Tooth socket transferring and feeding device
By designing a brace transfer and feeding device, which uses a robotic arm and modules working together, the automatic transfer and feeding of braces is achieved, solving the problems of low efficiency and pollution caused by manual operation, and improving production efficiency and product quality.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202522404792.5
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-11-13
- Publication Date
- 2026-01-02
- Estimated Expiration
- 2035-11-13
AI Technical Summary
In existing braces production lines, braces feeding relies on manual operation, which is inefficient and prone to contamination.
Design a brace transfer and loading device, including a robotic arm, a brace storage body, a linear motion module, a brace correction module, and a brace gripping module, to realize the automatic transfer and loading of braces, reducing manual intervention and the risk of contamination.
It improves the efficiency of dental brace transfer and feeding, reduces dental brace contamination, ensures the stability of product quality, and the overall layout of the device is compact, making it easy to move and install.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to a mouthpiece feeding technology field, concretely is a mouthpiece transfer feeding device. BACKGROUND
[0002] Mouthpiece is the common name of tooth straightener, is mainly used for correcting uneven teeth arrangement, occlusion abnormality etc.
[0003] In the mouthpiece production line, the mouthpiece feeding will be involved, at present, when the mouthpiece is fed, it is usually necessary to rely on manual clamping and transferring the mouthpiece, which leads to not only low efficiency, and the mouthpiece is easy to be contaminated. SUMMARY
[0004] In view of the deficiency of prior art, the utility model provides a mouthpiece transfer feeding device, can promote the transfer feeding efficiency of mouthpiece, and reduce the pollution of mouthpiece in the feeding process.
[0005] In order to realize above object, the utility model realizes through following technical scheme:
[0006] A mouthpiece transfer feeding device, comprising:
[0007] Support structure,
[0008] Mechanical hand, the mechanical hand is located on the support structure,
[0009] Mouthpiece storage body, the mouthpiece storage body is located on the support structure along the vertical direction, and the upper end of the mouthpiece storage body is the output end and extends to the top of the support structure,
[0010] Linear movement module, the linear movement module is located on the support structure along the vertical direction, and the linear movement module is connected with the mouthpiece storage body, and the mouthpiece in the mouthpiece storage body is driven to move up and down through the linear movement module,
[0011] Mouthpiece correction module, the mouthpiece correction module is located around the output end of the mouthpiece storage body, and the mouthpiece output by the mouthpiece correction module is corrected to the mouthpiece storage body,
[0012] Mouthpiece clamping module, the mouthpiece clamping module is connected with the mechanical hand, and the mouthpiece clamping module is clamped from the output end of the mouthpiece storage body through the mechanical hand and moves the mouthpiece to the required position.
[0013] Further, at least two groups of mouthpiece storage bodies are arranged on the support structure in two groups as a group, one linear movement module is arranged between the two mouthpiece storage bodies of the same group, and the mechanical hand is arranged between the adjacent two groups of mouthpiece storage bodies.
[0014] Further, the mouthguard storage body specifically comprises:
[0015] a bottom support base;
[0016] a top support ring, which is arranged above the bottom support base and is arranged on the support structure;
[0017] a guide rod, a lower end of which is connected to the middle of the bottom support base;
[0018] a first guide column, a plurality of first guide columns being arranged around the guide rod between the bottom support base and the top support ring;
[0019] a mouthguard support base, which is slidably assembled with the guide rod and the first guide column, and is connected to the linear movement module.
[0020] Further, the linear movement module specifically comprises:
[0021] an upper bearing seat, which is fixedly arranged on the support structure;
[0022] an upper bearing, which is installed in the upper bearing seat;
[0023] a lower bearing seat, which is arranged below the upper bearing seat;
[0024] a lower bearing, which is installed in the lower bearing seat;
[0025] a lead screw, an upper end of which is connected to the inner ring of the upper bearing, and a lower end of which is connected to the inner ring of the lower bearing;
[0026] a second guide column, at least two second guide columns being arranged around the lead screw between the upper bearing seat and the lower bearing seat;
[0027] a lifting slide, a middle part of which is threadedly connected to the lead screw, the lifting slide is slidably connected to each second guide column, and the lifting slide is connected to the mouthguard storage body;
[0028] a driving motor, which is arranged on the support structure, and an output end of which is connected to one end of the lead screw.
