Automatic feeding and inserting device for flow guide pipes

Abstract

The utility model discloses an automatic flow guide pipe feeding and inserting device. The automatic flow guide pipe feeding and inserting device comprises a flow guide pipe feeding module, a staggered material receiving module in butt joint with the output end of the flow guide pipe feeding module and an inserting and carrying module for grabbing and inserting flow guide pipes on the staggered material receiving module into bottle bodies. The inserting and carrying module comprises an XYZ-axis driving module, a supporting plate arranged at the movable tail end of the XYZ-axis driving module, a plurality of second motors arranged on the supporting plate in an arrayed mode, a clamping jaw assembly driven by the second motors to rotate and used for clamping the flow guide pipe, and a visual camera arranged on the supporting plate. Automatic feeding, direction adjustment and automatic insertion of a plurality of flow guide pipes can be achieved at a time, and the insertion efficiency of the flow guide pipes is greatly improved.

Description

Technical field

[0001] The utility model belongs to the technical field of automation equipment, in particular to an automatic feeding and inserting device for a flow guide tube. [Background Technology]

[0002] Currently, a bottle requires a flow guide tube to be inserted into it after being filled with liquid. The flow guide tube has a hollow opening on its circumference. When inserted into the bottle, this opening must snap onto a snap block inside the bottle mouth. Therefore, the flow guide tube must be inserted in the correct direction to ensure smooth insertion.

[0003] Patent CN214188138U in the prior art discloses a CCD vision feeding device for an injection molding machine. This device utilizes a vibrating plate to automatically feed gears. This is then offset and distributed by a rubbing mechanism. A robotic arm then grips the gears and places them above a second camera. The second camera determines the gear angle, and the robotic arm rotates the gears to a set direction based on the information from the second camera. The gears are then placed into a positioning mechanism. Once the positioning mechanism is filled with a set of gears, a gripping fixture grips another set of gears and places them into the injection molding machine for loading. However, because the robotic arm needs to adjust the gear angle, it can only grasp one gear at a time, resulting in low feeding efficiency and high robotic arm costs.

[0004] Therefore, it is necessary to provide a new automatic feeding and inserting device for a guide tube to solve the above technical problems. [Utility Model Content]

[0005] The main purpose of the utility model is to provide an automatic feeding and inserting device for guide tubes, which can realize automatic feeding, direction adjustment and automatic insertion of multiple guide tubes at one time, thereby greatly improving the insertion efficiency of the guide tubes.

[0006] The utility model achieves the above-mentioned purpose through the following technical solutions: an automatic feeding and insertion device for a guide tube, comprising a guide tube feeding module, a staggered material receiving module connected to the output end of the guide tube feeding module, and an insertion and transportation module for grabbing and inserting the guide tube on the staggered material receiving module into a bottle body; the insertion and transportation module comprises an XYZ-axis driving module, a support plate arranged at the movable end of the XYZ-axis driving module, a plurality of second motors arranged on the support plate, a clamping claw assembly driven by the second motor to rotate and used to clamp the guide tube, and a visual camera arranged on the support plate.

[0007] Furthermore, the guide tube feeding module includes a vibration plate that outputs the guide tubes in a standing state in an orderly manner and a conveying channel connected to the output end of the vibration plate.

[0008] Furthermore, the delivery flow channel is provided in plurality, and multiple guide pipes are output simultaneously.

[0009] Furthermore, the staggered material receiving module includes a material receiving plate docking with the conveying channel and a first motor driving the material receiving plate to move perpendicular to the conveying channel; a plurality of material receiving grooves are arranged on the material receiving plate at equal intervals along the moving direction of the material receiving plate.

[0010] Furthermore, the distance between two adjacent material receiving grooves on the material receiving plate is consistent with the distance between the guide tubes inserted into two adjacent bottle bodies.

[0011] Furthermore, a gear is provided at the rotating end of the first motor, and a rack meshing with the gear is provided on the receiving plate.

[0012] Furthermore, it also includes a positioning module for accurately positioning the bottle positions on the conveyor line; the positioning module includes a front blocking component and a rear blocking component for blocking a group of bottles containing a set number from continuing to move forward, as well as a front side positioning component and a rear side positioning component for pressing the bottles forward and backward.

[0013] Furthermore, the front blocking assembly and the rear blocking assembly both include a first cylinder and a blocking block driven by the first cylinder to move forward and backward.

[0014] Furthermore, the rear positioning assembly includes a second cylinder and a limiting block driven by the second cylinder to move forward and backward, and the limiting block is provided with a plurality of limiting grooves with openings facing forward.

[0015] Furthermore, the front positioning assembly includes a third cylinder and a front pressing plate driven by the third cylinder to move forward and backward and press the bottle body backward in the limiting groove.

