Intelligent POS terminal product software downloading docking mechanism

Abstract

The utility model discloses an intelligent POS terminal product software downloading docking mechanism, which comprises a POS machine conveying assembly, a moving module, transfer manipulators, a POS machine downloading tool and a POS machine blanking module, the transfer manipulators are connected with the moving module through a transfer mounting plate, a plurality of transfer manipulators are arranged on the transfer mounting plate at intervals, and the transfer manipulators are connected with the moving module through the transfer mounting plate. The POS machine conveying assembly is provided with conveying tools used for placing POS machines, each conveying tool is provided with at least one row of POS machine positions, each row of POS machine positions are provided with conveying stations corresponding to the positions and the number of the transferring mechanical arms, the POS machine downloading tool is provided with at least one row of POS machine positions, and each row of POS machine positions are provided with downloading stations corresponding to the positions and the number of the transferring mechanical arms; the POS machine discharging module is provided with discharging rollers corresponding to the position and the number of the transferring mechanical arms, the transferring mechanical arms clamp a row of POS machines at a time to transfer the POS machines among the POS machine conveying assembly, the POS machine downloading tool and the POS machine discharging module, and the transferring efficiency is high.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to the technical field of automated equipment, and in particular to a software download and docking mechanism for intelligent POS terminal products. Background Technology

[0002] A POS (Point of Sale) machine is a multi-functional terminal device primarily used for electronic payments in commercial transactions.

[0003] In existing technologies, downloading the internal program of a POS machine is generally done manually by inserting the data cable into the POS machine, which requires a large amount of manpower, is costly, and inefficient. To improve download efficiency, a prior utility model patent with publication number CN211628233U discloses an automatic POS machine downloading machine. This machine includes a support frame, a conveying component mounted on the support frame for transporting the POS machine, multiple automatic downloading fixtures mounted on the support frame for downloading the POS machine, and a moving component mounted on the support frame for moving the POS machine between the conveying component and the automatic downloading fixtures. The moving component of this automatic POS machine downloading machine uses a three-axis moving module to drive a suction cup to pick up the POS machine, achieving automatic transfer of the POS machine. While the prior patent can replace manual downloading, its intelligent suction of one POS machine at a time results in low POS machine transfer efficiency. Furthermore, the suction cup's suction power is limited by factors such as the suction area, the material of the POS machine's surface, and the vacuum level. If the POS machine's surface is uneven or contains impurities such as oil or dust, it will severely affect the suction cup's adhesion, potentially causing the POS machine to fall during suction or transport. If the POS machine's surface is rough, porous, or has a coating that is prone to peeling off, the suction cup may not work effectively, resulting in poor POS machine transfer performance.

[0004] In view of this, the present invention addresses the low integration efficiency of existing POS machine downloads and has been developed through in-depth design, active research, and trial production. Utility Model Content

[0005] The purpose of this invention is to provide a software download and docking mechanism for intelligent POS terminal products, so as to solve the problem of low POS machine transfer efficiency in the prior art.

[0006] To achieve the above objectives, the solution of this utility model is:

[0007] A software download and docking mechanism for intelligent POS terminal products includes a POS machine conveying component, a mobile module, a transfer robot, a POS machine download fixture, and a POS machine unloading module. The transfer robot is connected to the mobile module via a transfer mounting plate, on which multiple transfer robots are spaced apart. The POS machine conveying component has a conveying fixture for placing POS machines, and each conveying fixture has at least one row of POS machine positions. Each row of POS machine positions has a corresponding transfer station with a specific number and position of the transfer robot. The POS machine download fixture has at least one row of POS machine positions, and each row of POS machine positions has a corresponding download station with a specific number and position of the transfer robot. The POS machine unloading module has unloading rollers corresponding to the number and position of the transfer robot. The transfer robot picks up one row of POS machines at a time and transfers them between the POS machine conveying component, the POS machine download fixture, and the POS machine unloading module.

[0008] Furthermore, the transfer mounting plate is an L-shaped structure with an upper mounting plate and a lower mounting plate. The upper mounting plate is connected to the moving module, and three transfer robots are arranged horizontally at intervals on the lower mounting plate. Each row of conveying stations of the POS machine conveying assembly, each row of downloading stations of the POS machine downloading assembly, and the unloading rollers of the POS machine unloading module are arranged horizontally at intervals, and the number of each is three.

