Automatic material conveying mechanism

By designing an automated material transport mechanism and utilizing crankshaft and sprocket drive to achieve rapid and orderly positioning and transportation of parts, the problem of low manual transfer efficiency is solved, production efficiency is improved, and costs are reduced.

CN223457655UActive Publication Date: 2025-10-21XIANGSHAN PORT ADVANCED TECH SCHOOL
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Application Number
CN202422879166.7
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-11-25
Publication Date
2025-10-21
Estimated Expiration
2034-11-25

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Technical Problem

In the existing technology, manual transfer during parts processing is time-consuming and labor-intensive, affecting work efficiency and overall production capacity.

Method used

An automated material transport mechanism was designed, which uses a frame, limit plates, transmission components and drive mechanism. It realizes rapid and orderly positioning and transportation of parts through crankshaft and sprocket transmission, uses electric motors and reducers to ensure synchronous rotation, and combines limit slots and guide plates to achieve precise control.

Benefits of technology

It realizes the fast and stable transportation and positioning of parts, reduces the labor intensity, improves the production efficiency and quality, and reduces the production cost.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses an automatic material conveying mechanism, belongs to the technical field of automatic conveying mechanisms, and provides an automatic material conveying mechanism capable of being arranged and positioned more orderly. The automatic material conveying mechanism comprises a rack, the rack is provided with a pair of symmetrical side plates, and the top of each side plate is fixedly connected with a limiting plate; a plurality of clamping grooves distributed at equal intervals are formed in the upper surface of the limiting plate, a transmission assembly is rotationally connected between the two side plates and provided with a pair of crankshafts in the same direction, the two crankshafts are rotationally connected with the same material conveying plate and suitable for moving materials from one clamping groove to the other clamping groove, and a driving mechanism is arranged outside the rack. And the driving mechanism is suitable for driving the two crankshafts to synchronously rotate. According to the automatic material conveying mechanism, manual conveying is replaced, conveying and positioning can be achieved, parts can be rapidly conveyed to specific positions, the labor intensity of workers during machining is relieved, meanwhile, time is saved, the production efficiency of enterprises and factories is improved, and the production cost is reduced.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The application relates to the technical field of automatic conveying mechanisms, in particular to an automatic material conveying mechanism. BACKGROUND

[0002] One part may need to go through many steps of processing and assembly, in order to improve work efficiency, one worker is usually responsible for one step, after the previous work station completes the work, the part needs to be transferred to another work station for processing, since the manual transfer process is time-consuming and laborious and the movement is slow, and after the work station is transferred, repositioning is needed, which affects the work efficiency and the overall production capacity. SUMMARY

[0003] The application aims to provide an automatic material conveying mechanism which can be more orderly arranged and positioned.

[0004] In order to achieve the above purpose, the application provides an automatic material conveying mechanism: a rack is provided, the rack has a pair of symmetrical side plates, the top of each side plate is fixedly connected with a limiting plate, a plurality of clamping grooves are arranged at equal intervals on the upper surface of the limiting plate, a transmission assembly is rotatably connected between the two side plates, the transmission assembly has a pair of cranks with the same direction, the same material conveying plate is rotatably connected to the two cranks, the material conveying plate is suitable for moving the material from one clamping groove to another clamping groove, a driving mechanism is arranged outside the rack, and the driving mechanism is suitable for driving the two cranks to rotate synchronously, so that the material conveying plate is always in a horizontal state when the material conveying plate moves up and down.

[0005] As a preferred, the crank includes an eccentric shaft, one end of the eccentric shaft is fixedly connected with a first crank, the other end of the eccentric shaft is fixedly connected with a second crank, the first crank is further fixedly connected with a central shaft, the second crank is further fixedly connected with an end shaft, the central shaft and the end shaft are collinear, but only parallel to the axis of the eccentric shaft, the two side plates are fixedly connected with bearing seats at corresponding positions, the central shaft and the end shaft pass through the bearing seats to form a rotating pair, and the rotation stability of the transmission assembly is ensured.

[0006] As a preferred, the end of the central shaft is fixedly connected with a driven sprocket after penetrating through the side plate, the driving mechanism includes a fixedly arranged motor and a speed reducer, the output end of the speed reducer is fixedly connected with a driving sprocket, the driving sprocket is suitable for being in driving connection with the two driven sprockets through a chain, and the synchronous rotation of the two cranks can be well ensured.

