Label and plug detection device for lead-acid storage battery

Abstract

The utility model relates to a label and plug detection device for a lead-acid storage battery. The label and plug detection device comprises a chain scraper conveyor for transporting batteries, a battery positioning device, a bracket, CCD (Charge Coupled Device) visual detection equipment and two illuminating lamps for providing a light source for a camera, the battery positioning device comprises two baffles and a positioning air cylinder assembly installed on one baffle, and the two baffles are arranged on the front side and the rear side of the chain scraper conveyor side by side in the mode that the distance between the two baffles is adjustable and used for limiting the front position and the rear position of a battery. The support comprises two vertical rods, a transverse rod and two short transverse rods, the vertical position of the transverse rod can be adjusted, the transverse rod is arranged between the two vertical rods, and the two short transverse rods are symmetrically arranged on the two vertical rods; the CCD visual inspection equipment comprises a camera used for collecting battery labels and plug images; the camera is installed on the cross rod through the camera installation plate, the relative positions of the two illuminating lamps are adjustable, and the two illuminating lamps are installed on the two short cross rods through the illuminating lamp installation plate. The device can adapt to detection of batteries of different sizes, has a wide application range, improves the adjustment efficiency, and reduces the adjustment difficulty.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of lead-acid battery packaging detection, and specifically relates to a lead-acid battery label and plug detection device. Background Art

[0002] At present, the lead-acid batteries produced on the market are mainly flooded lead-acid batteries. After the lead-acid batteries are assembled, labels need to be pasted on the battery covers, and later, the appearance and content of the labels and the plugs on the batteries need to be inspected, such as detecting whether the appearance of the labels is qualified or the content is accurate, and detecting whether the plugs are damaged or have traces of use.

[0003] With the development of automated operations, CCD vision inspection equipment has been widely used in various appearance inspections in the battery production field. When the CCD vision inspection equipment is detecting, it needs to take pictures of the detection parts through a camera to collect images. At present, the cameras used to collect labels and plugs are fixedly installed. Because there are often different models of batteries that need to be detected at the detection station, and the existing detection device uses fixed-position nuts to connect the camera and the battery positioning device. When switching models, all the nuts and brackets need to be removed to adjust the positions of the camera and the battery positioning device, resulting in high operation difficulty and time cost. Summary of the Invention

[0004] The purpose of the utility model is to solve the problems existing in the above-mentioned prior art, and thus provide a lead-acid battery label and plug detection device, which can adapt to the detection of batteries of different sizes, has a wide adaptation range, and at the same time improves the adjustment efficiency and reduces the adjustment difficulty.

[0005] In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical solution of the utility model is: a lead-acid battery label and plug detection device, comprising:

[0006] A chain plate conveyor for transporting batteries;

[0007] A battery positioning device, the battery positioning device includes two baffles and a positioning cylinder assembly installed on one of the baffles, and the two baffles are arranged side by side at the front and rear sides of the chain plate conveyor with adjustable spacing for restricting the front and rear positions of the battery;

[0008] A bracket, the bracket includes two vertical rods, a cross bar with adjustable up and down position, and two short cross bars, the cross bar is arranged between the two vertical rods, and the two short cross bars are symmetrically installed on the two vertical rods;

[0009] A CCD vision inspection equipment, the CCD vision inspection equipment includes a camera for collecting images of the battery label and plug;

[0010] and two lighting lamps for providing light sources for the camera; the camera is mounted on the cross bar through a camera mounting plate, and the relative positions of the two lighting lamps are adjustable and are separately mounted on two short cross bars through lighting lamp mounting plates.

[0011] After the battery to be detected is positioned by the battery positioning device, the camera is supported directly above the battery to be detected through a bracket, and the two lighting lamps are symmetrically supported above the side of the battery through brackets.

[0012] Each of the baffles is mounted on one end of a connecting plate, and a long slot is provided at the other end of the connecting plate. After a bolt passes through the long slot, the end portion is mounted in a threaded hole on the frame of the chain conveyor.

[0013] The positioning cylinder assembly includes a push plate, a cylinder and a fixing plate mounted on the baffle. The push plate is arranged inside the fixing plate, the cylinder barrel is fixed outside the fixing plate, and the cylinder telescopic rod passes through a relief hole on the fixing plate and is connected to the push plate.

[0014] Guide holes are opened on the fixing plates on both sides of the cylinder, and guide sleeves are mounted at the positions of the guide holes outside the fixing plates. One end of a guide rod passes through the guide sleeve and is connected to the push plate.

[0015] Both the camera mounting plate and the lighting lamp mounting plate are of an L-shaped structure composed of a horizontal plate and a vertical plate connected to the horizontal plate. The camera is mounted at the bottom of the horizontal plate of the camera mounting plate, the vertical plate of the camera mounting plate is mounted on the side of the cross bar, the lighting lamp is mounted at the bottom of the horizontal plate of the lighting lamp mounting plate, and the vertical plate of the lighting lamp mounting plate is mounted on the side of the short cross bar.

