Stock bin mechanism
By designing a material hopper mechanism, the automated separation, stacking, and straightening of plastic trays were achieved, solving the problems of low efficiency and high cost of manual operation, improving handling efficiency, and reducing the risk of product damage.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202422223159.1
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-09-11
- Publication Date
- 2025-11-07
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-09-11
AI Technical Summary
In existing technologies, manual operation of plastic trays is inefficient, prone to errors in orientation and damage to products, and has high labor costs.
A material hopper mechanism was designed, including a base, an empty hopper module, a full hopper module, a straightening mechanism, and a positioning and transporting module. Through components such as cylinder groups and hooks, the mechanism enables the automated separation, stacking, and straightening of plastic trays, thereby improving transport efficiency.
It improves the automation level of plastic trays, increases handling efficiency, saves labor costs, avoids misalignment and product damage, and reduces product costs.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to mechanical equipment technical field especially relates to a stock bin mechanism. BACKGROUND
[0002] With the progress of science and technology, 3C electronic industry has obtained the rapid development. Electronic product adopts the form of plastic tray in the production, assembly etc. to carry or feed and discharge. Generally, the empty plastic tray is separated by manual, and then the product is placed in the empty plastic tray in sequence, and the full plastic tray is stacked by manual after the tray is filled. The way of continuously arranging, placing and stacking by manual reduces the work efficiency because of the limited speed of manual operation. In addition, the manual operation process is affected by human factors, and the product placing direction is wrong, the product is hurt, and the large labor cost is consumed, and the product cost is increased. CONTENT
[0003] The utility model discloses a stock bin mechanism.
[0004] In order to realize the above-mentioned utility model purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme: a stock bin mechanism, which comprises:
[0005] A machine base comprising a bottom plate and a rack installed on the bottom plate, the bottom plate and the rack form a conveying space, the rack has empty tray positions, full tray positions and tray placing positions arranged in sequence;
[0006] An empty bin module is arranged at the empty tray position, the empty bin module comprises an empty plastic tray bin and a separation mechanism arranged on both sides of the empty plastic tray bin for separating or stacking plastic trays;
[0007] A full bin module is arranged at the full tray position, the full bin module comprises a full material storage bin and a tray separating mechanism arranged on both sides of the full material storage bin for stacking plastic trays;
[0008] A correction mechanism is arranged on both sides of the tray placing position, the correction mechanism comprises a pressing plate for pressing plastic trays;
[0009] A positioning and conveying module is installed on the bottom plate, the positioning and conveying module transports plastic trays between the empty tray position, the full tray position and the tray placing position in the conveying space.
[0010] As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the rack comprises two spaced side plates perpendicular to the bottom plate and arranged vertically, and a connecting rod connected to the two side plates at both ends, the empty tray position, the full tray position and the tray placing position are located on one side of the two side plates relative to the bottom plate, and the bottom plate and the two side plates form the conveying space.
[0011] As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the empty plastic tray bin comprises four first angle irons distributed according to the four corners of a rectangle and four first fixing blocks for fixing the four first angle irons in twos on the side plate, and a first plastic tray bin for accommodating plastic trays is formed between the four first angle irons.
[0012] As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the separating structure is arranged between the two first angle irons, the separating mechanism comprises a transverse cylinder group fixed on the side plate and a separating piece driven by the transverse cylinder group along a transverse direction parallel to the bottom plate, and the separating piece comprises a tongue plate extended into and out of the first plastic tray bin and used for bearing plastic trays.
[0013] As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, an opening for the transverse cylinder group is formed in the side plate.
[0014] As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the full-load receiving bin comprises four second angle irons distributed according to the four corners of a rectangle and four second fixing blocks for fixing the four second angle irons in twos on the side plate, and a second plastic tray bin for accommodating plastic trays is formed between the four second angle irons.
[0015] As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the tray separating mechanism is arranged between the two second angle irons, the tray separating mechanism comprises a fixing seat fixed on the side plate, a rotating shaft and a clamping hook piece rotatably installed on the fixing seat through the rotating shaft, and the clamping hook piece comprises a guide inclined surface and a bearing surface.