[0007] As a preferred, the bottom of the side plate has a bottom plate, the upper surface of the bottom plate is fixedly connected with a mounting frame, the motor is fixedly connected with the mounting frame through a support, and the shell of the speed reducer is fixedly connected with the shell of the motor, so that the speed reducer is driven by the motor.

[0008] As a preferred, the bottom plate is further provided with a speed regulator and a power supply, the power supply adopts a storage battery, the storage battery is sleeved with a battery box, and the storage battery is electrically connected with the motor through the speed regulator, the speed is adjustable and stepless speed change can be realized.

[0009] As a preferred, the two side plates are further fixedly connected with a receiving plate, the receiving plate is located on one side of the side plates, and the other side of the two side plates is fixedly connected with a guide plate through an upper edge plate, the guide plate is higher than the limiting plate, and the guide plate provides guidance for the parts of the previous work station to slide to the upper side of the automatic material conveying mechanism.

[0010] As a preferred, the clamping grooves closest to the guide plate on the limiting plate are sliding-in clamping grooves, the clamping grooves closest to the receiving plate are sliding-out clamping grooves, and the other clamping grooves between the sliding-in clamping grooves and the sliding-out clamping grooves are limiting clamping grooves, which are used to keep the parts in a normal position.

[0011] As a preferred, the material conveying plate comprises a bridging plate, a pair of shaft sleeves are fixedly connected to the lower end of the bridging plate and are matched with the two eccentric shafts to form a rotating pair, a plurality of equidistantly arranged trays are fixedly connected to the upper end of the bridging plate, the spacing between the trays is equal to the spacing between the limiting clamping grooves, the tray is V-shaped, and the inner wall of the limiting clamping groove is also V-shaped and fits the bottom of the parts.

[0012] As a preferred, a plurality of support columns are further fixedly connected between the two side plates, the support columns are parallel to each other and perpendicular to the side plates, and are distributed at the corners of the side plates, so that the whole rack forms a cuboid.

[0013] As a preferred, the receiving plate comprises a hook plate fixedly connected with the side plate, the lower edge of the hook plate has a sliding plate away from the side plate, the lower edge of the sliding plate has a supporting plate, and the other edge of the supporting plate has an upwardly extending blocking plate for preventing the parts from sliding out of the supporting plate.

[0014] Compared with the prior art, the automatic material conveying mechanism has the advantages that:

[0015] (1) The automatic material conveying mechanism replaces manual transmission, can realize transmission and positioning to quickly transport the parts to a specific position, reduces the labor intensity of workers during machining, saves time, improves the production efficiency of the enterprise factory, and reduces the production cost;

[0016] (2) The automatic material conveying mechanism is designed ingeniously and reasonably, can efficiently and stably realize the transportation of materials through the positioning structure on the limiting plate, has precise control ability and good adaptability by adopting electric control technology, can play an important role in actual production, and improves the production efficiency and quality. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0017] Figure 1 Figure 1 is a first perspective view of the overall structure of the automatic material conveying mechanism.

[0018] Figure 2 Figure 2 is a second perspective view of the overall structure of the automatic material conveying mechanism.

[0019] Figure 3 Figure 3 is a first perspective view of the cooperation between the material conveying plate and the transmission assembly of the automatic material conveying mechanism.

[0020] Figure 4 Figure 4 is a second perspective view of the cooperation between the material conveying plate and the transmission assembly of the automatic material conveying mechanism.

[0021] Figure 5 Figure 5 is a perspective view of the material conveying plate of the automatic material conveying mechanism.

[0022] Figure 6 Figure 6 is a first perspective view of the cooperation between the guide plate and the storage plate of the automatic material conveying mechanism.

[0023] Figure 7 Figure 7 is a second perspective view of the cooperation between the guide plate and the storage plate of the automatic material conveying mechanism.

[0024] Figure 8 Figure 8 is a perspective view of the driving mechanism of the automatic material conveying mechanism.

[0025] Figure 9 Figure 9 is a perspective view of the limiting plate of the automatic material conveying mechanism.

