Toothbrush head feeding device

Abstract

The utility model discloses a toothbrush head feeding device which comprises a material receiving mechanism, a transfer mechanism and a material preparing mechanism, a circulating buffer conveying line is further arranged between the material receiving mechanism and the transfer mechanism, a plurality of buffer carriers are arranged on the circulating buffer conveying line, the material receiving mechanism is used for receiving toothbrush heads and conveying the toothbrush heads to the buffer carriers, and the material preparing mechanism is used for conveying the toothbrush heads to the buffer carriers. The transferring mechanism is used for transferring the toothbrush heads on the cache carrier to the material preparing mechanism, and the material preparing mechanism is used for preparing the toothbrush heads to be clamped and fed by downstream equipment. The toothbrush head feeding device has the advantages of being good in working continuity and high in feeding efficiency.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to life article production equipment technical field, concretely relates to a toothbrush head feeding device. BACKGROUND

[0002] At present, in the production process of toothbrush, the toothbrush head is usually placed into the production line or mold by manual operation. In high-speed and high-precision toothbrush production, manual feeding has deficiencies in efficiency, precision, quality consistency and labor cost.

[0003] The Chinese patent document with publication number CN212502634U discloses a toothbrush head automatic feeding machine, which comprises a vibrating tray, a conveying mechanism, a feeding mechanism and a feeding mechanism. The vibrating tray is used to accommodate toothbrush heads and make the toothbrush heads orderly conveyed to the conveying mechanism through vibration. The conveying mechanism is used to convey the toothbrush heads conveyed from the vibrating tray. The feeding mechanism is used to clamp the toothbrush heads conveyed from the conveying mechanism. The feeding mechanism is used to carry the toothbrush heads clamped by the feeding mechanism to the processing position of the next processing procedure. Compared with manual feeding, this technical solution improves efficiency. However, when the vibrating tray needs to be refilled or the conveying mechanism needs to be stopped due to abnormality, the subsequent feeding mechanism and standby mechanism can only be stopped accordingly, which results in poor work continuity and low feeding efficiency. SUMMARY

[0004] The technical problem to be solved by the utility model is to overcome the deficiencies of the prior art and provide a toothbrush head feeding device with good work continuity and high feeding efficiency.

[0005] To solve the above technical problems, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:

[0006] A toothbrush head feeding device comprises a receiving mechanism, a transfer mechanism and a standby mechanism. A circulating buffer conveying line is arranged between the receiving mechanism and the transfer mechanism. A plurality of buffer carriers are arranged on the circulating buffer conveying line. The receiving mechanism is used to receive toothbrush heads and convey the toothbrush heads to the buffer carriers. The transfer mechanism is used to transfer the toothbrush heads on the buffer carriers to the standby mechanism. The standby mechanism is used to prepare toothbrush heads for clamping and feeding by downstream equipment.

[0007] As a further improvement of the above technical scheme:

[0008] The receiving mechanism comprises a pushing assembly and a receiving carrier. The receiving carrier is used to receive and load toothbrush heads. The pushing assembly is used to push the toothbrush heads in the receiving carrier to the buffer carriers.

[0009] The pushing assembly comprises a pushing drive member and a pushing rod connected to the pushing drive member. One end of the pushing rod is located in the receiving carrier.

[0010] The first opening is arranged at one end of the buffer carrier close to the receiving carrier, and the blocking plate is arranged at the other end of the buffer carrier away from the receiving carrier.

[0011] The receiving carrier is arranged at one side of the circulating buffer conveying line, and the pushing direction of the pushing assembly is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the circulating buffer conveying line.

[0012] The receiving mechanism further comprises a translation assembly, the pushing assembly and the receiving carrier are arranged on the translation assembly through a mounting plate, and the translation assembly is used for driving the mounting plate to move back and forth, and the moving direction of the mounting plate is parallel to the conveying direction of the circulating buffer conveying line.

[0013] The circulating buffer conveying line is provided with a detection assembly used for detecting whether the toothbrush head is in the buffer carrier.