[0016] As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the correcting mechanism comprises a vertical cylinder group fixed on the side plate and a pressing piece driven by the vertical cylinder group along a vertical direction perpendicular to the bottom plate, and the pressing piece comprises a pressing plate extended into the carrying space.
[0017] As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the positioning and carrying module comprises a guide rail installed on the bottom plate, a driving piece installed on one side of the guide rail, a frame slidingly installed on the guide rail, a lifting cylinder installed on the frame and a lifting platform driven by the lifting cylinder.
[0018] As a further improved technical scheme of the utility model, the lifting platform downwardly extends a guide column, and the frame is fixed with a guide sleeve matched with the guide column.
[0019] The utility model discloses the beneficial effect is: the degree of automation of plastic tray carrying has been improved, the carrying efficiency of plastic tray has been effectively improved, the manpower cost is saved, avoids the direction error of arranging the tray and knocks the product, reduces the product cost. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0020] Figure 1 is a structural schematic view of the stock bin mechanism of the present application;
[0021] Figure 2 is Figure 1 is a structural schematic view of the stock bin mechanism of the present application;
[0022] Figure 3 is a structural schematic view of the stock bin mechanism of the present application;
[0023] Figure 4 is a structural schematic view of the stock bin mechanism of the present application;
[0024] Figure 5 is a structural schematic view of the stock bin mechanism of the present application;
[0025] Figure 6 is a structural schematic view of the stock bin mechanism of the present application;
[0026] Figure 7 is Figure 6 is a structural schematic view of the stock bin mechanism of the present application; DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0027] The present application will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. The preferred embodiments of the present application are shown in the drawings. It should be noted that these embodiments are not intended to limit the present application, and equivalent variations or substitutions of the function, method, or structure made by those skilled in the art based on these embodiments are within the scope of the present application.
[0028] Please refer to Figures 1 to 7 The present application discloses a stock bin mechanism 100, which comprises a base 1, an empty bin module 2, a full bin module 3, a correction mechanism 4, and a positioning and carrying module 5.
[0029] Please refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2, the base plate 11 and the rack 12 enclose a conveying space 13. The rack 12 has empty tray positions 12a, full tray positions 12b and tray placing positions 12c arranged in sequence. Specifically, the base plate 11 is a rectangular plate, the length direction of which is set as the X direction, the width direction as the Y direction, and the direction perpendicular to the base plate 11 as the Z direction. The rack 12 includes two spaced-apart side plates 121 perpendicular to the base plate 11 and arranged vertically, and a connecting rod 122 connecting the two side plates 121 at both ends, the empty tray positions 12a, the full tray positions 12b and the tray placing positions 12c being located on one side of the two side plates 121 relative to the base plate 11, the base plate 11 and the two side plates 121 enclosing the conveying space 13. The side plates 121 have their lower edges fixed to the base plate 11 and their upper edges extending along the X direction, and the empty tray positions 12a, the full tray positions 12b and the tray placing positions 12c are arranged in sequence along the X direction. The positioning and conveying module 5 conveys the plastic trays S in the conveying space 13 between the empty tray positions 12a, the full tray positions 12b and the tray placing positions 12c.
[0030] Please refer to Figures 1 to 3 , the empty tray module 2 is arranged at the empty tray position 12a, and the empty tray module 2 includes an empty plastic tray magazine 21 and a separating mechanism 22 arranged on both sides of the empty plastic tray magazine 21 and used for separating the plastic trays S. The empty plastic tray magazine 21 includes four first angle irons 211 distributed at the four corners of a rectangle and four first fixing blocks 212 fixing the four first angle irons 211 two by two to the side plates 121. The four first angle irons 211 form a first plastic tray magazine 213 for accommodating the plastic trays S therebetween. The first angle irons 211 are arranged vertically along the Z direction, and the four first angle irons 211 form a square-shaped space first plastic tray magazine 213 open upward, used for stacking the plastic trays S. The separating mechanism 22 is arranged between the two first angle irons 211, and the separating mechanism 22 includes a transverse cylinder group 221 fixed to the side plate 121 and a separating piece 222 driven by the transverse cylinder group 221 along a transverse direction parallel to the base plate 11, the separating piece 222 including a tongue plate 2221 extending into and out of the first plastic tray magazine 213 and used for bearing the plastic trays S. The side plate 121 is provided with an opening 1211 allowing the transverse cylinder group 221 to be located therein. The transverse cylinder group 221 drives the separating piece 222 to move along the Y direction, so that the tongue plate 2221 extends into and out of the first plastic tray magazine 213. When the tongue plate 2221 extends into the first plastic tray magazine 213 with its two sides facing the transverse direction, the tongue plate 2221 can support the plastic trays S; when the tongue plate 2221 extends out of the first plastic tray magazine 213 with its two sides facing away from the transverse direction, the positioning and conveying module 5 can convey a plastic tray S away from below.