[0026] Figure 10 Figure 10 is a perspective view of the storage plate of the automatic material conveying mechanism.

[0027] In the figure: 1, frame; 101, side plate; 102, bottom plate; 103, upper edge plate; 104, support column; 105, bearing seat; 106, mounting bracket; 2, limiting plate; 201, sliding-in clamping groove; 202, limiting clamping groove; 203, sliding-out clamping groove; 3, guide plate; 4, storage plate; 401, hook plate; 402, sliding plate; 403, supporting plate; 404, baffle; 5, driving mechanism; 501, motor; 502, speed reducer; 503, driving sprocket; 504, support; 6, transmission assembly; 601, chain; 620, crankshaft; 621, driven sprocket; 622, central shaft; 623, first crank; 624, second crank; 625, eccentric shaft; 626, end shaft; 7, material conveying plate; 701, shaft sleeve; 702, bridging plate; 703, tray; 8, speed regulator; 9, power supply; 901, battery box; 902, storage battery. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0028] Hereinafter, the present application will be further described with reference to the specific embodiments, it should be noted that the following described embodiments or technical features can be combined with each other to form new embodiments, without conflict.

[0029] In the description of the present application, it should be noted that, for the orientation words, such as the terms "center", "transverse", "longitudinal", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", etc. indicate the orientation and positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and cannot be understood as limiting the specific protection scope of the present application.

[0030] It should be noted that the terms "first", "second" and the like in the specification and claims of the present application are used to distinguish similar objects, and do not necessarily have to describe a specific order or sequence.

[0031] The terms "include" and "have" and any variations thereof in the specification and claims of the present application are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, for example, a process, method, system, product or device that includes a series of steps or units does not have to be limited to those clearly listed, but can include other steps or units that are not clearly listed or inherent to these processes, methods, products or devices.

[0032] As Figures 1-10The illustrated automatic material conveying mechanism includes a lightweight rack 1 having a pair of vertically symmetrical side plates 101, a plurality of support columns 104 are fixedly connected between the two side plates 101, and four support columns 104 are usually provided, which are parallel to each other, perpendicular to the vertical plane of the side plates 101, and distributed at the four corners of the side plates 101, so that the rack 1 forms a cuboid. A receiving plate 4 is fixedly connected between the two side plates 101 for receiving materials, i.e. workpieces, parts and other objects that need to be machined and assembled, which is located on one side of the side plates 101 and is lower than the upper surface of the side plates 101. The receiving plate 4 includes a hook plate 401 fixedly connected with the side plates 101, the lower edge of the hook plate 401 has a sliding plate 402 away from the side plates 101, the sliding plate 402 extends obliquely downward, and the hook plate 401 and the sliding plate 402 smoothly transition between them, not in the same plane, which can effectively improve the bending resistance of the entire receiving plate 4. The lower edge of the sliding plate 402 has a supporting plate 403 extending away from the side plates 101, which is usually in a horizontal plane, and the other edge of the supporting plate 403 has an upwardly extending baffle plate 404 for preventing materials falling on the supporting plate 403 from sliding out. The other side of the two side plates 101 is fixedly connected with a guide plate 3 through an upper edge plate 103, the guide plate 3 is obliquely arranged and higher than the limiting plate 2, and is used to receive materials about to slide into the material conveying mechanism.

[0033] The top of each side plate 101 is fixedly connected with a limiting plate 2 for limiting the position of the material, and the upper surface of the limiting plate 2 is provided with a plurality of equidistantly arranged clamping grooves, which have different functions due to their different positions. Specifically, the clamping groove closest to the guide plate 3 on the limiting plate 2 is a sliding-in clamping groove 201, which can help the inclined material to be straightened, and the clamping groove closest to the receiving plate 4 is a sliding-out clamping groove 203, which can make the material at a normal angle return to an inclined state. The other clamping grooves between the sliding-in clamping groove 201 and the sliding-out clamping groove 203 are all limiting clamping grooves 202, the inner walls of all the limiting clamping grooves 202 are V-shaped, and the sliding-in clamping groove 201 and the sliding-out clamping groove 203 each have only one V-shaped inner wall, which is more like a check mark symbol "√".

