is provided on the driving shaft support plate 201. By setting the driving unit 203, the flipping assembly can be driven to rotate to complete the flipping of the battery.

[0045] When the utility model is in use, when the material discharging robot clamps a number of batteries and puts them into the device, the lifting cylinder 105 is extended, the lifting and changing pitch component 1 is in a high position, the position state of the mobile unit 113 corresponds to the spacing of the material discharging robot claws, and the battery cells are placed on the battery placement groove 1133; when the batteries are placed, the changing pitch cylinder 106 is extended to drive the guide plate 109 to move along the first guide rail 107, and the guide groove on the guide plate 109 pushes the roller 1135 on the mobile unit 113 to move along the guide groove. At this time, the mobile unit 113 moves on the second guide rail 112, and the battery completes the distance change. The distance is controlled by the shape of the guide groove. At this time, the position state of the mobile unit 113 corresponds to the spacing of the material discharging robot claws; after the distance change is completed, the clamping The state of the cylinder 207 switches from extending to retracting, and the clamping cylinder 207 drives the first battery clamping plate 209 and the second battery clamping plate 210 to contract and clamp the battery. The spacing of the second battery clamping plate 210 corresponds to the spacing of the grippers of the material-retrieving robot; when the battery is clamped, the lifting cylinder 105 of the lifting and pitch-changing assembly 1 contracts, and the battery is separated from the battery placement slot 1133, and the lifting and pitch-changing assembly 1 switches to a low position to avoid the space for the flipping assembly 2 to rotate; when the lifting and pitch-changing assembly 1 is confirmed to be in a low position, the driving unit 203 of the flipping assembly 2 drives the active shaft 204 to rotate, and the active shaft 204 drives the clamping cylinder 207, the cylinder connecting plate 208, the first battery clamping plate 209, and the second battery clamping plate 210 to rotate, and the battery completes flipping.

[0046] It is obvious to those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the details of the exemplary embodiments described above, and that the present invention can be implemented in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential features of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments should be regarded as exemplary and non-restrictive from any point of view, and the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the above description, and it is intended that all changes falling within the meaning and scope of the equivalent elements of the claims be included in the present invention. Any reference numeral in a claim should not be regarded as limiting the claim to which it relates.

[0047] In addition, it should be understood that although the present specification is described according to implementation modes, not every implementation mode contains only one independent technical solution. This description of the specification is only for the sake of clarity. Those skilled in the art should regard the specification as a whole. The technical solutions in each embodiment may also be appropriately combined to form other implementation modes that can be understood by those skilled in the art.

Claims

1. A battery variable pitch flipping device, characterized in that: It comprises a lifting and pitch-changing component (1) and a flipping component (2) arranged above the lifting and pitch-changing component (1); The lifting and pitch changing assembly (1) comprises a base plate (101), a guide plate (109) horizontally slidably connected to the base plate (101), and a moving unit (113); the guide plate (109) is located below the moving unit (113); the moving directions of the guide plate (109) and the moving unit (113) are not parallel; a roller (1135) is provided at the lower end of the moving unit (113); a guide groove (115) is provided on the guide plate (109); and the roller (1135) is slidably connected to the guide groove (115); The turning assembly (2) comprises a turning clamping plate rotatably connected to the bottom plate (101).

2. A battery variable distance flipping device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The base plate (101) is slidably connected to a guide shaft (103) via a linear bearing (102); the linear bearing (102) and the guide shaft (103) are provided in multiple groups; the upper end of the guide shaft (103) is fixedly connected to a lifting plate (104); the guide plate (109) is slidably connected to the lifting plate (104); and a lifting cylinder (105) for driving the lifting plate (104) to move is provided on the base plate (101).

3. A battery variable pitch flipping device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The lifting plate (104) is provided with two groups of first guide rails (107), the first guide rails (107) are slidably connected with first sliders (108), the guide plate (109) is fixedly connected to the first sliders (108), and the lifting plate (104) is provided with a variable pitch cylinder (106) for pushing the guide plate (109) to move on the lifting plate (104).

4. A battery variable pitch flipping device according to claim 2, characterized in that: A guide rail mounting plate (111) is fixedly connected above the lifting plate (104) via a plurality of support columns (110); the guide plate (109) is located between the guide rail mounting plate (111) and the lifting plate (104); and the moving unit (113) is slidably connected to the upper end of the guide rail mounting plate (111).

5. A battery variable distance flipping device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The upper end of the guide rail mounting plate (111) is fixedly connected to two second guide rails (112); the mobile unit (113) comprises a mobile unit base (1132); the lower ends of both sides of the mobile unit base (1132) are fixedly connected to second sliders (1131); and the second sliders (1131) are slidably connected to the second guide rails (112).

6. A battery variable distance flipping device according to claim 5, characterized in that: The lower end of the mobile unit base (1132) is fixedly connected to a roller mounting plate (1134); the roller (1135) is connected to the lower end of the roller mounting plate (1134); the roller mounting plate (1134) is located between the second sliders (1131) on both sides; a clearance groove for avoiding the roller mounting plate (1134) and the roller (1135) is provided in the middle of the guide rail mounting plate (111); the roller (1135) passes through the clearance groove on the guide rail mounting plate (111) and is inserted into the guide groove (115) on the guide plate (109); and a battery placement groove (1133) for accommodating a battery (114) is provided at the upper end of the mobile unit base (1132).

7. A battery variable distance flipping device according to claim 1 or 6, characterized in that: The guide plate (109) is provided with a plurality of guide grooves (115), the spacing between adjacent guide grooves (115) gradually increases from one end of the guide groove (115) to the other end, and the sliding direction of the guide plate (109) is perpendicular to the sliding direction of the moving unit (113).

8. The battery variable distance flipping device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The flip assembly (2) comprises a driving shaft support plate (201) and a driven shaft support plate (202) fixedly connected to the base plate (101), and the flip clamp is rotatably connected between the driving shaft support plate (201) and the driven shaft support plate (202).

9. A battery variable distance flipping device according to claim 8, characterized in that: The flip clamp includes two cylinder mounting plates (206) arranged in parallel, the two cylinder mounting plates (206) are rotatably connected to the driving shaft support plate (201) and the driven shaft support plate (202) respectively, two clamping cylinders (207) are fixedly connected to the inner sides of the two cylinder mounting plates (206), two cylinder connecting plates (208) arranged in parallel are arranged between the two cylinder mounting plates (206), both sides of the two cylinder connecting plates (208) are slidably connected to the cylinder mounting plates (206) through the clamping cylinders (207), and the inner sides of the two cylinder connecting plates (208) are respectively provided with a first battery clamping plate (209) and a second cylinder rushing plate (210).

10. A battery variable distance flipping device according to claim 9, characterized in that: The active shaft support plate (201) is rotatably connected to the cylinder mounting plate (206) via a active shaft (204), the driven shaft support plate (202) is rotatably connected to the cylinder mounting plate (206) via a driven shaft (205), and a driving unit (203) for driving the active shaft (204) to rotate is provided on the active shaft support plate (201).

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