[0009] Furthermore, the moving module includes an X-axis slide rail, a Y-axis slide rail, and a Z-axis slide rail. The Y-axis slide rail is slidably mounted on the X-axis slide rail via an X-axis slide block, and the Z-axis slide rail is slidably mounted on the Y-axis slide rail via a Y-axis slide block. The transfer robot is mounted on the Z-axis slide rail via a transfer mounting plate. The moving module drives the transfer robot to move forward, backward, left, and right.

[0010] Furthermore, the transfer mounting plate is directly fixed on the Z-axis slide rail, and a lifting cylinder is provided at the bottom of the transfer mounting plate. The lifting cylinder has a downward-facing lifting push plate, and the transfer robot is located at the bottom of the lifting push plate.

[0011] Furthermore, the transfer mounting plate is slidably mounted on the Z-axis slide rail via a Z-axis slider, which is slidably mounted on the Z-axis slide rail.

[0012] Furthermore, the transfer robot has a mounting base, on which a gripper cylinder is fixed. One end of the gripper cylinder is provided with a fixed plate, and the other end of the gripper cylinder is provided with a retractable push plate. The outer ends of the push plate and the fixed plate are respectively provided with a clamping plate, and the opposite ends of the clamping plates are provided with soft pads. The gripper cylinder controls the extension and retraction of the push plate, thereby controlling the distance between the two clamping plates, so as to clamp the two ends of the POS machine or release the POS machine.

[0013] Furthermore, an adjusting cylinder is provided between the transfer mounting plate and the lifting cylinder mounting plate for adjusting the distance between two adjacent transfer manipulators, and the lifting cylinder is mounted on the adjusting cylinder.

[0014] Furthermore, the transfer mounting plate is provided with an adjustment elongated hole, and the transfer robot is locked onto the adjustment elongated hole by a locking bolt.

[0015] With the above structure, the software download docking mechanism of this utility model can transfer between the POS machine conveying component, the POS machine downloading fixture and the POS machine unloading module by driving the transfer robot through the mobile module. Since the positions and quantities of the transfer robot, the conveying station, the downloading station and the unloading roller are set accordingly, multiple POS machines can be transferred at one time, thereby greatly improving the transfer efficiency of the POS machine. Attached Figure Description

[0016] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the appearance of the POS machine automatic download device equipped with this utility model.

[0017] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the automatic download and docking mechanism for the POS machine of this utility model.

[0018] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the mobile module of this utility model.

[0019] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the transfer robot of this utility model.

[0020] Label Explanation:

[0021] 10. Intelligent POS terminal product software download docking mechanism; 11. Mobile module; 111. X-axis slide rail; 112. Y-axis slide rail; 113. Z-axis slide rail; 114. X-axis slide block; 115. Y-axis slide block; 12. Transfer robot; 121. Mounting base; 122. Gripper cylinder; 123. Fixing plate; 124. Push plate; 125. Clamping plate; 126. Soft pad; 127. Lifting cylinder; 128. Lifting push plate; 13. Transfer mounting plate; 131. Upper mounting plate; 132. Lower mounting plate; 133. Adjustment elongated hole; 14. Adjustment cylinder; 20. Chassis; 30. POS machine conveying assembly; 31. Conveying fixture; 32. Conveying station; 40. POS machine downloading fixture; 41. Downloading station; 50. POS machine unloading module; 51. Unloading roller; 60. POS machine. Detailed Implementation

[0022] To further explain the technical solution of this utility model, the following detailed description is provided through specific embodiments.

[0023] In the description of this utility model, it should be understood that the terms "center," "longitudinal," "lateral," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," and "outer," etc., indicating orientation or positional relationships, are based on the orientation or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings and are only for the convenience of describing this utility model and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as a limitation of this utility model. In the description of this utility model, unless otherwise stated, "a plurality of" means two or more.

[0024] like Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, this utility model discloses a software download docking mechanism 10 for intelligent POS terminals, which is installed on a chassis 20 of an automatic POS downloading device. The automatic POS downloading device includes a chassis 20, the software download docking mechanism 10 of this utility model, a POS machine conveying component 30, a POS machine downloading fixture 40, and a POS machine unloading module 50. The POS machine conveying component 30 is located at the front end of the chassis 20 and is used to convey the POS machine from the previous process to the automatic POS downloading device for software downloading. The POS machine downloading fixture 40 is installed inside the chassis 20 and is used to automatically download software to the POS machine inside the POS machine downloading fixture 40. The POS machine unloading module 50 is used to unload the POS machine after the software download is completed for subsequent testing. The purpose of this utility model is to transfer the POS machine 60 from the POS machine conveying component 30 to the POS machine downloading fixture 40, and to transfer the POS machine 60 after the software download is completed from the POS machine downloading fixture 40 to the POS machine unloading module 50.