[0034] The transmission assembly 6 is rotatably connected between the two side plates 101 and is a main component for realizing the material conveying function. The transmission assembly 6 has a pair of crankshafts 620 with the same shape and size. Each crankshaft 620 includes a horizontal eccentric shaft 625, one end of which is fixedly connected with a first crank 623 and the other end is fixedly connected with a second crank 624. The first crank 623 is also fixedly connected with a central shaft 622 extending away from the eccentric shaft 625. The second crank 624 is also fixedly connected with an end shaft 626 extending away from the eccentric shaft 625. It should be noted that the central shaft 622 and the end shaft 626 are collinear, but the axis of the eccentric shaft 625 is only parallel to the axis of the central shaft 622 and the end shaft 626. The two crankshafts 620 are in the same direction, that is, the horizontal height of the two eccentric shafts 625 is always the same, and the direction of the eccentric shaft 625 relative to the connected central shaft 622 is also consistent. The two side plates 101 are fixedly connected with bearing seats 105 at corresponding positions. The bearing seats 105 are embedded with bearing structures for the central shaft 622 and the end shaft 626 to pass through to form rotating pairs, thereby ensuring the stability of the movement of the transmission assembly 6.

[0035] The rack 1 is also provided with a driving mechanism 5 for driving the two crankshafts 620 to rotate synchronously. The end of each central shaft 622 is fixedly connected with a driven sprocket 621 after passing through the side plate 101. The driving mechanism 5 includes a fixedly arranged motor 501 and a speed reducer 502, and the housing of the speed reducer 502 is fixedly connected with the housing of the motor 501. The output end of the motor 501 is connected with the input end of the speed reducer 502, and the output end of the speed reducer 502 is fixedly connected with a driving sprocket 503. A chain 601 is connected with the two driven sprockets 621 simultaneously through the driving sprocket 503. The chain 601 simultaneously passes through the driving sprocket 503 and the two driven sprockets 621. The bottom of the side plate 101 has a horizontal bottom plate 102 for direct contact with the placement surface. The upper surface of the bottom plate 102 is fixedly connected with a mounting bracket 106. The motor 501 is fixedly connected with the mounting bracket 106 through a support 504 fixedly arranged on the housing thereof. A speed regulator 8 and a power supply 9 are also arranged on the bottom plate 102. The power supply 9 adopts a detachable storage battery 902, which makes the automatic material conveying mechanism more flexible. The storage battery 902 is sleeved with a battery box 901 for protecting the storage battery 902 and reducing the impact damage. The storage battery 902 is electrically connected with the motor 501 through the speed regulator 8. By adjusting the input current, the output speed of the motor 501 is changed to realize the stepless speed regulation function.

[0036] Two crankshafts 620 are rotationally connected with the same material conveying plate 7, and the specific structure of the material conveying plate 7 comprises a vertical bridge plate 702, the lower end of the bridge plate 702 is fixedly connected with a pair of shaft sleeves 701, and the shaft sleeves 701 are matched with the two eccentric shafts 625 to form a rotating pair, so that the two shaft sleeves 701 also perform synchronous rotation, the upper end of the bridge plate 702 is fixedly connected with a plurality of horizontal equidistantly arranged trays 703, the spacing between the trays 703 is equal to the spacing between the limiting clamping grooves 202, the trays 703 are also V-shaped and have the same shape as the inner wall of the limiting clamping grooves 202, and are suitable for engaging with the bottom of the material, so that the trays 703 can move the material from one clamping groove to an adjacent clamping groove after one rotation, thereby realizing transportation.

[0037] Working principle: the automatic material conveying mechanism utilizes the motion principle of the crank rocker, uses the motor 501 as a power source to convert electrical energy into mechanical energy, drives two synchronous sprockets through a chain 601, thereby rotating the crankshaft 620 to drive the material conveying plate 7, the crank drives the eccentric shaft 625 to work, and the material is automatically moved from one position to another position, thereby realizing efficient and stable automatic positioning and material conveying.

