Lithium battery steering turnover mechanism

By using a vertical conveyor belt and steering mechanism, the lithium battery stops flipping on the transfer platform, solving the problem of damage to the flipping mechanism caused by the inertial force of the lithium battery and extending the service life of the equipment.

CN223659173UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-12HEFEI ZHONGDA XINYU ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202520486671.7
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-03-19
Publication Date
2025-12-12
Estimated Expiration
2035-03-19

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Technical Problem

In existing lithium battery flipping mechanisms, the inertial force of the lithium battery can easily damage the flipping structure during the flipping process, affecting the service life of the equipment.

Method used

The design employs a vertically arranged conveyor belt and steering mechanism. Through the cooperation of the guide rollers and steering mechanism, the lithium battery flips while stationary on the transfer platform, avoiding direct contact with inertial forces.

Benefits of technology

This reduces the damage to the flipping mechanism caused by the inertial force of the lithium battery, thus extending the service life of the equipment.

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Abstract

The utility model provides a lithium battery steering turnover mechanism. The lithium battery steering turnover mechanism comprises a first conveyor belt and a second conveyor belt which are vertically arranged, the transfer module comprises a mounting base and a transfer platform, the transfer platform is composed of a plurality of sets of guide rollers, and the rotating direction of the guide rollers is the same as that of the first conveying belt; and the steering part comprises a rotating drum and eight groups of rotating rods, four groups of rotating rods are distributed on the peripheral side of the rotating drum in an array mode to form a first steering part and a second steering part respectively, and the first steering part and the second steering part extend into gaps among different guide rollers respectively. The guide rollers of the transfer platform provided by the utility model receive the lithium battery from the first conveyor belt through self rotation, and stop the lithium battery in cooperation with the blocking of the second side plate, so that the lithium battery stays on the transfer platform in a stop state, and the steering piece is lifted from the lower part of the transfer platform to lift and turn over the lithium battery, so that the lithium battery finishes steering.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model belongs to lithium battery processing technical field especially relates to a lithium battery steering turnover mechanism. BACKGROUND

[0002] The technology of lithium battery is more and more mature with the development of science and technology, and its life, capacity, safety and other aspects of advantages replace other battery structures on the market and gradually apply to many technical fields.

[0003] Lithium battery needs to be reprocessed on the surface of the battery package after preliminary processing in the production process, for example, it needs to be turned over by means of mechanism to change the upward end face of lithium battery in detection, marking and other processes. The existing turnover device mostly adopts clamping jaw to directly clamp and turn over lithium battery on the assembly line. This way can guarantee uninterrupted operation of the assembly line, but the clamping jaw type turnover mechanism is easy to be damaged by the inertial force of lithium battery in the movement process, affecting the service life of the equipment. SUMMARY

[0004] The utility model provides a lithium battery steering turnover mechanism, aims at solving the problem that the core turnover structure of the present lithium battery turnover mechanism needs to directly touch the lithium battery in the movement state in the turnover process, and the inertial force of lithium battery in the touching process is easy to cause the damage of the turnover mechanism, affecting the service life of the equipment.

[0005] The utility model is realized in this way, a lithium battery steering turnover mechanism, comprising:

[0006] The first conveying belt and the second conveying belt are vertically arranged;

[0007] The transfer module comprises a mounting seat and a transfer platform, the transfer platform is composed of a plurality of groups of guide rollers, and the rotating direction of the guide rollers is the same as that of the first conveying belt; the mounting seat comprises a right-angle frame, a first side plate and a second side plate, the first side plate and the second side plate are separately arranged on the two sides of the right-angle frame, the first conveying belt is arranged on the outer side of the first side plate, the second conveying belt is arranged on the side adjacent to the first conveying belt of the mounting seat, and the side close to the second conveying belt of the mounting seat is of an open structure;

[0008] The steering part comprises a rotating cylinder and eight groups of rotating rods, the rotating rods are arrayed in four groups as a unit and distributed around the rotating cylinder to form a first steering part and a second steering part, the first steering part and the second steering part respectively extend into the gap between different guide rollers, and the rotating direction of the rotating cylinder is the same as that of the second conveying belt;

[0009] When the lithium battery reaches the transfer platform from the first conveying belt, the steering part lifts and turns over the lithium battery on the transfer platform through the gap between the guide rollers until the lithium battery slides to the second conveying belt.