[0025] like Figures 2 to 4 As shown, the software download docking mechanism 10 of the intelligent POS terminal product of this utility model includes a mobile module 11 and a transfer robot 12.

[0026] The moving module 11 includes an X-axis slide rail 111, a Y-axis slide rail 112, and a Z-axis slide rail 113. The Y-axis slide rail 112 is slidably mounted on the X-axis slide rail 111 via an X-axis slide block 114. The Z-axis slide rail 113 is slidably mounted on the Y-axis slide rail 112 via a Y-axis slide block 115. The transfer robot 12 is mounted on the Z-axis slide rail 113 via a transfer mounting plate 13. The moving module 11 drives the transfer robot 12 to move forward, backward, left, and right. The transfer mounting plate 13 can be directly fixed to the Z-axis slide rail 113, or it can be slidably mounted on the Z-axis slide rail via a Z-axis slider, so that the moving module 11 can drive the transfer robot 12 to move up, down, left, right, forward, and backward.

[0027] In this embodiment, the transfer mounting plate 13 is an L-shaped structure with an upper mounting plate 131 and a lower mounting plate 132. The upper mounting plate 131 is connected to the moving module 11, and multiple transfer robots 12 are horizontally spaced on the lower mounting plate 132. In this embodiment, the present invention has multiple spaced transfer robots 12 on the transfer mounting plate 13, which can transfer multiple POS machines simultaneously. The POS machine conveying assembly 30 has a conveying fixture 31 for placing POS machines. Each conveying fixture 31 has at least one row of POS machine positions, and each row of POS machine positions has a corresponding conveying station 32 with a specific position and number of transfer robots 12. The transfer robots 12 can grasp a row of POS machines at a time. The POS machine downloading fixture 40 has at least one row of POS machine positions, and each row of POS machine positions has a corresponding transfer robot 12. The POS machine unloading module 50 has unloading rollers 51 corresponding to the positions and quantities of the transfer robot 12. When the transfer robot 12 is driven by the moving module 11, it can pick up multiple POS machines from the POS machine conveying assembly 30 and place them on a row of POS machine positions of the POS machine unloading fixture 40 for software download. After the POS machine software download is completed, the transfer robot 12, driven by the moving module 11, picks up multiple POS machines from the POS machine unloading fixture 40 and places them on multiple unloading rollers 51 of the POS machine unloading module 50 for unloading. In this embodiment, the transfer robot 12, each row of conveying stations 32 of the conveying fixture 31, and each row of unloading stations 41 of the POS machine unloading fixture 40 all have three positions. The transfer robot 12 can transfer three POS machines at a time, greatly improving the transfer efficiency. Furthermore, the positions of the transfer robot 12, conveying stations 32, and unloading stations 41 are all correspondingly set, which can greatly improve the docking efficiency of the POS machines.

[0028] In this embodiment, each transfer robot 12 has a mounting base 121, on which a gripper cylinder 122 is fixed. One end of the gripper cylinder 122 is provided with a fixing plate 123, and the other end of the gripper cylinder 122 is provided with a retractable push plate 124. The outer ends of the push plate 124 and the fixing plate 123 are respectively provided with a clamping plate 125. The opposite ends of the clamping plates 125 are provided with soft pads 126. By controlling the extension and retraction of the push plate 124 through the gripper cylinder 122, the distance between the two clamping plates 125 can be controlled, thereby clamping the two ends of the POS machine or releasing the POS machine. The soft pads 126 on the two clamping plates 125 can protect the POS machine and prevent damage to the POS machine when the two clamping plates 125 clamp it.

[0029] In this embodiment, the transfer manipulator 12 also has a lifting cylinder 127, which is disposed at the bottom of the transfer mounting plate 13. The lifting cylinder 127 has a downwardly positioned lifting push plate 128, and the gripper cylinder 122 is mounted on the lifting push plate 128 at the bottom of the lifting cylinder 127. The lifting cylinder 127 can control the lifting and lowering of the gripper cylinder 122 and the gripper plate 125 at its bottom.