[0014] The transfer mechanism comprises a rotating arm and a vacuum suction piece used for sucking the toothbrush head, the vacuum suction piece is arranged on the rotating arm, and the rotating arm is located between the circulating buffer conveying line and the material preparation mechanism.

[0015] The material preparation mechanism comprises a material preparation rack and a positioning assembly, and the positioning assembly is used for positioning the toothbrush head on the material preparation rack.

[0016] The positioning assembly comprises a first positioning block, a second positioning block and a positioning driving piece, the first positioning block and the second positioning block are arranged at the front side and the rear side of the material preparation rack respectively, and the positioning driving piece is used for driving the first positioning block and the second positioning block to move close to or away from each other to position the toothbrush head.

[0017] Compared with the prior art, the toothbrush head feeding device has the following advantages:

[0018] 1. The toothbrush head feeding device comprises a receiving mechanism, a transfer mechanism and a material preparation mechanism, the receiving mechanism is arranged on the circulating buffer conveying line, the transfer mechanism is arranged between the receiving mechanism and the material preparation mechanism, and the material preparation mechanism is arranged on the circulating buffer conveying line.

[0019] 2. The pushing direction of the pushing assembly is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the circulating buffer conveying line, the interference between the pushing assembly and the circulating buffer conveying line can be reduced, when the toothbrush head on the receiving carrier is pushed to the buffer carrier, the circulating buffer conveying line is first conveyed to align the receiving carrier and the buffer carrier, the circulating buffer conveying line is paused, the pushing assembly pushes the toothbrush head, and the circulating buffer conveying line is started again after the pushing is completed, and the layout is reasonable.

[0020] 3. The toothbrush head feeding device has the advantages that the translation assembly drives the mounting plate, the pushing assembly and the receiving carrier to reciprocate in a rotating mode, the position control is accurate, the space utilization can be improved, the layout is compact, the vacuum suction piece is used to suck and grasp the toothbrush head, the pollution to the toothbrush head can be reduced, and the grasping is stable.

[0021] 4. The toothbrush head feeding device has the advantages that the toothbrush head is transferred in a rotating mode, the position control is accurate, the space utilization can be improved, the layout is compact, the vacuum suction piece is used to suck and grasp the toothbrush head, the pollution to the toothbrush head can be reduced, and the grasping is stable. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0022] Figure 1 is a structural schematic view of the toothbrush head feeding device.

[0023] Figure 2 is a bottom view of the toothbrush head feeding device.

[0024] The numbers in the drawing represent: 1, receiving mechanism; 11, pushing assembly; 111, pushing driving piece; 112, pushing rod; 12, receiving carrier; 121, second opening; 13, translation assembly; 14, mounting plate; 2, transfer mechanism; 21, rotating arm; 22, vacuum suction piece; 3, standby mechanism; 31, standby rack; 32, positioning assembly; 321, first positioning block; 322, second positioning block; 323, positioning driving piece; 4, circulating buffer conveying line; 41, buffer carrier; 411, first opening; 412, end blocking plate; 9, toothbrush head. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] The utility model will be described in further detail below in combination with the drawings and specific embodiments.

[0026] In the description of the utility model, it should be understood that the terms "length", "width", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer" and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only used for the convenience of describing the utility model 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 therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the utility model.

[0027] In addition, the terms "first", "second", "third", "fourth", "fifth", "sixth", "seventh" and "eighth" are only used for descriptive purpose and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implying the number of the technical features indicated. Therefore, the features defined with "first", "second", "third", "fourth", "fifth", "sixth", "seventh" and "eighth" can explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "a plurality of" is two or more than two, unless otherwise specifically limited.

[0028] In the present application, unless otherwise specifically defined and limited, the terms "assembly", "connection", "connection", "fixing" and the like should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be fixedly connected, or it can be detachably connected, or it can be integrated; it can be mechanically connected, or it can be electrically connected; it can be directly connected, or it can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium; it can be the internal communication of two elements or the interaction relationship of two elements. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0029] As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2 The toothbrush head feeding device of the embodiment comprises a receiving mechanism 1, a transfer mechanism 2 and a standby mechanism 3. A circulating buffer conveying line 4 is further arranged between the receiving mechanism 1 and the transfer mechanism 2. A plurality of buffer carriers 41 are arranged on the circulating buffer conveying line 4. The receiving mechanism 1 is used to receive toothbrush heads 9 and convey the toothbrush heads 9 onto the buffer carriers 41. The transfer mechanism 2 is used to transfer the toothbrush heads 9 on the buffer carriers 41 to the standby mechanism 3. The standby mechanism 3 is used to prepare the toothbrush heads 9 for clamping and feeding by downstream equipment.