[0029] Further, the mouthguard correction module specifically comprises:
[0030] a horizontal sliding table, which is arranged on one side of the output end of the mouthguard storage body;
[0031] a pneumatic clamping jaw, which is connected to the movable end of the horizontal sliding table through a connecting plate, and the pneumatic clamping jaw is driven by the horizontal sliding table to correct and clamp the mouthguard.
[0032] Further, the horizontal sliding table is a pneumatic sliding table.
[0033] Further, the output end of the mouthpiece storage body is provided with a photoelectric sensor for detecting the mouthpiece.
[0034] Further, the mechanical hand adopts a cobra 450 mechanical hand of Omron Company.
[0035] Further, the mouthpiece clamping module adopts a thin pneumatic claw.
[0036] Further, a shooting camera is further included, the shooting camera is arranged on the mechanical hand, and a shooting end of the shooting camera faces the output end of the mouthpiece storage body.
[0037] By adopting the above technical scheme of the utility model, at least the following beneficial effects are achieved:
[0038] 1. By the mutual cooperation of the mechanical hand, the mouthpiece storage body, the linear moving module, the mouthpiece correcting module and the mouthpiece clamping module, the automatic transfer and feeding of the mouthpiece can be well realized, the whole process does not need manual intervention, the transfer and feeding efficiency of the mouthpiece can be improved, and the mouthpiece can be prevented from being polluted in the feeding process, so that the stability of product quality is ensured.
[0039] 2. The whole mouthpiece transfer and feeding device has compact overall layout, small overall volume and is convenient to move, can be conveniently installed beside any feeding position of the mouthpiece production line, and is very convenient to use. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0040] Figure 1 It is a perspective view of the mouthpiece transfer and feeding device of the utility model;
[0041] Figure 2 It is Figure 1 the local enlarged view of A part in the middle;
[0042] Figure 3 It is a front view of the mouthpiece transfer and feeding device of the utility model;
[0043] Figure 4 It is an assembly drawing of the mouthpiece storage body, the linear moving module and the mouthpiece correcting module in the utility model;
[0044] Figure 5 It is a sectional view of the mouthpiece storage body in the utility model;
[0045] Figure 6 It is a sectional view of the linear moving module in the utility model;
[0046] Figure 7The utility model discloses a structure diagram of the mouthpiece correction module.
[0047] Reference signs:
[0048] Mouthpiece transfer loading device 100;
[0049] Mouthpiece 200, positioning clamping plate 201, middle waist type hole 202;
[0050] Supporting structure 1, support frame 11, support flat plate 12, walking wheel 13;
[0051] Mechanical hand 2;
[0052] Mouthpiece storage body 3, bottom support seat 31, top support ring 32, guide rod 33, first guide column 34, mouthpiece support seat 35;
[0053] Linear movement module 4, upper bearing seat 41, upper bearing 42, lower bearing seat 43, lower bearing 44, lead screw 45, second guide column 46, lifting slide 47, drive motor 48;
[0054] Mouthpiece correction module 5, horizontal sliding table 51, pneumatic clamping jaw 52, connecting plate 53;
[0055] Mouthpiece clamping module 6;
[0056] Shooting camera 7. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0057] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the utility model specification. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, not all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the protection scope of the utility model.