[0030] To enable the use of tooling with different spacings, an adjusting cylinder 14 for adjusting the spacing between two adjacent transfer manipulators 12 is provided between the transfer mounting plate 13 and the mounting plate of the lifting cylinder 127. The lifting cylinder 127 can be mounted on the adjusting cylinder 14. Alternatively, an adjusting elongated hole 133 can be provided on the transfer mounting plate 13, and the lifting cylinder 127 can be locked in different positions of the adjusting elongated hole 133 by locking bolts, so that the transfer manipulators 12 are installed in different positions on the transfer mounting plate 13, thereby adjusting the spacing between two adjacent transfer manipulators 12.

[0031] This invention uses a gripper cylinder 122 to control the opening and closing of two clamping plates 125, thereby clamping or releasing the POS machine. Compared with the suction cup type transfer robot 12, this invention provides a stable and reliable gripping force through the drive of the cylinder gripper, which can adapt to the shape and size of the POS machine and firmly clamp the POS machine without the POS machine falling. Moreover, the cylinder clamping method of this invention has relatively low requirements for the surface material and condition of the POS machine (such as whether it is smooth or whether there is oil stains). As long as the clamp can contact and clamp the two sides of the POS machine, the clamping operation can be completed.

[0032] The above embodiments and figures are not intended to limit the product form and style of this utility model. Any appropriate changes or modifications made by those skilled in the art should be considered as not departing from the patent scope of this utility model.

Claims

1. A software download and integration mechanism for intelligent POS terminal products, characterized in that: The system includes a POS machine conveying assembly, a moving module, a transfer robot, a POS machine download fixture, and a POS machine unloading module. The transfer robot is connected to the moving module via a transfer mounting plate, on which multiple transfer robots are spaced apart. The POS machine conveying assembly has a conveying fixture for placing POS machines, with each fixture having at least one row of POS machine positions. Each row of POS machine positions has a corresponding transfer station with a specific number and position of the transfer robot. The POS machine download fixture has at least one row of POS machine positions, with each row having a corresponding download station with a specific number and position of the transfer robot. The POS machine unloading module has unloading rollers corresponding to the number and position of the transfer robot. The transfer robot picks up one row of POS machines at a time and transfers them between the POS machine conveying assembly, the POS machine download fixture, and the POS machine unloading module.

2. The intelligent POS terminal product software download and integration mechanism as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The transfer mounting plate is an L-shaped structure with an upper mounting plate and a lower mounting plate. The upper mounting plate is connected to the moving module, and three transfer robots are arranged horizontally at intervals on the lower mounting plate. Each row of conveying stations of the POS machine conveying assembly, each row of downloading stations of the POS machine downloading assembly, and the unloading rollers of the POS machine unloading module are arranged horizontally at intervals, and the number of each is three.

3. The intelligent POS terminal product software download and integration mechanism as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The moving module includes an X-axis slide rail, a Y-axis slide rail, and a Z-axis slide rail. The Y-axis slide rail is slidably mounted on the X-axis slide rail via an X-axis slide block. The Z-axis slide rail is slidably mounted on the Y-axis slide rail via a Y-axis slide block. The transfer robot is mounted on the Z-axis slide rail via a transfer mounting plate. The moving module drives the transfer robot to move forward, backward, left, and right.

4. The intelligent POS terminal product software download and integration mechanism as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The transfer mounting plate is directly fixed on the Z-axis slide rail. The bottom of the transfer mounting plate is equipped with a lifting cylinder, which has a downward-facing lifting push plate. The transfer robot is located at the bottom of the lifting push plate.

5. The intelligent POS terminal product software download and integration mechanism as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The transfer mounting plate is slidably mounted on the Z-axis slide rail via a Z-axis slider, which is slidably mounted on the Z-axis slide rail.

6. The intelligent POS terminal product software download and integration mechanism as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The transfer robot has a mounting base, on which a gripper cylinder is fixed. One end of the gripper cylinder is provided with a fixed plate, and the other end of the gripper cylinder is provided with a retractable push plate. The outer ends of the push plate and the fixed plate are respectively provided with a clamping plate, and the opposite ends of the clamping plates are provided with soft pads. The gripper cylinder controls the extension and retraction of the push plate, thereby controlling the distance between the two clamping plates, so as to clamp the two ends of the POS machine or release the POS machine.

7. The intelligent POS terminal product software download and integration mechanism as described in claim 1, characterized in that: An adjusting cylinder is provided between the transfer mounting plate and the lifting cylinder mounting plate to adjust the distance between two adjacent transfer manipulators, and the lifting cylinder is mounted on the adjusting cylinder.

8. The intelligent POS terminal product software download and integration mechanism as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The transfer mounting plate is provided with an adjustment elongated hole, and the transfer robot is locked onto the adjustment elongated hole by a locking bolt.

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