[0010] Preferably, the first and second side plates are provided with bearing supports for supporting the turning pieces, and the turning planes of the turning pieces are parallel to the first and second side plates.

[0011] Preferably, the first and second turning pieces are spaced apart, and the distance between the first and second turning pieces is equal to the distance between the guide rollers.

[0012] Preferably, the first side plate is provided with an opening, and the first conveying belt extends into the mounting seat.

[0013] Preferably, the guide roller comprises a rotating roller and a supporting rod, one end of the rotating roller is rotatably connected to the right-angle frame, the supporting rod is arranged on the side of the right-angle frame close to the second conveying belt, and the other end of the rotating roller is rotatably connected to the supporting rod.

[0014] Preferably, the turning piece further comprises a rotating shaft, the rotating drum is arranged on the rotating shaft, and the two ends of the rotating shaft are respectively assembled in different bearing supports.

[0015] Preferably, one end of the rotating shaft extends out of the second side plate, and one end of the extended second side plate is provided with a driving wheel for driving the rotating shaft to rotate.

[0016] Preferably, the rotating rod is provided with a first contact surface and a second contact surface, and the first contact surface and the second contact surface are designed to be inclined.

[0017] Preferably, the first contact surface is arranged along the direction of the tangent of the center of the rotating drum.

[0018] Compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the application has the following beneficial effects:

[0019] The lithium battery turning and overturning mechanism provided by the utility model receives the lithium battery from the first conveying belt through the guide roller of the transfer platform, cooperates with the second side plate to block and stop the lithium battery, and makes the lithium battery stay in the transfer platform in a stopped state. The turning piece is lifted from below the transfer platform to overturn the lithium battery, so that the lithium battery completes the turning purpose. In the overturning process, the turning piece does not need to operate the lithium battery with a large inertial force in movement, so as to reduce the damage of the inertial force to the turning mechanism. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0020] Figure 1 is a structural schematic view of a lithium battery turning and overturning mechanism provided by the utility model.

[0021] Figure 2 is a structure schematic view of a switching module of a lithium battery turning and overturning mechanism provided by the utility model.

[0022] Figure 3It is the steering piece structure schematic view of the lithium battery steering and turnover mechanism.

[0023] Figure 4 It is the structure schematic view of the steering piece and the second conveying belt in the lithium battery steering and turnover mechanism.

[0024] Figure 5 It is the top view structure schematic view of the lithium battery steering and turnover mechanism.

[0025] Figure 6 It is the side view structure schematic view of the steering piece of the lithium battery steering and turnover mechanism.

[0026] Mark explanation:

[0027] 110, first conveying belt; 120, second conveying belt; 200, adapter module; 210, mounting seat; 211, right angle frame; 212, first side plate; 213, second side plate; 220, guide roller; 221, rotating roller; 222, supporting rod; 300, steering piece; 310, rotating shaft; 320, rotating cylinder; 330, rotating rod. Specific implementation

[0028] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs; the terminology used in the description herein is for describing specific embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application; the description and the claims herein contain provisions relating to effective ranges for various values and the terminology used therein is intended to cover all such ranges included therein; the description and the claims herein contain provisions relating to effective ranges for various values and the terminology used therein is intended to cover all such ranges included therein; the terms "first", "second" and the like, as used herein do not necessarily have their ordinary meanings, but are used only to distinguish one element from another.

[0029] Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment. The appearances of the phrase "in an embodiment" in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are they necessarily all directed to the same embodiment, or to a single alternative embodiment.

[0030] The utility model embodiment provides a kind of lithium battery steering and turnover mechanism, as shown in Figures 1-6 The lithium battery steering and turnover mechanism comprises:

[0031] The first conveying belt 110 and the second conveying belt 120 are vertically arranged; the first conveying belt 110 and the second conveying belt 120 can be a main conveying belt structure or can be short structures supported between the main conveying belts,

[0032] The switching module 200 comprises a mounting seat 210 and a transfer platform, the transfer platform is composed of a plurality of groups of guide rollers 220, the mounting seat 210 comprises a right-angle frame 211, a first side plate 212 and a second side plate 213, the first side plate 212 and the second side plate 213 are separately arranged on both sides of the right-angle frame 211;