[0031] Please refer to Figure 1 , Figure 2 and Figure 4The full-bin module 3 is arranged at the full-bin position 12b, and includes a full-bin storage bin 31 and a bin separating mechanism 32 arranged at both sides of the full-bin storage bin 31 and used for stacking the plastic trays S. The full-bin storage bin 31 includes four second angle irons 311 distributed at four corners of a rectangle, and four second fixing blocks 312 for fixing the four second angle irons 311 two by two at the side plate 121, and a second plastic tray bin 313 formed between the four second angle irons 311 and used for accommodating the plastic trays S. The second angle irons 311 are arranged vertically along the Z direction, and the four second angle irons 311 form an upwardly open cuboid-shaped space second plastic tray bin 313 used for stacking the plastic trays S. The bin separating mechanism 32 is arranged between the two second angle irons 311, and includes a fixing seat 321 fixed at the side plate 121, a rotating shaft 322, and a hook piece 323 rotatably arranged at the fixing seat 321 through the rotating shaft 322. The hook piece 323 includes a guide inclined surface 3231 and a bearing surface 3232. The guide inclined surface 3231 is arranged towards the conveying space 13. When the positioning and conveying module 5 conveys a plastic tray S to the full-bin position 12b and transports it upwardly, the two sides of the plastic tray S abut against the guide inclined surface 3231 and cause the hook piece 323 to be flipped to be arranged vertically along the guide inclined surface 3231, so that the plastic tray S can be smoothly accommodated into the second plastic tray bin 313. After the plastic tray S leaves the guide inclined surface 3231, the hook piece 323 is flipped back to the original position, and the bearing surface 3232 is arranged in the second plastic tray bin 313 and bears the plastic tray S.
[0032] Please refer to Figure 1 , Figure 2 and Figure 5 The correcting mechanism 4 is arranged at both sides of the tray arranging position 12c. The correcting mechanism 4 includes a pressing plate 421 used for pressing the plastic tray S. The correcting mechanism 4 includes a vertical air cylinder group 41 fixed at the side plate 121 and a pressing piece 42 driven by the vertical air cylinder group 41 along a vertical direction perpendicular to the bottom plate 11, and the pressing piece 42 includes the pressing plate 421 which can extend into the conveying space 13. After the positioning and conveying module 5 transports the plastic tray S to the tray arranging position 12c, the vertical air cylinder group 41 drives the pressing piece 42 to adjust up and down along the Y direction, and cooperates with the positioning and conveying module 5 to position the plastic tray S.
[0033] Please refer to Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 6 and Figure 7The positioning and carrying module 5 is installed on the bottom plate 11, and transports the plastic tray S between the empty tray position 12a, the full tray position 12b and the tray placing position 12c in the carrying space 13. The positioning and carrying module 5 comprises a guide rail 51 installed on the bottom plate 11, a driving member 52 installed on one side of the guide rail 51, a frame 53 slidingly installed on the guide rail 51, a lifting cylinder 54 installed on the frame 53, and a lifting platform 55 driven by the lifting cylinder 54. The lifting platform 55 extends downwardly with a guide column 551, and the frame 53 is fixed with a guide sleeve 531 matched with the guide column 551. The guide rail 51 is arranged along the X direction, the driving member 52 drives the frame 53 to move back and forth along the X direction on the guide rail 51, the lifting cylinder 54 drives the lifting platform 55 to move up and down along the Y direction, the guide column 551 moves in the guide sleeve 531, and the guide column 551 supports the lifting platform 55 to ensure the levelness and stability of the lifting platform 55.