[0016] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the automatic feeding and insertion device for guide tubes of the utility model are: the orderly output of the standing state of the guide tubes is achieved through the vibration disk, and the staggered material receiving module is cooperated with the motor drive so that the receiving plate can take on multiple guide tubes at one time, and the distance between two adjacent guide tubes on the receiving plate is consistent with the distance between the two adjacent bottle bodies. Then, the visual camera is used to obtain the clamping direction of each guide tube on the receiving plate, and the XYZ axis drive module is used to drive multiple clamping assemblies to clamp multiple guide tubes. Then, the second motor drives the clamping assembly to drive each guide tube to adjust the direction so that the clamping direction is consistent, and finally they are inserted into the bottle body together, completing the automatic feeding, direction adjustment and automatic insertion of the guide tubes, which greatly improves the efficiency of guide tube insertion.

Brief Description of the Drawings

[0017] Figure 1 This is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the present utility model;

[0018] Figure 2This is a structural diagram of a positioning module and a staggered material connection module in an embodiment of the present utility model;

[0019] Figure 3 This is a structural diagram of the insertion and handling module in an embodiment of the present utility model;

[0020] The numbers in the figure represent:

[0021] 100-Automatic feeding and insertion device for the guide tube;

[0022] 200- flow guide tube; 300- bottle body;

[0023] 1-guide tube feeding module, 11-vibrating plate, 12-conveying channel; 2-offset receiving module, 21-receiving plate, 211-receiving trough, 22-first motor, 23-gear, 24-rack; 3-insertion handling module, 31-XYZ axis drive module, 32-support plate, 33-gripper assembly, 34-visual camera, 35-second motor; 4-positioning module, 41-front blocking assembly, 411-first cylinder, 412-blocking block, 42-rear blocking assembly, 43-front side positioning assembly, 431-third cylinder, 432-front pressing plate, 44-rear side positioning assembly, 441-second cylinder, 442-limiting block, 443-limiting groove. [Specific implementation method]

[0024] Example 1:

[0025] Please refer to Figure 1-Figure 3 The present embodiment is an automatic feeding and insertion device 100 for a guide tube, which includes a guide tube feeding module 1, a staggered material receiving module 2 connected to the output end of the guide tube feeding module 1, an insertion and handling module 3 for grabbing the guide tube on the staggered material receiving module 2 and inserting it into a bottle body, and a positioning module 4 for accurately positioning the position of the bottle body on the conveyor line.

[0026] In this embodiment, the flow tube feeding module 1 includes a vibrating plate 11 that sequentially outputs the standing flow tubes 200, and a delivery channel 12 connected to the output end of the vibrating plate 11. In this embodiment, two delivery channels 12 are provided to simultaneously output two flow tubes 200. In other embodiments, one or more delivery channels 12 may also be provided.

[0027] The staggered material receiving module 2 includes a receiving plate 21 that docks the conveying channel 12 and a first motor 22 that drives the receiving plate 21 to move perpendicular to the conveying channel 12. A number of receiving troughs 211 are arranged in the receiving plate 21 at equal intervals along the moving direction of the receiving plate 21. Through the setting of the first motor 22, a group of receiving troughs 211 on the receiving plate 21 can be driven to first dock the conveying channel 12 to receive the first group of guide tubes, and then the receiving plate 21 can be driven to move in a staggered manner so that the next group of receiving troughs 211 dock the conveying channel 12 to receive the next group of guide tubes, thereby realizing the reception of multiple groups of guide tubes; on the other hand, through the setting of the first motor 22, the receiving plate 21 can also be driven to move to a state where the receiving troughs 211 and the conveying channel 12 are staggered, thereby blocking the guide tubes in the conveying channel 12 from continuing to be output forward.

[0028] The distance between two adjacent material receiving grooves 211 on the material receiving plate 21 is consistent with the distance between the guide tubes inserted into two adjacent bottle bodies.

[0029] The rotating end of the first motor 22 is provided with a gear 23, and the receiving plate 21 is provided with a rack 24 that meshes with the gear 23. The first motor 22 drives the receiving plate 21 horizontally through the meshing transmission of the gear 23 and the rack 24, so that the receiving plate 21 stays at each set position.

[0030] The insertion and handling module 3 includes an XYZ-axis driving module 31 , a support plate 32 disposed at a movable end of the XYZ-axis driving module 31 , and a plurality of clamping jaw assemblies 33 arranged on the support plate 32 and used for clamping the guide tube 200 .

[0031] Since the guide tube 200 has angle requirements when inserted into the bottle body, the insertion and handling module 3 also includes a visual camera 34 set on the support plate 32 and detecting the direction of each guide tube 200 in the receiving plate 21, and a second motor 35 that drives the clamping jaw assembly 33 to clamp the guide tube 200 for angle adjustment.

[0032] In this embodiment, each clamping jaw assembly 33 is equipped with a second motor 35 to independently drive each guide tube 200 to adjust its angle.

[0033] The positioning module 4 includes a front blocking assembly 41 and a rear blocking assembly 42, which prevent a set number of bottles from continuing to move forward, as well as a front positioning assembly 43 and a rear positioning assembly 44, which compress the bottles forward and backward. Because the bottles 300 are arranged in a row on the conveyor line and have relatively small bottle openings, the guide tube 200 must be precisely aligned with the bottle opening for smooth insertion. The positioning module 4 precisely positions the bottles 300 on the conveyor line, ensuring smooth insertion of the guide tube.