[0030] In the working process of the toothbrush head feeding device, first, the toothbrush heads 9 to be fed are placed on the receiving mechanism 1. The receiving mechanism 1 conveys the toothbrush heads 9 to the buffer carriers 41 on the circulating buffer conveying line 4. The circulating buffer conveying line 4 conveys a plurality of toothbrush heads 9 in a circulating manner. Then, the transfer mechanism 2 transfers the toothbrush heads 9 on the buffer carriers 41 of the circulating buffer conveying line 4 to the standby mechanism 3. Finally, the downstream equipment clamps the toothbrush heads 9 on the standby mechanism 3 to complete the feeding of the toothbrush heads 9. The toothbrush head feeding device of the embodiment can buffer a plurality of toothbrush heads 9 by arranging the circulating buffer conveying line 4 between the receiving mechanism 1 and the transfer mechanism 2. Even if the receiving mechanism 1 upstream of the circulating buffer conveying line 4 needs to be stopped for feeding or needs to be stopped for maintenance, there are still toothbrush heads 9 buffered on the circulating buffer conveying line 4 to be transferred to the standby mechanism 3. This can ensure the continuous feeding of the standby mechanism 3 and the downstream equipment, and the working process is continuous, and the feeding efficiency is high.

[0031] Further, in the embodiment, the receiving mechanism 1 comprises a pushing assembly 11 and a receiving carrier 12, the receiving carrier 12 is used to receive and load the brush head 9, and the pushing assembly 11 is used to push the brush head 9 in the receiving carrier 12 into the buffer carrier 41. After the receiving carrier 12 receives the brush head 9, the receiving carrier 12 is aligned with the buffer carrier 41, and the pushing assembly 11 pushes the brush head 9 from the receiving carrier 12 into the buffer carrier 41, which is simple and reliable in structure.

[0032] Further, in the embodiment, the pushing assembly 11 comprises a pushing driving member 111 and a pushing rod 112 connected with the pushing driving member 111, and one end of the pushing rod 112 is located in the receiving carrier 12. After the receiving carrier 12 is aligned with the buffer carrier 41, the pushing driving member 111 is started, and the pushing driving member 111 drives the pushing rod 112 to push the brush head 9 in the receiving carrier 12 to transfer to the buffer carrier 41, which is simple and reliable in structure. The pushing driving member 111 may be, for example, a linear motor or a pneumatic cylinder.

[0033] Further, in the embodiment, the buffer carrier 41 is provided with a first opening 411 at one end close to the receiving carrier 12, and a blocking plate 412 at one end away from the receiving carrier 12, and the receiving carrier 12 is provided with a second opening 121 at one end close to the buffer carrier 41. After the receiving carrier 12 is aligned with the buffer carrier 41, the pushing rod 112 pushes the brush head 9 out of the second opening 121 of the receiving carrier 12 and into the first opening 411 of the buffer carrier 41 until the brush head 9 is pushed against the blocking plate 412, which is simple in pushing process and can initially position the brush head 9, facilitating subsequent transfer by the transfer mechanism 2.

[0034] Further, in the embodiment, the receiving carrier 12 is located at one side of the circulating buffer conveying line 4, and the pushing direction of the pushing assembly 11 is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the circulating buffer conveying line 4. The pushing direction of the pushing assembly 11 is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the circulating buffer conveying line 4, which can reduce the interference between the pushing assembly 11 and the circulating buffer conveying line 4. When pushing the brush head 9 on the receiving carrier 12 onto the buffer carrier 41, first make the circulating buffer conveying line 4 convey to align the receiving carrier 12 with the buffer carrier 41, pause the circulating buffer conveying line 4, push the brush head 9 by the pushing assembly 11, and then start the circulating buffer conveying line 4 after the pushing is completed, which is reasonable in layout.

