Counting arrangement machine

Abstract

The utility model discloses a counting and arranging machine which comprises a material receiving mechanism, a material pushing mechanism, a material bearing and supporting platform and a material supporting mechanism. The material receiving mechanism comprises a transmission mechanism, at least one set of material bearing device is installed on the transmission mechanism, a plurality of material containing grooves are formed in each set of material bearing device, the material containing grooves are used for bearing materials sent from the outside, a counting sensor is arranged at the material receiving end of the material receiving mechanism, and the counting sensor is electrically connected with the controller. The pushing mechanism comprises a pushing piece and a driving mechanism for driving the pushing piece to move back and forth; when a set of material bearing devices with materials move to the position beside the material pushing mechanism and stop, the pushing piece can push all the materials on the set of material bearing devices to the material bearing supporting platform at the same time. The material supporting mechanism comprises two clamping pieces, the two clamping pieces are driven by a driving piece to be close to each other or away from each other, and the two clamping pieces are close to each other to support materials on the material bearing and supporting platform. The automatic counting and arranging device can achieve automatic counting and arranging, can be conveniently matched with rear-end equipment, and achieves automatic operation.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of packaging machinery manufacturing, in particular to a counting and sorting machine. Background Art

[0002] Currently, packaging of food and other materials is done by packaging machines, which then combine multiple pieces into boxes. Traditionally, this process relies on manual counting and boxing. However, this approach is labor-intensive and prone to errors.

[0003] On April 14, 2023, a Chinese utility model patent with the patent number ZL202223519634.7, entitled "A Dual-Servo Automatic Material Sorting Equipment," was disclosed. The patent comprises a frame on which a first servo motor and a second servo motor are mounted. The first and second servo motors are connected to a first transmission mechanism and a second transmission mechanism, respectively, via a transmission belt. The first transmission mechanism and the second transmission mechanism are connected via a synchronous belt. A material sorting guide mechanism is mounted on the synchronous belt. The servo automatic material sorting mechanism of the present application is driven by dual servo motors, simplifying the structure and saving costs. The linked motion makes the mechanism more responsive and compact. The material sorting guide mechanism is mounted on the synchronous belt to facilitate the sorting of products of the same quantity, mechanizing the product sorting and counting process, greatly reducing manual intervention and improving production efficiency. Although this material sorting equipment has certain material sorting functions, its functions are relatively simple and cannot achieve functions such as automatic and flexible counting. It is difficult to coordinate with back-end equipment to achieve automated operations. Utility Model Content

[0004] The technical problem to be solved by the utility model is to provide a counting and sorting machine, which can realize flexible and automatic counting and material sorting, and is convenient to cooperate with back-end equipment to realize automated operation.

[0005] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the technical solution of the utility model is: a counting and sorting machine, including a material receiving mechanism, a material pushing mechanism, a material supporting platform and a material supporting mechanism;

[0006] The material receiving mechanism includes a transmission mechanism, which is equipped with at least one set of material receivers, each set of material receivers is provided with a plurality of material holding slots, the material holding slots are used to receive materials sent from the outside, and a counting sensor is provided at the receiving end of the material receiving mechanism, the counting sensor is used to sense the amount of received materials, and the counting sensor is electrically connected to the controller;

[0007] The pushing mechanism includes a pushing member and a driving mechanism that drives the pushing member to move back and forth; when a group of material holders are driven by the transmission mechanism to move to the side of the pushing mechanism and stop, the pushing member can simultaneously push all the materials on the group of material holders to the material support platform;

[0008] The material supporting mechanism includes two clamping members, which can be moved closer to or away from each other by a driving member, and the two clamping members move closer to each other to support the material on the material supporting platform;

[0009] The controller controls and coordinates the actions of various mechanisms.

[0010] Preferably, the transmission mechanism is a chain and sprocket transmission mechanism, and multiple groups of material receivers are installed on the chain at intervals to facilitate the installation of the material receivers.

[0011] Furthermore, each group of material receivers includes a plurality of material receiving members respectively fixedly connected to the chains, and two adjacent material receiving members on each group of material receivers constitute a material holding trough.

[0012] Furthermore, the chain sprocket transmission mechanism includes two synchronously moving chains, the material receiving member is L-shaped, one end of the material receiving member is fixedly connected to the two chains at the same time, and the material receiving members of each group of material receiving devices are arranged in sequence to facilitate the sequential material receiving operation.