[0034] In this embodiment, the "front" and "rear" in the front blocking assembly 41 and the rear blocking assembly 42 refer to the bottle conveying direction, with the front side being "front" and the rear side being "rear". The "front" and "rear" in the front positioning assembly 43 and the rear positioning assembly 44 refer to the front and rear of the bottle, with the front side of the bottle 300 being "front" and the rear side of the bottle 300 being "rear".

[0035] The front blocking assembly 41 and the rear blocking assembly 42 each include a first cylinder 411 and a blocking block 412 driven by the first cylinder 411 to move forward and backward.

[0036] The rear positioning assembly 44 includes a second cylinder 441 and a limit block 442 driven by the second cylinder 441 to move forward and backward. The limit block 442 is provided with a plurality of limit slots 443 with openings facing forward. The limit slots 443 are used to limit the left and right side positions and the rear side position of the bottle body.

[0037] The front positioning assembly 43 includes a third cylinder 431 and a front pressing plate 432 driven by the third cylinder 431 to move forward and backward and press the bottle body backward in the limiting groove 443.

[0038] The working process of an automatic feeding and insertion device 100 of a guide tube in this embodiment is as follows: the bottle body 300 moves to the position of the device along the conveyor line, the front blocking component 41 blocks a group of bottles to be inserted with the guide tube from continuing to move forward, and the rear blocking component 42 blocks the bottles to be inserted with the guide tube from entering the device; the guide tube 200 is output from the conveying channel 12 in a vertical state, and then enters the receiving groove 211 of the receiving plate 21, and the visual camera 34 takes a picture of the guide tube 200 in the receiving groove 211 to identify the initial angle information of the guide tube 200, and then the clamping jaw assembly 33 clamps a group of guide tubes 200, each clamping jaw assembly 33 is equipped with a second motor 35, and the second motor 35 drives the guide tube 200 to rotate according to the initial angle information of the guide tube 200 and the set insertion angle information, and adjusts the guide tube 200 to the set insertion angle; then the guide tube is inserted into the bottle body to realize the directional insertion of the guide tube.

[0039] The above descriptions are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those skilled in the art, several modifications and improvements can be made without departing from the inventive concept of the present invention, and these all fall within the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

1. An automatic feeding and inserting device for a flow guide tube, characterized in that: It includes a guide tube feeding module, a staggered material receiving module connected to the output end of the guide tube feeding module, and an insertion and transporting module for grabbing the guide tube on the staggered material receiving module and inserting it into the bottle body; The insertion and handling module includes an XYZ-axis drive module, a support plate arranged at the movable end of the XYZ-axis drive module, a plurality of second motors arranged on the support plate, a clamping claw assembly driven by the second motor to rotate and used to clamp the guide tube, and a visual camera arranged on the support plate.

2. The automatic feeding and inserting device for the flow guide tube according to claim 1, characterized in that: The guide tube feeding module includes a vibration plate for orderly outputting the guide tubes in a standing state and a conveying channel connected to the output end of the vibration plate.

3. The automatic feeding and inserting device for the flow guide tube according to claim 2, characterized in that: The delivery flow channel is provided with a plurality of flow guide pipes, and outputs a plurality of flow guide pipes at the same time.

4. The automatic feeding and inserting device for the flow guide tube according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that: The staggered material receiving module includes a material receiving plate connected to the conveying channel and a first motor driving the material receiving plate to move perpendicular to the conveying channel; a plurality of material receiving grooves are arranged on the material receiving plate at equal intervals along the moving direction of the material receiving plate.

5. The automatic feeding and inserting device for the flow guide tube according to claim 4, characterized in that: The distance between two adjacent material receiving grooves on the material receiving plate is consistent with the distance between the guide tubes inserted into two adjacent bottle bodies.

6. The automatic feeding and inserting device for the flow guide tube according to claim 4, characterized in that: The rotating end of the first motor is provided with a gear, and the receiving plate is provided with a rack that meshes with the gear for transmission.

7. The automatic feeding and inserting device for the flow guide tube according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a positioning module for accurately positioning the bottles on the conveyor line; the positioning module includes a front blocking component and a rear blocking component for blocking a group of bottles containing a set number from continuing to move forward, as well as a front side positioning component and a rear side positioning component for pressing the bottles forward and backward.

8. The automatic feeding and inserting device for the flow guide tube according to claim 7, characterized in that: The front blocking assembly and the rear blocking assembly both include a first cylinder and a blocking block driven by the first cylinder to move forward and backward.

9. The automatic feeding and inserting device for the flow guide tube according to claim 7, characterized in that: The rear positioning assembly includes a second cylinder and a limiting block driven by the second cylinder to move forward and backward, and the limiting block is provided with a plurality of limiting grooves with openings facing forward.

10. The automatic feeding and inserting device for the flow guide tube according to claim 9, characterized in that: The front positioning assembly includes a third cylinder and a front pressing plate driven by the third cylinder to move forward and backward and press the bottle body backward in the limiting groove.

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