[0034] Please adopt Figures 1 to 7 One working process of the material bin mechanism 100 is as follows:
[0035] (1) A stack of empty plastic trays S is placed in the first plastic tray bin 213, and the positioning and carrying module 5 moves to the empty tray position 12a below the empty bin module 2.
[0036] (2) The lifting cylinder 54 drives the lifting platform 55 to lift and receive the empty plastic tray S.
[0037] (3) After the lifting platform 55 contacts the plastic tray S, the tongue plate 2221 carrying the empty plastic tray S is driven by the transverse cylinder group 221 to extend out of the first plastic tray bin 213, the lifting platform 55 is lowered by one plastic tray S, and the tongue plate 2221 is driven by the transverse cylinder group 221 to extend into the first plastic tray bin 213 to carry other plastic trays S; thus, the lifting platform 55 takes out one plastic tray S.
[0038] (4) The driving member 52 of the positioning and carrying module 5 drives the frame 53 to move along the X direction on the guide rail 51 to move the empty plastic tray S below the tray placing position 12c, the lifting platform 55 rises with the empty plastic tray S to the tray placing position 12c, the vertical cylinder group of the correcting module 4 is synchronously driven to move the pressing member 42, the pressing plate 421 is pressed on the empty plastic tray S to correct the flatness of the plastic tray S, and the robot (not shown) carries the product by the suction nozzle and places the empty plastic tray S.
[0039] (5) After the bin is full, the lifting platform 55 descends with the full plastic tray S, and the driving member 52 drives the frame 53 to move along the X direction on the guide rail 51 to the full tray position 12b below.
[0040] (6) The lifting platform 55 is lifted to the top of the full plastic tray S, the full plastic tray S drives the guide slope 3231 and makes the hook 323 turn over, continues to rise, and the full plastic tray S is separated from the guide slope 3231 and makes the hook 323 reset, and the lifting platform 55 is lowered, the full plastic tray S is placed on the bearing surface 3232 on both sides and placed in the second plastic tray warehouse 313.
[0041] The above completes a carrying, and the positioning and carrying module 5 is moved to the empty warehouse module 2 again to carry out the second carrying, the third carrying and the like.
[0042] In other embodiments, another working process of the material warehouse mechanism 100, the empty warehouse module 2 is used for bearing the full warehouse plastic tray S, the positioning and carrying module 5 takes the full warehouse plastic tray S from the empty warehouse module 2 and transports to the tray placing position 12c, the mechanical hand takes away all the products through the suction nozzle, and the positioning and carrying module 5 carries the empty plastic tray S to the full warehouse module 3.
[0043] The empty warehouse module 2 uses the transverse cylinder group 221, and the tongue plate 2221 can extend into and out of the first plastic tray warehouse 213, therefore, the empty warehouse module 2 can stack the plastic tray S from bottom to top or carry away the plastic tray S, and place the empty plastic tray S or the full warehouse plastic tray S according to process requirements.
[0044] The full warehouse module 3 uses the buckle 323, and can only stack the plastic tray S from bottom to top, and can stack the empty plastic tray S or the full warehouse plastic tray S.
[0045] The material warehouse mechanism 100 improves the automation degree of the plastic tray carrying, effectively improves the carrying efficiency of the plastic tray, saves the labor cost, avoids the tray placing direction error and product bruising, and reduces the product cost. The material warehouse mechanism 100 is compact in layout and saves space, the empty tray position 12a, the full tray position 12b and the tray placing position 12c are arranged, the planning is clear and the action is smooth, and the plastic tray changing time is reduced. The positioning and carrying module 5 is controlled in the X direction and the Z direction, the tray taking is stable, the vibration is reduced, the tray turning over and product falling are avoided. The correction mechanism 4 is arranged on both sides of the tray placing position 12c, the flatness of the plastic tray is corrected, the mechanical hand can take and place the product more stably. The material warehouse mechanism 100 can be applied to various tray placing mechanisms in the 3C electronic industry, is high in stability, low in plastic tray deformation degree requirement and short in plastic tray loading period.