[0058] Please refer to the drawings in the utility model specification Figures 1 to 7 The utility model provides a kind of mouthpiece transfer loading device 100, the action object of the mouthpiece transfer loading device 100 is mouthpiece 200, positioning clamping plate 201 in the protruding mouthpiece 200 middle is the part of mouthpiece clamping module 6 clamping, positioning clamping plate 201 still be provided with the middle waist type hole 202 for realizing positioning in it;
[0059] The mouthpiece transfer loading device 100 includes:
[0060] Supporting structure 1, the supporting structure 1 is the support main body of entire device;
[0061] Mechanical hand 2, the mechanical hand 2 is located on supporting structure 1, and the mechanical hand 2 is the main body that mouthpiece is driven from vertical direction to horizontal direction and is diverted to move.
[0062] A dental brace storage body 3 is arranged on the support structure 1 along the vertical direction, the upper end of the dental brace storage body 3 is an output end and extends to the top of the support structure 1, so that the dental brace storage body 3 can deliver the dental brace to the top of the support structure 1, the dental brace storage body 3 is used for storing the dental brace, and the overall shape of the dental brace storage body 3 is cylindrical;
[0063] A linear movement module 4 is arranged on the support structure 1 along the vertical direction, the linear movement module 4 is connected with the dental brace storage body 3, and the dental brace in the dental brace storage body 3 is driven to move up and down through the linear movement module 4;
[0064] A dental brace correction module 5 is arranged around the output end of the dental brace storage body 3, and the dental brace output by the dental brace storage body 3 is corrected through the dental brace correction module 5, so that the dental brace cannot be accurately clamped by the dental brace clamping module 6 due to the incorrect position;
[0065] The dental brace clamping module 6 is connected with the mechanical arm 2, and the dental brace clamping module 6 is driven by the mechanical arm 2 to clamp the dental brace from the output end of the dental brace storage body 3 and move the dental brace to a required position, so that the dental brace clamping module 6 can complete the clamping and fixing of the dental brace and the loose and open position function.
[0066] In some embodiments of the utility model, at least two groups of dental brace storage bodies 3 are arranged on the support structure 1 in pairs, one linear movement module 4 is arranged between two dental brace storage bodies 3 in the same group, so that the dental braces 200 in the two dental brace storage bodies 3 are driven to move up and down synchronously through the linear movement module 4; the mechanical arm 2 is arranged between the two adjacent groups of dental brace storage bodies 3, so that the mechanical arm 2 can drive the dental brace clamping module 6 to clamp the dental brace 200 from the output end of each dental brace storage body 3.
[0067] As a specific embodiment of the utility model, the support structure 1 specifically comprises a support frame 11, a support flat plate 12 and a walking wheel 13 with a brake function, wherein the support flat plate 12 is arranged at the top of the support frame 11, the bottom of the support frame 11 is provided with the walking wheel 13 at four corner positions, the mechanical hand 2, the mouthpiece storage body 3, the linear moving module 4, the mouthpiece correction module 5 and the mouthpiece clamping module 6 are all installed on the support flat plate 12; in the specific use process, when the mouthpiece transfer and feeding device 100 needs to be moved, the brake of each walking wheel 13 can be loosened, so as to move the mouthpiece transfer and feeding device 100; when the mouthpiece transfer and feeding device 100 does not need to be moved, the brake of each walking wheel 13 is applied; it should be noted that the walking wheel 13 with a brake function is a very mature device in the prior art, which has been widely used in various fields, so the walking wheel 13 with a brake function will not be described in detail here.
[0068] In the specific implementation of the utility model, the support frame 11 can be composed of a rectangular steel pipe with a length of 650mm*50mm*50mm, a rectangular steel pipe with a width of 450mm*50mm*50mm and a rectangular steel pipe with a height of 822mm*50mm*50mm welded and fixed; the support flat plate 12 can adopt a steel plate with a size of 750mm*550mm*12mm, and four corners are polished into round corners, and various required holes are formed on the support flat plate 12 according to actual needs.