[0016] Horizontal chutes are provided on one side of both the cross bar and the short cross bar, and relief holes are opened on the vertical plates of the camera mounting plate and the lighting lamp mounting plate; three bolts respectively pass through the relief holes on the vertical plates of the camera mounting plate and the two lighting lamp mounting plates and are connected to nuts preset in the corresponding horizontal chutes.

[0017] The cross bar and the short cross bar are mounted on the vertical rod through triangular members.

[0018] Vertical chutes are provided on the opposite sides of the vertical rod, and the triangular members are fixed on the vertical rod through bolts and nuts provided in the vertical chutes.

[0019] Compared with the current technology, the utility model can automatically, accurately and quickly photograph and detect the labels and plugs of lead-acid batteries through an industrial camera.

[0020] The device of the utility model has a reasonable structure and simple installation steps, and improves the accuracy and efficiency of label and plug detection.

[0021] The up-and-down and left-and-right positions of the battery positioning device, the camera and the lighting lamp can be adjusted, which can adapt to the detection of batteries of different sizes, has a wide adaptation range, improves the adjustment efficiency at the same time, and reduces the adjustment difficulty. Description of the Drawings

[0022] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present utility model, the following will briefly introduce the accompanying drawings required for the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present utility model. For those of ordinary skill in the art, without creative efforts, other accompanying drawings can also be obtained based on these drawings.

[0023] Figure 1 is the structural schematic diagram of the present utility model;

[0024] Figure 2 is the partial structure diagram of the present utility model. Detailed implementation manners

[0025] Such as Figure 1 、 Figure 2As shown in the figure, a baffle 2 is provided on each of the front and rear sides of the chain plate conveyor 1 of the present utility model. The baffle 2 is installed at one end of a connecting plate 11. The other end of the connecting plate 11 is provided with a long hole. After the bolt passes through the long hole, the end is installed into the threaded hole on the frame of the chain plate conveyor 1. By adjusting the position of the bolt in the long hole, the distance between the two baffles 2 is adjusted to adapt to the detection position of batteries with different widths. A positioning cylinder assembly is provided on one of the baffles 2. The positioning cylinder assembly is used to position the battery. The positioning cylinder assembly includes a fixing plate 5, a push plate 6 and a cylinder 7 installed on the baffle 2. The push plate 6 is arranged inside the fixing plate 5. The cylinder barrel of the cylinder 7 is fixed outside the fixing plate 5. The cylinder telescopic rod passes through the relief hole on the fixing plate 5 and is connected to the push plate 6. Guide holes are opened on the fixing plate 5 on both sides of the cylinder 7. Guide sleeves 8 are installed at the guide holes outside the fixing plate 5. One end of the guide rod 9 passes through the guide sleeve 8 and is connected to the push plate 6. The bracket is used to install the camera 10 of the CCD vision detection device and the lighting lamp 4 for supplementary lighting and illuminating the label and the plug. The bracket includes two vertical rods 12, a cross bar 13 and two short cross bars 14. The cross bar 13 and the short cross bars 14 are installed on the vertical rods 12 through triangular parts. Vertical sliding grooves are provided on the opposite sides of the vertical rods 12. The triangular parts are fixed on the vertical rods 12 through bolts and nuts provided in the vertical sliding grooves. By adjusting the height of the triangular parts on the vertical rods 12, the height of the cross bar 13 and the two short cross bars 14 is adjusted. The camera 10 is installed on the cross bar 13 through a camera mounting plate 15. The relative positions of the two lighting lamps 4 are adjustable and are respectively installed on the two short cross bars 14 through lighting lamp mounting plates 16. Both the camera mounting plate 15 and the lighting lamp mounting plate 16 are L-shaped structures composed of a horizontal plate and a vertical plate connected to the horizontal plate. The camera 10 is installed at the bottom of the horizontal plate of the camera mounting plate 15. The vertical plate of the camera mounting plate 15 is installed on the side of the cross bar 13. The lighting lamp 4 is installed at the bottom of the horizontal plate of the lighting lamp mounting plate 16. The vertical plate of the lighting lamp mounting plate 16 is installed on the side of the short cross bar 14. Horizontal sliding grooves are provided on one side of the cross bar 13 and the short cross bars 14. Relief holes are opened on the vertical plates of the camera mounting plate 15 and the lighting lamp mounting plate 16. Three bolts respectively pass through the relief holes on the vertical plates of the camera mounting plate 15 and the two lighting lamp mounting plates 16 and are connected to the nuts preset in the corresponding sliding grooves. By adjusting the horizontal positions of the camera mounting plate 15 and the lighting lamp mounting plate 16, the left and right positions of the lighting lamp 4 and the camera 10 are adjusted.

