Screw feeding mechanism for screw locking machine

By designing the screw feeding mechanism for the screw locking machine, including guide rail components, visual inspection components and removal components, the problem of the automatic screw locking machine lacks quality screening before using screws, automatic detection and removal of unqualified screws is achieved, and the product pass rate is improved.

CN222857190UActive Publication Date: 2025-05-13JIANGXI QINGTU MACHINERY EQUIPMENT CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202420749034.X
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-04-12
Publication Date
2025-05-13
Estimated Expiration
2034-04-12

AI Technical Summary

Technical Problem

The existing automatic screw locking machines lack effective quality screening mechanism before using screws, resulting in unqualified screws affecting the product's pass rate.

Method used

A screw feeding mechanism for a screw locking machine is designed, including a guide rail assembly, a visual inspection assembly and a culling assembly. When the screws on the guide rail assembly pass through the visual inspection assembly, multiple sets of detection lenses and light strips are used to conduct multi-angle appearance detection on the screws. The screws that fail to pass the inspection drive the station seat through the electric push rod, and automatically drop the unqualified screws into the material frame.

Benefits of technology

It realizes the detection and automatic removal of the screw appearance before the automatic screw locking machine uses the screw. The usage rate of unqualified screws is greatly reduced, and the product pass rate is improved.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a screw feeding mechanism for a screw locking machine, which relates to the technical field of automatic assembly and comprises a base plate, a screw feeding mechanism and a straight vibrator are mounted at the top of one end of the base plate, the top of the screw feeding mechanism and the top of the straight vibrator are jointly connected with a guide rail component, the guide rail component is made of transparent materials, and the screw feeding mechanism is connected with the straight vibrator. A visual detection assembly is connected to the top of the base plate and located outside the guide rail assembly, a removing assembly is installed on the outer portion of the guide rail assembly and located on one side of the visual detection assembly, the visual detection assembly comprises a sleeve, and the inner ring face of the sleeve is in a circumferential shape and is provided with multiple sets of detection lenses at equal intervals. When a screw on the guide rail assembly passes through the visual inspection assembly, light is supplemented to the screw through the two sets of light bars, multi-angle appearance inspection is conducted on the screw through the multiple sets of inspection lenses, the appearance of the screw can be detected through the structure before the screw is used by the automatic screw locking machine, and the situation that the qualified rate of products is affected by using of unqualified screws is avoided.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of automatic assembly, in particular to a screw feeding mechanism for a screw locking machine. Background Art

[0002] The automatic screw locking machine uses various electric and pneumatic components to realize the automatic conveying, tightening, and detection of screws. The equipment simplifies the screw tightening process, reduces the number of manual labor, and reduces the adverse factors caused by manual misoperation.

[0003] After searching, a multi-station screw feeding mechanism and a screw locking production line (publication number: CN213916924U) are disclosed. In this patent, the screws are automatically fed and conveyed through a screw feeding mechanism, a straight vibrator and a guide rail. However, the quality screening of factory screws is generally done manually. If there are defects on the surface of the screws, the screws will be directly conveyed to the automatic screw locking machine, thereby affecting the qualified rate of the product. For this reason, we propose a screw feeding mechanism for a screw locking machine. Utility Model Content

[0004] In view of the deficiencies in the prior art, the utility model provides a screw feeding mechanism for a screw locking machine, which solves the problems raised in the above-mentioned background technology.

[0005] To achieve the above purpose, the utility model is implemented through the following technical solutions: a screw feeding mechanism for a screw locking machine, comprising a base plate, a screw feeding mechanism and a straight vibrator are installed on the top of one end of the base plate, the tops of the screw feeding mechanism and the straight vibrator are commonly connected to a guide rail assembly, the guide rail assembly is made of a transparent material, a visual detection assembly is connected to the top of the base plate and located outside the guide rail assembly, and a rejection assembly is installed outside the guide rail assembly and located on one side of the visual detection assembly;

[0006] The visual inspection component includes a sleeve, the inner ring surface of the sleeve is circular and has multiple groups of inspection lenses installed at equal intervals, light strips are installed at both ends of the inner ring surface at the top of the sleeve, and the bottom of the sleeve is connected to a support.

[0007] As a further technical solution of the utility model, a material frame is installed on the top of the substrate and below the rejection component, the top of the substrate and the free end of the guide rail assembly are commonly connected with a material dividing mechanism, and the top of the substrate and the free end of the material dividing mechanism are installed with a multi-station loading mechanism.

[0008] As a further technical solution of the utility model, the guide rail assembly includes a guide rail, a first material trough is provided at the top of the guide rail, and a notch groove is provided in the middle section of the guide rail.

[0009] As a further technical solution of the utility model, the guide rail passes through the center of the sleeve, and the detection ends of the multiple groups of detection lenses are all facing the guide rail.