[0069] As a specific embodiment of the utility model, in order to better meet the actual work requirements, the mechanical hand 2 adopts the cobra 450 mechanical hand of the Omron company; in the specific use process of the utility model mechanical hand 2, the working radius is 450mm, the maximum effective load is 5kg; the repeat accuracy of the mechanical hand 2 in the XY axis direction is 0.02mm, the repeat accuracy in the Z axis direction is 0.01mm, and the repeat accuracy of the angle is 0.005°. In the specific installation of the mechanical hand 2, the base of the mechanical hand 2 can be locked and fixed on the support flat plate 12 of the support structure 1 by screws and the like. 0.005°. In the specific installation of the mechanical hand 2, the base of the mechanical hand 2 can be locked and fixed on the support flat plate 12 of the support structure 1 by screws and the like.
[0070] As a specific embodiment of the utility model, please refer to Figure 5 The mouthpiece storage body 3 specifically comprises:
[0071] A bottom support base 31;
[0072] A top supporting ring 32 is arranged above the bottom supporting base 31 and is arranged on the supporting structure 1 to meet the supporting requirement of the whole mouthpiece storage body 3; the top supporting ring 32 is arranged at the top of the mouthpiece storage body 3 because the mouthpiece needs to be output from the top of the mouthpiece storage body 3.
[0073] A guide rod 33 is connected with the middle of the bottom supporting base 31 at the lower end, and the guide rod 33 can simultaneously guide the mouthpiece supporting base 35 and the mouthpiece 200; when the mouthpiece 200 is stored, the middle waist-shaped hole 202 on the mouthpiece 200 is inserted into the guide rod 33 to guide the mouthpiece 200 by the guide rod 33; in the specific implementation, the guide rod 33 is made of 40Cr steel, which is easy to process and has certain toughness, plasticity and wear resistance after proper heat treatment.
[0074] A first guide column 34 is arranged around the guide rod 33 between the bottom supporting base 31 and the top supporting ring 32; in the specific implementation, the bottom supporting base 31, the top supporting ring 32 and the first guide column 34 can all be made of 304 stainless steel; in use, each first guide column 34 is mainly used to guide the mouthpiece supporting base 35 to ensure that the mouthpiece supporting base 35 can move up and down more stably under the action of the linear motion module 4.
[0075] A mouthpiece supporting base 35 is slidably assembled with the guide rod 33 and the first guide column 34, and is connected with the linear motion module 4 to drive the mouthpiece supporting base 35 to move up and down by the linear motion module 4, and then drive the mouthpiece supported above the mouthpiece supporting base 35 to move up and down. Meanwhile, in the specific implementation, the top supporting ring 32 and the supporting structure 1 can be detachably connected, and the mouthpiece supporting base 35 and the linear motion module 4 can also be detachably connected together, so that when the mouthpiece 200 in the mouthpiece storage body 3 is used up, the whole mouthpiece storage body 3 can be disassembled and replaced.
[0076] In the specific implementation, the overall height of each mouthpiece storage body 3 can be designed as 580mm, and the space height for storing the mouthpiece 200 is 496mm; since the height of a single mouthpiece 200 is about 10.5mm, a single mouthpiece storage body 3 can store more than 40 mouthpieces 200 at a time.
[0077] As a specific embodiment of the utility model, in order to make the linear motion module 4 drive the mouthpiece 200 to move up and down more stably, please refer to Figure 6As shown, the linear movement module 4 specifically comprises:
[0078] An upper bearing seat 41 is fixedly arranged on the support structure 1 to meet the support requirement by the support structure 1;
[0079] An upper bearing 42 is arranged in the upper bearing seat 41;
[0080] A lower bearing seat 43 is arranged below the upper bearing seat 41;
[0081] A lower bearing 44 is arranged in the lower bearing seat 43;
[0082] A screw rod 45 is connected with the inner ring of the upper bearing 42 at the upper end and connected with the inner ring of the lower bearing 44 at the lower end, so that the screw rod 45 can rotate as a whole;
[0083] At least two second guide columns 46 are arranged around the screw rod 45 between the upper bearing seat 41 and the lower bearing seat 43;
[0084] A lifting slide 47 is threadedly connected with the screw rod 45 at the middle part, slidably connected with each second guide column 46, and connected with the mouthguard storage body 3, specifically connected with the mouthguard support seat 35 of the mouthguard storage body 3; during work, the lifting slide 47 is driven to move up and down by the rotation of the screw rod 45, and the lifting slide 47 drives the mouthguard support seat 35 of the mouthguard storage body 3 to move up and down, and then drives the mouthguard 200 on the mouthguard support seat 35 to move up and down, and meanwhile, each second guide column 46 can guide the lifting slide 47 to ensure the stability of the lifting slide 47 during the up and down movement;
[0085] A driving motor 48 is arranged on the support structure 1 to support the driving motor 48 by the support structure 1, and the output end of the driving motor 48 is connected with one end of the screw rod 45 to drive the screw rod 45 to rotate by the driving motor 48.