[0013] Furthermore, the transmission mechanism includes a frame equipped with a first position sensor and a second position sensor. A sensing block is fixedly connected to the side of the frontmost receiving member of each group of material holders. When the sensing block on the frontmost receiving member of the material holders senses the first position sensor, the group of material holders enters the material pushing position. When the sensing block on the frontmost receiving member of the material holders senses the second position sensor, the group of material holders enters the material receiving position. This improves the automation level and reliability of the equipment.

[0014] Preferably, each of the clamping members is a clamping block, the driving member is a cylinder, the clamping member is fixedly connected to the piston rod of the driving member, each clamping member is provided with a clamping surface, and the clamping surfaces of the two clamping members are parallel to each other.

[0015] Preferably, the pushing member includes a vertically arranged base plate, the driving mechanism is a driving cylinder, the base plate is fixedly connected to the driving cylinder piston rod, and a plurality of mutually parallel pushing protrusions extend downward from one side of the base plate, each pushing protrusion corresponds to a material holding slot on the material receiving container.

[0016] As a further improvement, a bracket is provided on the material support platform, and two parallel limit plates are provided on the bracket, each limit plate is parallel to the moving direction of the pushing member, and the two limit plates are used to prevent the material pushed onto the material support platform from tipping over.

[0017] As a further improvement, a material detection sensor is provided on one side of the material support platform. The material detection sensor is electrically connected to the controller. When the material detection sensor detects that the material has reached the material support platform, the controller controls the material supporting mechanism to operate and support the material on the material support platform. This prevents malfunction and improves the reliability of the operation.

[0018] As a further improvement, the material receiving mechanism is provided with an inclined material receiving plate at the material receiving end, and the material receiving plate guides the foreign material to fall into the material receiving groove on the material receiving device, so as to improve the reliability of material receiving.

[0019] The present invention has a material receiving mechanism with a counting sensor at the receiving end, a transmission mechanism with at least one set of material receivers, and each set of material receivers with multiple material holding slots. The transmission mechanism drives the material receivers to move, and the multiple material holding slots sequentially receive materials sent from the outside, thereby enabling simultaneous counting while receiving materials. When the count reaches a set value, the material receivers, driven by the transmission mechanism, move to the side of the pushing mechanism. After stopping, the pushing member of the pushing mechanism simultaneously pushes all materials on the set of material receivers onto the material support platform. The two clamping members of the supporting mechanism are then driven by the driving member to move toward each other and support the materials on the material support platform, thereby enabling material sorting operations. This facilitates the robot arm in the back-end process to grab the entire row of materials sorted on the material support platform for shifting and packing operations. Therefore, flexible and automatic counting and material sorting can be achieved, and it is convenient to cooperate with back-end equipment to achieve automated operations. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0020] Figure 1 It is a three-dimensional diagram of the utility model;

[0021] Figure 2 yes Figure 1 A magnified view of point A;

[0022] Figure 3 This is a three-dimensional diagram from another angle of the present invention;

[0023] Figure 4 yes Figure 3 Enlarged view of point B;

[0024] Figure 5 This is the main view of the material connection state of the utility model;

[0025] Figure 6 It is a top view of the material receiving, pushing and sorting states of the utility model. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0026] The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific implementation methods.

[0027] Figures 1 to 6 As shown, a counting and sorting machine includes a material receiving mechanism 1, a material pushing mechanism 2, a material receiving support platform 3 and a material supporting mechanism 4, wherein the material receiving support platform 3 is horizontally arranged;

[0028] The material receiving mechanism 1 includes a transmission mechanism, which is a chain sprocket transmission mechanism 5. The chain sprocket transmission mechanism 5 includes two synchronously moving chains 51. A plurality of groups of material receivers 6 are installed at intervals on the two chains 51. Each group of material receivers 6 is provided with a plurality of material holding slots 61. A counting sensor 7 is provided at the receiving end of the material receiving mechanism 1 for sensing the amount of received materials. The counting sensor 7 is electrically connected to the controller 8. As the chain 51 moves, the plurality of material holding slots 61 sequentially receive materials 10 sent from the outside, and the counting sensor 7 detects the amount of the materials 10 sent from the outside.

[0029] Each group of material receivers 6 includes a plurality of material receiving parts 62 respectively connected to the chains 51. Two adjacent material receiving parts 62 on each group of material receivers 6 constitute a material holding trough 61. The material receiving part 62 is L-shaped, and one end of the material receiving part 62 is simultaneously connected to the two chains 51. The material receiving parts 62 of each group of material receivers 6 are arranged in sequence.