[0033] The first conveying belt 110 is arranged outside the first side plate 212, the second conveying belt 120 is arranged on the side of the mounting seat 210 adjacent to the first conveying belt 110, the side of the mounting seat 210 close to the second conveying belt 120 is an open structure, the rotating direction of the guide rollers 220 is the same as that of the first conveying belt 110; the rotating plane of the second conveying belt 120 is parallel to the first side plate 212 and the second side plate 213;

[0034] The turning piece 300 comprises a rotating cylinder 320 and eight groups of rotating rods 330, the rotating rods 330 are arrayed in four groups as a unit on the side of the rotating cylinder 320 to form a first turning piece and a second turning piece, the first turning piece and the second turning piece respectively extend into the gaps between different guide rollers 220, and the rotating direction of the rotating cylinder 320 is the same as that of the second conveying belt 120;

[0035] When the lithium battery reaches the transfer platform composed of the guide rollers 220 from the first conveying belt 110, the first turning piece and the second turning piece respectively extend into the gaps between different guide rollers 220, when the turning piece 300 lifts and turns the lithium battery on the transfer platform by rotating from the gaps between the guide rollers 220, the first turning piece and the second turning piece make the lithium battery leave the transfer platform and reach the first turning piece and the second turning piece, and after turning, the lithium battery slides to the second conveying belt 120 under the action of gravity and is sent out by the second conveying belt 120;

[0036] In the present application, when the lithium battery on the first conveying belt 110 is transferred to the transfer platform, the guide rollers 220 composing the transfer platform buffer the impact force of the lithium battery by rotating themselves, cooperate with the blocking effect of the second side plate 213 to make the lithium battery stop on the transfer platform, and at this time, the turning piece 300 is raised from below the transfer platform to lift and turn the lithium battery, so that the lithium battery achieves the purpose of turning, and the turning piece 300 does not need to operate the lithium battery with large inertial force during movement, thereby reducing the damage of the turning mechanism by the inertial force.

[0037] Further preferably in the embodiments, the first side plate 212 and the second side plate 213 are provided with bearing supports for supporting the steering member 300, the rotation plane of the steering member 300 is parallel to the first side plate 212 and the second side plate 213, the steering member 300 further comprises a rotating shaft 310, the rotating drum 320 is arranged on the rotating shaft 310, and the two ends of the rotating shaft 310 are respectively assembled on different bearing supports, and it is needed to be noted that one end of the rotating shaft 310 extends out of the second side plate 213, and the end of the rotating shaft 310 extending out of the second side plate 213 is provided with a driving wheel for driving the rotating shaft 310;

[0038] In the embodiments, the steering member 300 is driven by an external transmission device (not shown in the application), and the transmission device comprises a motor, a frequency converter and a transmission chain, the motor is driven by the transmission chain after being decelerated by the frequency converter, and the rotating shaft 310 is driven to rotate in a specific mode, and the distribution interval of the lithium batteries on the conveying belt is mainly considered to ensure that each group of lithium batteries can be uniformly transferred and turned over;

[0039] As a preferred embodiment in the embodiments, the guide roller 220 comprises a rotating roller 221 and a supporting rod 222, one end of the rotating roller 221 is rotationally connected with the right-angle frame 211, the supporting rod 222 is arranged on the side of the right-angle frame 211 close to the second conveying belt 120, and the other end of the rotating roller 221 is rotationally connected with the supporting rod 222; the first side plate 212 is provided with an opening, and the first conveying belt 110 extends to the mounting seat 210;

[0040] As a preferred embodiment in the embodiments, the rotating rods 330 are arranged in a circular array on the circumferential side of the rotating drum 320 in groups of four, wherein two groups of planes are provided on the rotating rods 330, which are respectively first contact surfaces and second contact surfaces, the rotating rods 330 are in contact with the lithium batteries through the first contact surfaces and the second contact surfaces during the turning process, the first contact surfaces and the second contact surfaces are designed to be inclined, the first contact surfaces are arranged along the tangent direction of the center of the rotating drum 320, and the extension line of the second contact surfaces passes through the center of the rotating drum 320,

[0041] In the embodiments, the second contact surfaces lift the lithium batteries from the transfer platform during the rotation process, and the lithium batteries fall on the first contact surfaces of the adjacent group of rotating rods 330 and slide along the first contact surfaces to the second conveying belt 120 during the rotation process;

[0042] In the embodiments, the first steering member and the second steering member are distributed at intervals, and the distance between the first steering member and the second steering member is equal to the distance between the first steering member and the guide roller 220;

[0043] It should be noted that for the foregoing embodiments, for the sake of simple description, they are all expressed as a series of action combinations, but those skilled in the art should know that the present application is not limited by the described action sequence, because according to the present application, certain steps can be performed in other order or simultaneously. Secondly, those skilled in the art should also know that the embodiments described in the specification all belong to preferred embodiments, and the actions and modules involved are not necessarily necessary for the present application.