[0086] As a specific embodiment of the utility model, in order to correct the mouthguard 200, please refer to Figure 7 As shown, the mouthguard correction module 5 specifically comprises:
[0087] A horizontal sliding table 51 is arranged on the output end side of the mouthguard storage body 3; since the mouthguard storage body 3 is arranged in groups of two, the horizontal sliding table 51 can be arranged on the side of the same group of two mouthguard storage bodies 3;
[0088] A pneumatic gripper 52 is connected with the movable end of the horizontal sliding table 51 through a connecting plate 53, and the pneumatic gripper 52 is driven by the horizontal sliding table 51 to correct and clamp the mouthpiece 200.
[0089] In the specific work, after the output end of the mouthpiece storage body 3 outputs a mouthpiece 200 upwards, the horizontal sliding table 51 drives the pneumatic gripper 52 to move horizontally forward and backward to correct the position of the mouthpiece 200, and controls the pneumatic gripper 52 to clamp the mouthpiece 200, so as to ensure that the subsequent mechanical hand 2 can accurately clamp the mouthpiece 200 by the mouthpiece clamping module 6, and will not affect other mouthpieces.
[0090] Further, the horizontal sliding table 51 is a pneumatic sliding table.
[0091] In some embodiments of the utility model, the output end of the mouthpiece storage body 3 is provided with a photoelectric sensor (not shown) for detecting the mouthpiece 200. By adopting the photoelectric sensor at the output end of the mouthpiece storage body 3, the photoelectric sensor can be used to detect the mouthpiece 200 of the mouthpiece storage body 3 during the specific work, and when it is detected that the mouthpiece 200 in the mouthpiece storage body 3 has been used up, the mechanical hand 2 can be controlled to clamp the mouthpiece 200 from other mouthpiece storage bodies by the mouthpiece clamping module 6, and also can remind the staff to process the used mouthpiece storage body 3 in time.
[0092] As a specific embodiment of the utility model, the mouthpiece clamping module 6 adopts a thin pneumatic gripper. In the specific work, after the mechanical hand 2 reaches the specified position and vertically moves to the required position, the mouthpiece 200 is clamped by the mouthpiece clamping module 6, and the pneumatic gripper 52 of the mouthpiece correction module 5 is controlled to release the mouthpiece 200; then the mechanical hand 2 drives the clamped mouthpiece 200 to move upwards to a certain height, and then drives the mouthpiece 200 to move horizontally to the position above the feeding plate (not shown), and finally the mechanical hand 2 drives the mouthpiece 200 to move downwards and releases the mouthpiece 200 by the mouthpiece clamping module 6, so as to realize the transfer of the mouthpiece 200 to the feeding plate. Because the mouthpiece clamping module 6 needs to receive the mouthpiece 200 from the pneumatic gripper 52 of the mouthpiece correction module 5, and the size of the positioning clamp plate 201 on the mouthpiece 200 is limited, therefore, by adopting the thin pneumatic gripper, the pneumatic gripper 52 and the mouthpiece clamping module 6 will not affect each other in the whole clamping process.