[0026] After the battery to be detected is positioned by the battery positioning device, the camera 10 is supported above the battery to be detected by a bracket, and the two lighting lamps 4 are symmetrically supported by brackets at the upper side positions of the battery. The lead-acid battery label and the plug can be automatically, accurately and quickly photographed by the camera. The camera is connected to the PC control machine of the CCD vision detection device through a signal line, which is used to transmit the image information of the battery to the PC control machine to complete the detection. According to the detection results, the qualified products are controlled to continue to flow to the next station, and the unqualified products are controlled to be pushed out to the unqualified product platform through the unqualified product pushing cylinder arranged at the rear end of the conveying direction of the chain plate conveyor. Implementing vision detection through the PC control machine of the CCD vision detection device and controlling the actions of the cylinder and the chain plate conveyor according to the detection results are prior arts, and will not be elaborated in this embodiment.

[0027] Those skilled in the art can easily understand that the above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and does not limit the present invention. Any modifications, combinations, substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention are included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A lead-acid battery label and plug detection device, characterized in that: include: A chain conveyor (1) for transporting batteries; A battery positioning device, the battery positioning device comprising two baffles (2) and a positioning cylinder assembly mounted on one of the baffles (2), the two baffles (2) being arranged side by side at the front and rear sides of the chain conveyor (1) with an adjustable spacing to limit the front and rear positions of the batteries; A bracket, the bracket comprising two vertical poles (12), a horizontal pole (13) with adjustable vertical position, and two short horizontal poles (14), wherein the horizontal pole (13) is arranged between the two vertical poles (12), and the two short horizontal poles (14) are symmetrically mounted on the two vertical poles (12); CCD visual inspection equipment, the CCD visual inspection equipment comprising a camera (10) for collecting images of battery labels and plugs; and two lighting lamps (4) for providing light sources for the camera; the camera (10) is mounted on the crossbar (13) via a camera mounting plate (15); the relative positions of the two lighting lamps (4) are adjustable and they are mounted on two short crossbars (14) via a lighting lamp mounting plate (16).

2. A lead-acid battery label and plug detection device according to claim 1, characterized in that: When the battery to be tested is positioned by the battery positioning device, the camera (10) is supported by a bracket directly above the battery to be tested, and the two lighting lamps (4) are symmetrically supported by the bracket at the upper side of the battery.

3. A lead-acid battery label and plug detection device according to claim 1, characterized in that: Each baffle (2) is mounted on one end of a connecting plate (11), and a long hole is provided at the other end of the connecting plate (11). Bolts pass through the rear end of the long hole and are mounted in threaded holes on the frame of the chain conveyor (1).

4. A lead-acid battery label and plug detection device according to claim 1 or 3, characterized in that: The positioning cylinder assembly comprises a push plate (6), a cylinder (7) and a fixed plate (5) mounted on a baffle (2); the push plate (6) is arranged on the inner side of the fixed plate (5); the cylinder barrel of the cylinder (7) is fixed on the outer side of the fixed plate (5); and the cylinder telescopic rod passes through a clearance hole on the fixed plate (5) and is connected to the push plate (6).

5. A lead-acid battery label and plug detection device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The fixing plates (5) on both sides of the cylinder (7) are provided with guide holes, and the guide holes outside the fixing plates (5) are provided with guide sleeves (8). After the guide rods (9) pass through the guide sleeves (8), one end thereof is connected to the push plate (6).

6. A lead-acid battery label and plug detection device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The camera mounting plate (15) and the lighting lamp mounting plate (16) are both L-shaped structures consisting of a horizontal plate and a vertical plate connected to the horizontal plate. The camera (10) is mounted on the bottom of the horizontal plate of the camera mounting plate (15), and the vertical plate of the camera mounting plate (15) is mounted on the side of the cross bar (13). The lighting lamp (4) is mounted on the bottom of the horizontal plate of the lighting lamp mounting plate (16), and the vertical plate of the lighting lamp mounting plate (16) is mounted on the side of the short cross bar (14).

7. A lead-acid battery label and plug detection device according to claim 1 or 6, characterized in that: The cross bar (13) and the short cross bar (14) are both provided with a transverse slide groove on one side, and the vertical plates of the camera mounting plate (15) and the lighting lamp mounting plate (16) are both provided with clearance holes; three bolts respectively pass through the clearance holes on the vertical plates of the camera mounting plate (15) and the two lighting lamp mounting plates (16) and are connected with nuts preset in the corresponding transverse slide grooves.

8. A lead-acid battery label and plug detection device according to claim 7, characterized in that: The cross bar (13) and the short cross bar (14) are installed on the vertical bar (12) through the triangular piece.

9. A lead-acid battery label and plug detection device according to claim 1 or 8, characterized in that: A vertical slide groove is arranged on the opposite side of the vertical rod (12), and the triangular piece is fixed on the vertical rod (12) by means of bolts and nuts arranged in the vertical slide groove.

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