[0030] The pushing mechanism 2 includes a pushing member 21 and a driving mechanism 22 that drives the pushing member 21 to move back and forth; after a group of material holders 6 with materials 10 move to the side of the pushing mechanism 2 along the chain 51 and stop, the pushing member 21 can simultaneously push all the materials 10 on the group of material holders 6 onto the material support platform 3;

[0031] The pushing member 21 includes a vertically arranged base plate 211, and the driving mechanism 22 is a driving cylinder. The base plate 211 is fixedly connected to the driving cylinder piston rod through a fixed block. A plurality of mutually parallel pushing protrusions 212 extend downward from one side of the base plate 211. Each pushing protrusion 212 corresponds to a material holding groove 61 on the material receiving container 6. Each pushing protrusion 212 can push the material 10 in the material holding groove 61 onto the material receiving support platform 3.

[0032] The material supporting mechanism 4 includes two clamping members 41 , which are driven by two driving members 42 to move closer to or away from each other. The two clamping members 41 move closer to each other to support the material 10 on the material supporting platform 3 .

[0033] Each clamping member 41 is a clamping block, the driving member 42 is a cylinder, the clamping member 41 is fixedly connected to the piston rod of the driving member 42, and each clamping member 41 is provided with a clamping surface 411, and the clamping surfaces 411 of the two clamping members 41 are parallel to each other.

[0034] The material support platform 3 is provided with a bracket 31 , and the bracket 31 is provided with two parallel limit plates 32 , each limit plate 32 is parallel to the moving direction of the pusher 21 , and the two limit plates 32 are used to prevent the material 10 pushed onto the material support platform 3 from tipping over.

[0035] The two limiting plates 32 can be adjusted relative to the bracket 31 so that the distance between the two limiting plates 32 can be adjusted to accommodate the limiting of different quantities of materials 10, thereby improving versatility.

[0036] The chain sprocket transmission mechanism 5 includes a frame 50, on which a first position sensor 9 and a second position sensor 91 are provided. A sensing block 621 is fixedly connected to the side of a material receiving member 62 at the front of each group of material receiving devices 6. When the sensing block 621 on the material receiving device 6 senses the first position sensor 9, the group of material receiving devices 6 enters the material pushing position. When the sensing block 621 on the material receiving device 6 senses the second position sensor 91, the group of material receiving devices 6 enters the material receiving position.

[0037] The frame 50 is provided with a first position sensor 9 and a second position sensor 91 on both sides of the two chains 51. In order to more reliably control the chain sprocket transmission mechanism 5 action by the controller 8, to accurately determine the material receiving position and the pushing position of each group of material receiving device 6.

[0038] A material detection sensor 92 is provided on one side of the material supporting platform 3, and the material detection sensor 92 is electrically connected to the controller 8. After the material detection sensor 92 detects that the material 10 has arrived at the material supporting platform 3, the controller 8 controls the material supporting mechanism 4 to move so that the two clamping parts 41 move close to each other to support the material 10 on the material supporting platform 3; if the material detection sensor 92 detects that there is no material 10 on the material supporting platform 3, the controller 8 controls the material supporting mechanism 4 to move again so that the two clamping parts 41 move away from each other and return to their positions.

[0039] The material receiving mechanism 1 is provided with an inclined material receiving plate 11 at the material receiving end. The material receiving plate 11 guides the foreign material 10 to fall into the material receiving groove 61 formed by two adjacent material receiving members 62 on the material receiving device 6.

[0040] The transmission mechanism of the present invention can also adopt a synchronous belt and synchronous pulley transmission mechanism.

[0041] The working process of this embodiment is as follows:

[0042] Combine Figure 1 、 Figure 2 、 Figure 5 、 Figure 6As shown, as the chain 51 moves, when the sensing block 621 on a group of material holders 6 senses the second position sensor 91, the group of material holders 6 enters the material receiving position. At this time, the external materials 10 can be fed in sequentially and fall into the various material receiving slots 61 of the group of material holders 6 in sequence under the guidance of the material receiving plate 11. When the number sensed by the counting sensor 7 reaches the set value, the feeding of the external materials 10 is stopped; then the controller 8 controls the chain sprocket transmission mechanism 5 to move the chain 51 to move the group of material holders 6 with the material 10 to the side of the pushing mechanism 2 and stop. The stop position is controlled by sensing the sensing block 621 on the group of material holders 6 with the first position sensor 9. When the controller 8 controls the chain sprocket transmission mechanism 5 to stop, the chain 51 stops moving.