[0010] As a further technical solution of the utility model, the rejection assembly includes an electric push rod, a first work station seat and a second work station seat. The first work station seat and the second work station seat have the same structure and are an integrated structure. The top of the first work station seat and the second work station seat are both provided with a second material trough, and the side of the second work station seat is connected to a side panel, and the telescopic end of the electric push rod is connected to the bottom of the side panel.

[0011] As a further technical solution of the utility model, the electric push rod is installed at the bottom end of the guide rail and is located below the notch groove, the first workstation seat is slidably located inside the notch groove, and the structure of the second material trough is compatible with that of the first material trough. Beneficial Effects

[0012] The utility model provides a screw feeding mechanism for a screw locking machine. Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects:

[0013] 1. A screw feeding mechanism for a screw locking machine. When the screws on the guide rail assembly pass through the visual inspection assembly, two sets of light bars are used to fill in the light for the screws, and multiple sets of inspection lenses are used to perform multi-angle appearance inspection on the screws. This structure can inspect the appearance of the screws before the automatic screw locking machine uses the screws to avoid the use of unqualified screws affecting the product qualification rate.

[0014] 2. A screw feeding mechanism for a screw locking machine, which uses a visual inspection component to inspect the appearance of the screws. If the inspection fails, the electric push rod drives the first station seat and the second station seat to move and replace, so that the first station seat or the second station seat is located outside the guide rail, and then the unqualified screws are automatically dropped into the material frame through the straight vibrator. The structure can automatically remove the unqualified screws according to the inspection results. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic diagram of a screw feeding mechanism for a screw locking machine;

[0016] Figure 2 It is a structural schematic diagram of a guide rail assembly in a screw feeding mechanism for a screw locking machine;

[0017] Figure 3 It is a structural schematic diagram of a detection component in a screw feeding mechanism for a screw locking machine;

[0018] Figure 4 The present invention is a schematic diagram of the disassembled structure of a rejecting component in a screw feeding mechanism for a screw locking machine.

[0019] In the figure: 1. Base plate; 2. Screw feeding mechanism; 3. Straight vibrator; 4. Guide rail assembly; 41. Guide rail; 42. First material trough; 43. Notch groove; 5. Visual inspection assembly; 51. Sleeve; 52. Inspection lens; 53. Light bar; 54. Pillar; 6. Rejection assembly; 61. Electric push rod; 62. First station seat; 63. Second station seat; 64. Second material trough; 65. Side panel; 7. Material frame; 8. Material dividing mechanism; 9. Multi-station feeding mechanism. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0020] 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.

[0021] See also Figure 1 The utility model provides a technical solution for a screw feeding mechanism of a screw locking machine: a screw feeding mechanism for a screw locking machine, comprising a substrate 1, a screw feeding mechanism 2 and a straight vibrator 3 are installed on the top of one end of the substrate 1, the tops of the screw feeding mechanism 2 and the straight vibrator 3 are commonly connected with a guide rail assembly 4, the guide rail assembly 4 is made of transparent material, a visual inspection assembly 5 is connected to the top of the substrate 1 and located outside the guide rail assembly 4, a rejection assembly 6 is installed outside the guide rail assembly 4 and located on one side of the visual inspection assembly 5, a material frame 7 is installed on the top of the substrate 1 and located below the rejection assembly 6, a material distribution mechanism 8 is commonly connected to the top of the substrate 1 and the free end of the guide rail assembly 4, and a multi-station feeding mechanism 9 is installed on the top of the substrate 1 and located at the free end of the material distribution mechanism 8.

[0022] It should be noted that when the screws are placed in the screw feeding mechanism 2, the screws in the screw feeding mechanism 2 will gradually rise along the spiral track set in the screw feeding mechanism 2 after being vibrated. The output end of the screw feeding mechanism 2 is connected to the input end of the guide rail assembly 4, and the screws will be transported from the screw feeding mechanism 2 to the guide rail assembly 4. The straight vibrator 3 is used to make the screws on the guide rail assembly 4 move in a straight line. When the screw moves to the end of the guide rail assembly 4, the dividing mechanism 8 pushes the screw out, and the multi-station feeding mechanism 9 transfers the screw. When the screw on the guide rail assembly 4 passes through the visual inspection component 5, the visual inspection component 5 then inspects the appearance of the screw. When the inspection is qualified, the screw passes through the rejection component 6. When the inspection is unqualified, the rejection component 6 rejects the screw.

[0023] See also Figure 3The visual inspection component 5 includes a sleeve 51 , the inner ring surface of the sleeve 51 is circular and has multiple groups of inspection lenses 52 installed at equal intervals, light bars 53 are installed at both ends of the inner ring surface at the top of the sleeve 51 , and a support 54 is connected to the bottom of the sleeve 51 .

[0024] It should be noted that two groups of light bars 53 are used to provide supplementary light to the screws, and multiple groups of detection lenses 52 are used to detect the screws at multiple angles.

[0025] See also Figure 2 The guide rail assembly 4 includes a guide rail 41 , a first material trough 42 is provided at the top of the guide rail 41 , a notch groove 43 is provided in the middle section of the guide rail 41 , the guide rail 41 passes through the center of the sleeve 51 , and the detection ends of the multiple detection lenses 52 are all facing the guide rail 41 .