[0035] Further, in the embodiment, the receiving mechanism 1 further comprises a translation assembly 13, the pushing assembly 11 and the receiving carrier 12 are arranged on the translation assembly 13 through a mounting plate 14, the translation assembly 13 is used to drive the mounting plate 14 to move reciprocatingly, and the moving direction of the mounting plate 14 is parallel to the conveying direction of the circulating buffer conveying line 4. By arranging the translation assembly 13 to drive the mounting plate 14 and the pushing assembly 11 and the receiving carrier 12 thereon to move reciprocatingly, the circulating buffer conveying line 4 can be operated synchronously with the translation assembly 13 when the toothbrush heads 9 on the receiving carrier 12 are pushed onto the buffer carriers 41, so that the receiving carrier 12 and the buffer carriers 41 push the toothbrush heads 9 in motion, and the production efficiency is higher. The translation assembly 13 is a linear motor.

[0036] Preferably, in the embodiment, the maximum operating speed of the translation assembly 13 is greater than the operating speed of the circulating buffer conveying line 4, so that the operating speed of the translation assembly 13 can be adjusted, and after the receiving carrier 12 completes the replenishment of the toothbrush heads 9 on one buffer carrier 41, the circulating buffer conveying line 4 can be moved to the next buffer carrier 41 for replenishment without circulating for one cycle, so that the toothbrush heads 9 in the buffer carriers 41 can be replenished more quickly, and the working continuity is higher.

[0037] Further, in the embodiment, the circulating buffer conveying line 4 is provided with a detection assembly 42 for detecting whether the buffer carriers 41 contain toothbrush heads 9. By detecting whether the buffer carriers 41 contain toothbrush heads 9 through the detection assembly 42, the receiving mechanism 1 can accurately replenish the toothbrush heads 9 into the buffer carriers 41 that lack toothbrush heads 9, and the production efficiency is higher.

[0038] Further, in the embodiment, the transfer mechanism 2 comprises a rotating arm 21 and a vacuum suction piece 22 for sucking the toothbrush heads 9, the vacuum suction piece 22 is arranged on the rotating arm 21, and the rotating arm 21 is located between the circulating buffer conveying line 4 and the material preparation mechanism 3. The rotating arm 21 rotates between the circulating buffer conveying line 4 and the material preparation mechanism 3 to transfer the toothbrush heads 9. By rotating to transfer the toothbrush heads 9, the position control is accurate, and the space utilization can be improved, and the layout is compact. The vacuum suction piece 22 is used to suck the toothbrush heads 9, which can reduce the pollution of the toothbrush heads 9 and stably grasp the toothbrush heads 9.

[0039] Preferably, in the embodiment, the bottom of the rotating arm 21 is connected with a jacking cylinder, and the jacking cylinder can change the height of the toothbrush heads 9 to adapt to the height difference between the circulating buffer conveying line 4 and the material preparation mechanism 3.

[0040] Further, in the embodiment, the material preparation mechanism 3 comprises a material preparation rack 31 and a positioning assembly 32, and the positioning assembly 32 is used to position the toothbrush heads 9 on the material preparation rack 31. When the toothbrush heads 9 are transferred to the material preparation rack 31, the positioning assembly 32 is used for positioning, so that the downstream equipment can clamp and feed the toothbrush heads 9.

[0041] Further, in the embodiment, the positioning assembly 32 comprises a first positioning block 321, a second positioning block 322 and a positioning driving member 323, the first positioning block 321 and the second positioning block 322 are respectively arranged on the front and rear sides of the material preparation rack 31, and the positioning driving member 323 is used for driving the first positioning block 321 and the second positioning block 322 to move close to or away from each other to position the toothbrush head 9. When positioning, the toothbrush head 9 is placed on the material preparation rack 31, the positioning driving member 323 drives the first positioning block 321 and the second positioning block 322 to move close to each other to clamp the toothbrush head 9, and positioning is performed, so that the structure is simple and reliable. The positioning driving member 323 may, for example, be a linear motor or a pneumatic cylinder.