[0046] It should be understood that although the present specification is described in terms of embodiments, not every embodiment contains only one independent technical solution, and the specification is described in this way only for the sake of clarity, and those skilled in the art should consider the specification as a whole, and the technical solutions in each embodiment can be combined appropriately to form other embodiments that those skilled in the art can understand.
[0047] It should be understood that although the present specification is described in terms of embodiments, not every embodiment contains only one independent technical solution, and the specification is described in this way only for the sake of clarity, and those skilled in the art should consider the specification as a whole, and the technical solutions in each embodiment can be combined appropriately to form other embodiments that those skilled in the art can understand.The series of detailed descriptions listed above are only specific descriptions for the feasible implementation manners of the present application, and are not used to limit the protection scope of the present application. Any equivalent implementation manners or changes made without departing from the spirit of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.
Claims
1. A bin mechanism, characterized by, It includes: The base includes a bottom plate and a rack mounted on the bottom plate, and the bottom plate and the rack form a conveying space, and the rack has empty tray positions, full tray positions and tray positions arranged in sequence; The empty warehouse module is arranged at the empty tray position, and the empty warehouse module includes empty plastic tray warehouses and separation mechanisms arranged on both sides of the empty plastic tray warehouses and used for separating or stacking plastic trays; The full warehouse module is arranged at the full tray position, and the full warehouse module includes full material storage warehouses and tray stacking mechanisms arranged on both sides of the full material storage warehouses; The correction mechanism is arranged on both sides of the tray position, and the correction mechanism includes a pressing plate for pressing plastic trays; The positioning and conveying module is mounted on the bottom plate, and the positioning and conveying module transports plastic trays between the empty tray position, the full tray position and the tray position in the conveying space.
2. The bin mechanism of claim 1, wherein, The rack includes two spaced side plates perpendicular to the bottom plate and a connecting rod connecting the two side plates at both ends, and the empty tray position, the full tray position and the tray position are located on one side of the two side plates relative to the bottom plate, and the bottom plate and the two side plates form the conveying space.
3. The bin mechanism of claim 2, wherein, The empty plastic tray warehouse includes four first angle irons distributed at the four corners of a rectangle and four first fixing blocks for fixing the four first angle irons two by two on the side plate, and the four first angle irons form a first plastic tray warehouse for accommodating plastic trays.
4. The bin mechanism of claim 3, wherein, The separation mechanism is arranged between the two first angle irons, and the separation mechanism includes a transverse cylinder group fixed to the side plate and a separation piece driven by the transverse cylinder group along a transverse direction parallel to the bottom plate, and the separation piece includes a tongue plate extending into and out of the first plastic tray warehouse and used for carrying plastic trays.
5. The bin mechanism of claim 4, wherein, An opening is formed in the side plate for the transverse cylinder group.
6. The bin mechanism of claim 2, wherein, The full material storage warehouse includes four second angle irons distributed at the four corners of a rectangle and four second fixing blocks for fixing the four second angle irons two by two on the side plate, and the four second angle irons form a second plastic tray warehouse for accommodating plastic trays.
7. The bin mechanism of claim 6, wherein, The tray stacking mechanism is arranged between the two second angle irons, and the tray stacking mechanism includes a fixing seat fixed to the side plate, a rotating shaft and a hook piece rotatably mounted on the fixing seat through the rotating shaft, and the hook piece includes a guide inclined surface and a carrying surface.
8. The bin mechanism of claim 2, wherein, The correction mechanism includes a vertical cylinder group fixed to the side plate and a pressing piece driven by the vertical cylinder group along a vertical direction perpendicular to the bottom plate, and the pressing piece includes the pressing plate extending into the conveying space.
9. The bin mechanism of claim 1, wherein, The positioning and conveying module includes a guide rail mounted on the bottom plate, a driving piece mounted on one side of the guide rail, a frame slidingly mounted on the guide rail, a lifting cylinder mounted on the frame and a lifting platform driven by the lifting cylinder.
10. The bin mechanism of claim 9, wherein, The lifting platform extends downwardly with a guide column, and the frame is fixed with a guide sleeve matched with the guide column.