[0026] See also Figure 4 The rejection component 6 includes an electric push rod 61, a first station seat 62 and a second station seat 63. The first station seat 62 and the second station seat 63 have the same structure and are an integrated structure. The top of the first station seat 62 and the second station seat 63 are both provided with a second material trough 64, and the side of the second station seat 63 is connected to a side plate 65. The telescopic end of the electric push rod 61 is connected to the bottom of the side plate 65. The electric push rod 61 is installed at the bottom end of the guide rail 41 and is located below the notch groove 43. The first station seat 62 is slidably located inside the notch groove 43, and the structure of the second material trough 64 is compatible with that of the first material trough 42.

[0027] It should be noted that when the unqualified screws pass through the second material trough 64, the electric push rod 61 drives the first work seat 62 and the second work seat 63 to move and replace, so that the first work seat 62 or the second work seat 63 is located outside the guide rail 41, and then the unqualified screws are automatically dropped into the material frame 7 through the straight vibrator 3.

[0028] The working principle of the utility model is as follows: when in use, firstly, the screw is placed in the screw feeding mechanism 2. After the screw in the screw feeding mechanism 2 is vibrated, it will gradually rise along the spiral track arranged in the screw feeding mechanism 2. The output end of the screw feeding mechanism 2 is connected with the input end of the guide rail assembly 4, and then the screw will be transported from the screw feeding mechanism 2 to the guide rail assembly 4, and the screw on the guide rail assembly 4 will make a linear motion through the straight vibrator 3. When the screw on the guide rail assembly 4 passes through the visual inspection assembly 5, the screw is supplemented with light through two groups of light bars 53, and multiple groups of inspection lenses 52 perform multi-angle appearance inspection on the screw. When the inspection is qualified, the screw passes through the rejection assembly 6. When the inspection is unqualified, the electric push rod 61 drives the first station seat 62 and the second station seat 63 to move and replace, so that the first station seat 62 or the second station seat 63 is located outside the guide rail 41, and then the unqualified screw is automatically dropped into the material frame 7 through the straight vibrator 3; when the screw moves to the end of the guide rail assembly 4, the material dividing mechanism 8 pushes the screw out, and the multi-station feeding mechanism 9 transfers the screw.

Claims

1. A screw feeding mechanism for a screw locking machine, comprising a base plate (1), a screw feeding mechanism (2) and a straight vibrator (3) being mounted on the top of one end of the base plate (1), characterized in that: The screw feeding mechanism (2) and the top of the straight vibrator (3) are connected together with a guide rail assembly (4), the guide rail assembly (4) is made of a transparent material, a visual inspection assembly (5) is connected to the top of the substrate (1) and located outside the guide rail assembly (4), and a rejection assembly (6) is installed outside the guide rail assembly (4) and located on one side of the visual inspection assembly (5); The visual detection component (5) comprises a sleeve (51), the inner ring surface of the sleeve (51) is circular and has multiple groups of detection lenses (52) installed at equal intervals, light bars (53) are installed at both ends of the inner ring surface at the top of the sleeve (51), and the bottom of the sleeve (51) is connected to a support column (54).

2. A screw feeding mechanism for a screw locking machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: A material frame (7) is installed at the top of the substrate (1) and below the rejection assembly (6); a material distribution mechanism (8) is connected to the top of the substrate (1) and the free end of the guide rail assembly (4); and a multi-station loading mechanism (9) is installed at the top of the substrate (1) and at the free end of the material distribution mechanism (8).

3. A screw feeding mechanism for a screw locking machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The guide rail assembly (4) comprises a guide rail (41), a first material trough (42) is provided at the top of the guide rail (41), and a notch groove (43) is provided in the middle section of the guide rail (41).

4. A screw feeding mechanism for a screw locking machine according to claim 3, characterized in that: The guide rail (41) passes through the center of the sleeve (51), and the detection ends of the multiple groups of detection lenses (52) are all facing the guide rail (41).

5. The screw feeding mechanism for a screw locking machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The rejecting assembly (6) comprises an electric push rod (61), a first work station seat (62) and a second work station seat (63); the first work station seat (62) and the second work station seat (63) have the same structure and are an integrated structure; the top of each of the first work station seat (62) and the second work station seat (63) is provided with a second material trough (64); the side of the second work station seat (63) is connected to a side plate (65); and the telescopic end of the electric push rod (61) is connected to the bottom of the side plate (65).

6. A screw feeding mechanism for a screw locking machine according to claim 5, characterized in that: The electric push rod (61) is mounted at the bottom end of the guide rail (41) and is located below the notch groove (43); the first work station seat (62) is slidably located inside the notch groove (43); and the second material trough (64) and the first material trough (42) are structurally compatible.

Citation Information

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  • Multi-station screw feeding mechanism and screw locking assembly line

    CN213916924U