[0038] The above describes the basic principles, main features and advantages of the present application. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and the above-mentioned embodiments and descriptions in the specification are only the principles of the present application. Without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application, various changes and improvements can be made to the present application, and these changes and improvements all fall within the scope of the present application. The scope of protection claimed by the present application is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. An automated material handling mechanism, characterized by: The utility model provides a material conveying device, including frame (1), the frame (1) has a pair of symmetrical side plates (101), and the top of each side plate (101) is fixedly connected with limiting plate (2), the upper surface of limiting plate (2) is equipped with several equidistantly arranged clamping slots, and the transmission assembly (6) is rotatably connected between two side plates (101), and the transmission assembly (6) has a pair of consistent crankshafts (620), and two crankshafts (620) are rotatably connected with same material conveying plate (7), and the material conveying plate (7) is suitable for moving material from one clamping slot to another clamping slot, and the frame (1) is provided with driving mechanism (5) outside, and the driving mechanism (5) is suitable for driving two crankshafts (620) to rotate synchronously.

2. The automated material movement mechanism of claim 1, wherein: The crankshaft (620) includes eccentric shaft (625), one end of the eccentric shaft (625) is fixedly connected with first crank (623), the other end is fixedly connected with second crank (624), the first crank (623) is also fixedly connected with central shaft (622), the second crank (624) is also fixedly connected with end shaft (626), the axis of the central shaft (622) and end shaft (626) is collinear, but is only parallel with the axis of the eccentric shaft (625), and the bearing seat (105) is fixedly connected with two side plates (101) at corresponding positions and is suitable for the central shaft (622) and end shaft (626) to pass through and form a rotating pair.

3. The automated material movement mechanism of claim 2, wherein: The end of the central shaft (622) is fixedly connected with driven sprocket (621) after passing through the side plate (101), the driving mechanism (5) includes fixedly arranged motor (501) and speed reducer (502), the output end of the speed reducer (502) is fixedly connected with driving sprocket (503) and is suitable for being connected with two driven sprockets (621) through chain (601) simultaneously.

4. The automated material movement mechanism of claim 3, wherein: The bottom of the side plate (101) has bottom plate (102), the upper surface of the bottom plate (102) is fixedly connected with mounting bracket (106), the motor (501) is fixedly connected with the mounting bracket (106) through support (504), and the shell of the speed reducer (502) is fixedly connected with the shell of the motor (501).

5. The automated material movement mechanism of claim 4, wherein: The bottom plate (102) is also provided with speed regulator (8) and power supply (9), the power supply (9) adopts storage battery (902), the storage battery (902) is sleeved with battery box (901), and the storage battery (902) is electrically connected with the motor (501) through the speed regulator (8).

6. The automated material movement mechanism of any one of claims 2-5, wherein: Two side plates (101) are also fixedly connected with containing plate (4), the containing plate (4) is located on one side of the side plate (101), and the other side of two side plates (101) is fixedly connected with guide plate (3) through upper edge plate (103), and the guide plate (3) is higher than the limiting plate (2).

7. The automated material movement mechanism of claim 6, wherein: The clamping slot closest to the guide plate (3) on the limiting plate (2) is sliding-in clamping slot (201), the clamping slot closest to the containing plate (4) is sliding-out clamping slot (203), and other clamping slots between the sliding-in clamping slot (201) and the sliding-out clamping slot (203) are limiting clamping slots (202).

8. The automated material movement mechanism of claim 7, wherein: The material conveying plate (7) comprises a bridging plate (702), the lower end of the bridging plate (702) is fixedly connected with a pair of shaft sleeves (701) matched with the two eccentric shafts (625) to form a rotating pair, the upper end of the bridging plate (702) is fixedly connected with a plurality of equidistantly arranged trays (703), the spacing between the trays (703) is equal to the spacing between the limiting clamping grooves (202), the tray (703) is V-shaped, and the inner wall of the limiting clamping groove (202) is also V-shaped.

9. The automated material movement mechanism of claim 6, wherein: A plurality of supporting columns (104) are also fixedly connected between the two side plates (101), the supporting columns (104) are parallel to each other and perpendicular to the side plates (101) and are distributed at the corners of the side plates (101).

10. The automated material movement mechanism of claim 9, wherein: The storage plate (4) comprises a hook plate (401) fixedly connected with the side plate (101), the lower edge of the hook plate (401) is provided with a sliding plate (402) away from the side plate (101), the lower edge of the sliding plate (402) is provided with a supporting plate (403), and the other edge of the supporting plate (403) is provided with an upwardly extending baffle plate (404).