[0042] The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present application, and does not limit the present application in any form. Although the present application has been disclosed as above with reference to the preferred embodiment, it is not intended to limit the present application. Any person skilled in the art can make many possible changes and modifications to the technical scheme of the present application, or modify it into equivalent embodiments with equivalent changes, without departing from the spirit and technical scheme of the present application. Therefore, any simple modification, equivalent replacement, equivalent change and modification of the above embodiment according to the technical essence of the present application, which does not depart from the content of the technical scheme of the present application, still belongs to the protection scope of the technical scheme of the present application.

Claims

1. A toothbrush head loading device, characterized by: The device comprises a receiving mechanism (1), a transferring mechanism (2) and a preparation mechanism (3), a circulating buffer conveying line (4) is arranged between the receiving mechanism (1) and the transferring mechanism (2), a plurality of buffer carriers (41) are arranged on the circulating buffer conveying line (4), the receiving mechanism (1) is used for receiving toothbrush heads (9) and conveying the toothbrush heads (9) to the buffer carriers (41), the transferring mechanism (2) is used for transferring the toothbrush heads (9) on the buffer carriers (41) to the preparation mechanism (3), and the preparation mechanism (3) is used for preparing the toothbrush heads (9) for downstream equipment to clamp and feed.

2. The toothbrush head loading device of claim 1, wherein: The receiving mechanism (1) comprises a pushing assembly (11) and a receiving carrier (12), the receiving carrier (12) is used for receiving and loading the toothbrush heads (9), and the pushing assembly (11) is used for pushing the toothbrush heads (9) in the receiving carrier (12) into the buffer carriers (41).

3. The toothbrush head loading device of claim 2, wherein: The pushing assembly (11) comprises a pushing driving member (111) and a pushing rod (112) connected with the pushing driving member (111), and one end of the pushing rod (112) is located in the receiving carrier (12).

4. The toothbrush head loading device of claim 3, wherein: The buffer carrier (41) is provided with a first opening (411) at one end close to the receiving carrier (12) and a blocking plate (412) at one end away from the receiving carrier (12), and the receiving carrier (12) is provided with a second opening (121) at one end close to the buffer carrier (41).

5. The toothbrush head loading device of claim 3, wherein: The receiving carrier (12) is located on one side of the circulating buffer conveying line (4), and the pushing direction of the pushing assembly (11) is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the circulating buffer conveying line (4).

6. The toothbrush head loading device of claim 5, wherein: The receiving mechanism (1) further comprises a translation assembly (13), the pushing assembly (11) and the receiving carrier (12) are arranged on the translation assembly (13) through a mounting plate (14), the translation assembly (13) is used for driving the mounting plate (14) to move back and forth, and the moving direction of the mounting plate (14) is parallel to the conveying direction of the circulating buffer conveying line (4).

7. The toothbrush head loading device of claim 1, wherein: The circulating buffer conveying line (4) is provided with a detection assembly for detecting whether the toothbrush heads (9) are in the buffer carriers (41).

8. The toothbrush head loading device of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein: The transferring mechanism (2) comprises a rotating arm (21) and a vacuum suction member (22) for sucking the toothbrush heads (9), the vacuum suction member (22) is arranged on the rotating arm (21), and the rotating arm (21) is located between the circulating buffer conveying line (4) and the preparation mechanism (3).

9. The toothbrush head loading device of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein: The preparation mechanism (3) comprises a preparation rack (31) and a positioning assembly (32), and the positioning assembly (32) is used for positioning the toothbrush heads (9) on the preparation rack (31).

10. The toothbrush head loading device of claim 9, wherein: The positioning assembly (32) comprises a first positioning block (321), a second positioning block (322) and a positioning driving member (323), the first positioning block (321) and the second positioning block (322) are arranged on the front side and the rear side of the preparation rack (31) respectively, and the positioning driving member (323) is used for driving the first positioning block (321) and the second positioning block (322) to move close to or away from each other to position the toothbrush heads (9).

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