[0043] Then, the driving mechanism 22 is actuated to drive the pushing member 21 forward, and the pushing protrusions 212 on the pushing member 21 can push the materials 10 in the material receiving grooves 61 of the group of material holders 6 onto the material support platform 3. Due to the two limiting plates 32, the materials 10 pushed onto the material support platform 3 will not fall over.

[0044] When the material detection sensor 92 detects that the material 10 has arrived at the material support platform 3, the controller 8 controls the material supporting mechanism 4 to operate, so that the two clamping parts 41 move closer to each other to support the entire row of materials 10 on the material support platform 3; after the material sorting operation is completed, the robot arm at the back can grab and move the entire row of counted materials 10 for packing or other operations.

[0045] After the entire row of materials 10 has been grabbed and left the material support platform 3, the material detection sensor 92 detects that there is no material 10 on the material support platform 3. The controller 8 controls the material supporting mechanism 4 to operate again, causing the two clamping members 41 to move away from each other and return to their original positions. This cycle repeats, thus achieving automatic material receiving, counting, and sorting.

[0046] Although the present invention has been specifically demonstrated and described in conjunction with preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that various changes can be made to the form and details of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims, and all of these changes are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. A counting and sorting machine, characterized in that: It includes material receiving mechanism, material pushing mechanism, material supporting platform and material supporting mechanism; The material receiving mechanism includes a transmission mechanism, which is equipped with at least one set of material receivers, each set of material receivers is provided with a plurality of material holding slots, the material holding slots are used to receive materials sent from the outside, and a counting sensor is provided at the receiving end of the material receiving mechanism, the counting sensor is used to sense the amount of received materials, and the counting sensor is electrically connected to the controller; The pushing mechanism includes a pushing member and a driving mechanism that drives the pushing member to move back and forth; when a group of material holders are driven by the transmission mechanism to move to the side of the pushing mechanism and stop, the pushing member can simultaneously push all the materials on the group of material holders to the material support platform; The material supporting mechanism includes two clamping members, which can be moved closer to or away from each other by a driving member. The two clamping members move closer to each other to support the material on the material supporting platform; the controller controls and coordinates the actions of each mechanism.

2. A counting and sorting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The transmission mechanism is a chain and sprocket transmission mechanism, and a plurality of groups of material receivers are arranged on the transmission mechanism, and the plurality of groups of material receivers are arranged on the chain at intervals.

3. A counting and sorting machine according to claim 2, characterized in that: Each group of material receivers includes a plurality of material receiving parts respectively connected to the chains, and two adjacent material receiving parts on each group of material receivers form a material holding tank.

4. A counting and sorting machine according to claim 3, characterized in that: The chain sprocket transmission mechanism includes two synchronously moving chains, the material receiving member is L-shaped, one end of the material receiving member is fixedly connected to the two chains at the same time, and the material receiving members of each group of material receiving devices are arranged in sequence.

5. The counting and sorting machine according to claim 3, characterized in that: The transmission mechanism includes a frame, on which a first position sensor and a second position sensor are provided. A sensing block is fixedly connected to the side of a material receiving part at the front of each group of material receiving devices. When the sensing block on the material receiving part at the front of the material receiving device senses the first position sensor, the group of material receiving devices enters the material pushing position. When the sensing block on the material receiving part at the front of the material receiving device senses the second position sensor, the group of material receiving devices enters the material receiving position.

6. The counting and sorting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: Each of the clamping members is a clamping block, the driving member is a cylinder, the clamping member is fixedly connected to the piston rod of the driving member, each clamping member is provided with a clamping surface, and the clamping surfaces of the two clamping members are parallel to each other.

7. The counting and sorting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The pushing member includes a vertically arranged base plate, the driving mechanism is a driving cylinder, the base plate is fixedly connected to the driving cylinder piston rod, and a plurality of mutually parallel pushing protrusions extend downward from one side of the base plate, each pushing protrusion corresponds to a material holding slot on the material receiving container.

8. The counting and sorting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The material supporting platform is provided with a bracket, and the bracket is provided with two parallel limit plates, each limit plate is parallel to the moving direction of the pushing member, and the two limit plates are used to prevent the material pushed onto the material supporting platform from dumping.

9. The counting and sorting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: A material detection sensor is provided on one side of the material support platform, and the material detection sensor is electrically connected to the controller. After the material detection sensor detects that the material has reached the material support platform, the controller controls the material supporting mechanism to support the material on the material support platform.

10. A counting and arranging machine according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that: The material receiving mechanism is provided with an inclined material receiving plate at the material receiving end, and the material receiving plate guides the foreign material to fall into the material containing groove on the material receiving device.

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