[0044] The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, and not to limit the protection scope of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present application, not all. Based on these embodiments, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor belong to the scope of protection of the present application. Although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can still combine, add or delete or make other adjustments to the features in each embodiment of the present application according to the circumstances without creative labor, so as to obtain different other technical solutions which do not deviate from the concept of the present application in essence. These technical solutions also belong to the scope of protection of the present application.

Claims

1. A lithium battery steering and flipping mechanism, characterized in that, include: A first conveyor belt (110) and a second conveyor belt (120) are arranged vertically; The transfer module (200) includes a mounting base (210) and a transfer platform. The transfer platform is composed of several sets of guide rollers (220), and the rotation direction of the guide rollers (220) is the same as that of the first conveyor belt (110). A steering component (300) includes a rotating drum (320) and eight sets of rotating rods (330). The rotating rods (330) are arranged in an array of four units around the rotating drum (320) to form a first steering component and a second steering component. The first steering component and the second steering component extend into the gap between different guide rollers (220). The rotating drum (320) rotates in the same direction as the second conveyor belt (120). When the lithium battery arrives at the transfer platform from the first conveyor belt (110), the steering component (300) lifts and flips the lithium battery on the transfer platform by rotating the gap between the guide rollers (220) until the lithium battery slides down to the second conveyor belt (120).

2. The lithium battery steering and flipping mechanism as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The mounting base (210) includes a right-angle frame (211), a first side plate (212), and a second side plate (213). The first side plate (212) and the second side plate (213) are respectively disposed on both sides of the right-angle frame (211). The first conveyor belt (110) is disposed on the outside of the first side plate (212). The second conveyor belt (120) is arranged on the side of the mounting base (210) adjacent to the first conveyor belt (110). The side of the mounting base (210) near the second conveyor belt (120) has an open structure.

3. A lithium battery steering and flipping mechanism as described in claim 2, characterized in that, The first side plate (212) and the second side plate (213) are provided with bearing supports for supporting the steering component (300), and the rotation plane of the steering component (300) is parallel to the first side plate (212) and the second side plate (213).

4. A lithium battery steering and flipping mechanism as described in claim 3, characterized in that, The first steering component and the second steering component are spaced apart, and the distance between the first steering component and the second steering component is equal to the distance between the guide roller (220).

5. A lithium battery steering and flipping mechanism as described in claim 4, characterized in that, The first side plate (212) has a notch, and the first conveyor belt (110) extends into the mounting base (210).

6. A lithium battery steering and flipping mechanism as described in claim 5, characterized in that, The guide roller (220) includes a rotating roller (221) and a support rod (222). One end of the rotating roller (221) is rotatably connected to the right angle frame (211), and the support rod (222) is located on the side of the right angle frame (211) near the second conveyor belt (120). The other end of the rotating roller (221) is rotatably connected to the support rod (222).

7. A lithium battery steering and flipping mechanism as described in claim 6, characterized in that, The steering component (300) also includes a rotating shaft (310), and the rotating cylinder (320) is disposed on the rotating shaft (310). The two ends of the rotating shaft (310) are respectively mounted on different bearing supports.

8. A lithium battery steering and flipping mechanism as described in claim 7, characterized in that, One end of the rotating shaft (310) extends into a second side plate (213), and one end of the extended second side plate (213) is provided with a drive wheel for driving the rotating shaft (310) to rotate.

9. A lithium battery steering and flipping mechanism as described in claim 8, characterized in that, The rotating rod (330) is provided with a first contact surface and a second contact surface, and the first contact surface and the second contact surface are designed to be inclined.

10. A lithium battery steering and flipping mechanism as described in claim 9, characterized in that, The first contact surface is arranged along the tangent to the center of the rotating cylinder (320).