[0093] In some embodiments of the utility model, the mouth -guard transfer loading device 100 still includes shooting camera 7, shooting camera 7 sets up on manipulator 2, and the shooting end of shooting camera 7 faces the output end of mouth -guard storage body 3, when working, can utilize shooting camera 7 to the mouth -guard 200 of mouth -guard storage body 3 output is photographed, in order to better control manipulator 2 drives mouth -guard clamping module 6 to clamp mouth -guard 200.
[0094] The specific working principle of the mouth -guard transfer loading device 100 of the utility model is as follows:
[0095] First, the mouth -guard storage body 3 filled with mouth -guard 200 is installed to support structure 1, and linear moving module 4 is connected with mouth -guard storage body 3;Then, utilize linear moving module 4 to drive the mouth -guard 200 in mouth -guard storage body 3 to ascend, and when the uppermost mouth -guard 200 ascends in place, control mouth -guard correction module 5 to correct the uppermost mouth -guard 200 and clamp mouth -guard 200;Then, control manipulator 2 to drive mouth -guard clamping module 6 to receive mouth -guard 200 from mouth -guard correction module 5, and control mouth -guard clamping module 6 to loosen mouth -guard 200;Finally, through manipulator 2 drive mouth -guard clamping module 6 to transfer the mouth -guard 200 of clamping to loading plate.
[0096] Although the embodiments of the utility model have been shown and described, it can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes, modifications, replacements and variations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirits of the utility model, the scope of the utility model is defined by the appended claims and its equivalents.
Claims
1. A mouthpiece transfer loading device, characterized by, The device comprises a support structure, a mechanical hand arranged on the support structure, a mouthpiece storage body arranged on the support structure along a vertical direction, an upper end of the mouthpiece storage body being an output end and extending to a top of the support structure, a linear movement module arranged on the support structure along the vertical direction, the linear movement module being connected with the mouthpiece storage body and driving the mouthpiece in the mouthpiece storage body to move up and down, a mouthpiece correction module arranged around the output end of the mouthpiece storage body and correcting the mouthpiece output by the mouthpiece storage body, and a mouthpiece clamping module connected with the mechanical hand and clamping the mouthpiece from the output end of the mouthpiece storage body and moving the mouthpiece to a required position by the mechanical hand. The support structure is provided with at least two groups of mouthpiece storage bodies in pairs, one linear movement module is arranged between two mouthpiece storage bodies in the same group, and the mechanical hand is arranged between two adjacent groups of mouthpiece storage bodies. The mouthpiece storage body comprises a bottom support base, a top support ring arranged above the bottom support base and arranged on the support structure, a guide rod, a first guide column, and a mouthpiece support base. The linear movement module comprises an upper bearing seat, an upper bearing, a lower bearing seat, a lower bearing, a lead screw, a second guide column, a lifting slide, and a driving motor. The mouthpiece correction module comprises a horizontal slide table and a pneumatic clamping jaw. The output end of the mouthpiece storage body is provided with a photoelectric sensor for detecting the mouthpiece. The mechanical hand is a cobra 450 mechanical hand of Omron Company.
2. The mouthpiece transfer loading device of claim 1, wherein, The mouthpiece clamping module adopts a thin pneumatic jaw.
3. The mouthpiece transfer loading device of claim 1, wherein, 10. The mouthpiece transfer and feeding device according to any one of claims 1-9, wherein 4. The mouthpiece transfer loading device of claim 1, wherein, 5. The mouthpiece transfer loading device of claim 1, wherein, 6. The mouthpiece transfer loading device of claim 5, wherein, 7. The mouthpiece transfer loading device of claim 1, wherein, 8. The mouthpiece transfer loading device of claim 1, wherein, 9. The mouthpiece transfer loading device of claim 1, wherein, The device further comprises a photographing camera, the photographing camera is arranged on the mechanical arm, and a photographing end of the photographing camera faces the output end of the mouthpiece storage body.