Feather sorting assembly line

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of feather sorting, in particular to a feather sorting assembly line which comprises a feeding conveying belt, a sorting conveying belt, a mechanical arm device arranged beside the sorting conveying belt, a roller feeding device and a middle conveying belt. A feeding port and a discharging port are formed in the end face of the roller, the input end of the middle conveying belt is inserted into the discharging port, and a plurality of shifting plates are installed on the inner wall of the roller in the circumferential direction. According to the feather sorting assembly line, the roller feeding device can uniformly convey feathers, so that the feathers are dispersedly laid on the middle conveying belt, and subsequent sorting is facilitated; the feather feeding reliability is high, the trouble of manually and frequently trimming the feathers is omitted, and the feeding process is free of maintenance; a flow production line is formed through the multiple mechanical arm devices, the sorted feathers can be moved to different lower computers to be processed at the same time and can also be moved to multiple sets of same lower computers to be processed at the same time, and the production efficiency is improved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The application relates to the technical field of feather sorting, in particular to a feather sorting assembly line. BACKGROUND

[0002] The main use of the feathers on the wings of birds is to produce shuttlecocks. After the feathers are collected, they cannot be combined at will to produce a single shuttlecock due to the different lengths, and need to be sorted to obtain feathers of similar lengths and then processed into shuttlecocks.

[0003] With the development of automation, there is currently a technology of sorting feathers by using a mechanical hand and image recognition technology. Before sorting, the feathers need to be laid on a conveying belt in a scattered manner to avoid the feathers from being stacked.

[0004] According to the related technology, the inventor believes that the feathers are special in structure, are long in length, and are prone to being inserted into each other and hung on each other through the edges, which is prone to causing blockage. It is difficult to disperse the feathers that are hung together by only using the vibration feeding mode, and there is room for improvement. CONTENT OF THE UTILITY MODEL

[0005] The application provides a feather sorting assembly line. The roller feeding device can reliably deliver the feathers to the sorting conveying belt in a scattered manner, and the feathers are not prone to being hung on each other, thereby avoiding the situation that the feathers are blocked together.

[0006] The application provides a feather sorting assembly line, which adopts the following technical scheme:

[0007] The application provides a feather sorting assembly line, which adopts the following technical scheme:

[0008] After the feathers are put into the roller through the feeding port, the feathers fall to the inner bottom of the roller. When the roller rotates, the feathers are lifted to the upper half of the roller by the paddles. When the feathers move above the intermediate conveying belt, the feathers fall onto the intermediate conveying belt due to gravity, and the feathers that fall out of the intermediate conveying belt fall back to the inner bottom of the roller. With the running of the intermediate conveying belt, the feathers on the intermediate conveying belt leave the roller through the discharging port. The feathers are sorted by the mechanical hand device beside the sorting conveying belt, and multiple devices form an automatic assembly line.

[0009] Optionally, the base is rotationally connected with a rotating rod, and a plurality of push rods are fixed to the outer wall of the rotating rod and located in the roller.

[0010] By using the above technical scheme, when there are too many feathers on the push plate, the rotation of the rotating rod and the push rod can overturn the excessive feathers upwards, so that the feathers can fall to the inner bottom of the roller again, thereby avoiding too many feathers from being loaded at one time.

[0011] Optionally, the vibration feeder is further provided, the vibration feeder is connected in series with the feeding line at the inlet and outlet ends, the vibration feeder comprises a base frame, the base frame is connected with a top frame through a spring, and a vibration motor is fixed to the top frame.

[0012] By using the above technical scheme, the vibration feeder is used for vibrating the feathers, so that the feathers can be more scattered, thereby facilitating subsequent sorting.

[0013] Optionally, a guide plate is arranged on the top frame, and a plurality of sliding grooves are arranged on the top surface of the guide plate.

[0014] By using the above technical scheme, the sliding grooves are used for sliding the feathers, so that the arrangement of the feathers is improved.

[0015] Optionally, the mechanical hand device comprises a mounting seat arranged at the movable end, and a pneumatic clamping jaw is arranged on the mounting seat.

[0016] By using the above technical scheme, the pneumatic clamping jaw is used for grabbing and releasing the feathers after the movable position of the mechanical hand device.

[0017] Optionally, a blocking rod is fixed to the clamping jaw end of the pneumatic clamping jaw, and the blocking rod extends towards the other clamping jaw.

[0018] By using the above technical scheme, when the clamping jaw clamps the feather, the blocking rod is used for blocking the top of the feather, so that the feather can be prevented from being excessively deflected, and the feather can be kept in a horizontal state as much as possible.

[0019] Optionally, a clamping seat is fixed to the pneumatic clamping jaw, a guide rod is fixed to the clamping seat, the guide rod is slidably connected with the mounting seat, a limiting block is fixed to the end of the guide rod penetrating through the mounting seat, and a spring two is arranged between the mounting seat and the clamping seat.

[0020] By using the above technical scheme, when the lower end of the pneumatic clamping jaw contacts and presses the surface of the sorting conveying belt, the spring two can be self-adaptively compressed, and the clamping seat slides with the mounting seat through the guide rod, so that the mechanism can be prevented from being damaged due to hard impact.

[0021] Optionally, the intermediate conveying belt comprises at least two series-connected sub-conveying belts, the height positions of the sub-conveying belts are arranged in sequence in a descending manner according to the feeding direction, and the running speeds of the sub-conveying belts are arranged in sequence in an accelerating manner according to the feeding direction.

[0022] By adopting the technical scheme, the at least two sub-conveying belts are used to gradually reduce the height of the feeding on one hand, so that the final discharging position can be adapted to the height position of the sorting conveying belt; on the other hand, the multi-stage sub-conveying belts with increasing speeds help to further disperse the feathers.

[0023] Optionally, a camera is fixed on the rack of the sorting conveying belt, and the camera is located above the sorting conveying belt and is arranged downward.

[0024] By adopting the technical scheme, the camera shoots the arrangement of the feathers on the sorting conveying belt, and then controls the movement of the manipulator and the pneumatic gripper through the control system and the software, so that the feathers with a length in a set range are clamped out of the sorting conveying belt and moved to the lower machine beside the sorting conveying belt.

[0025] Optionally, multiple sets of the camera and the manipulator device are arranged along the length direction of the sorting conveying belt.

[0026] By adopting the technical scheme, multiple manipulator devices form a flow production line, and the sorted feathers can be moved to different lower machines for simultaneous processing or moved to multiple sets of the same lower machine for simultaneous processing, thereby improving the production efficiency.

[0027] In summary, the present application has at least one of the following beneficial technical effects:

[0028] 1. The drum feeding device of the present application can uniformly convey the feathers, so that the feathers are evenly laid on the intermediate conveying belt, thereby facilitating subsequent sorting.

[0029] 2. The reliability of the feather feeding is high, and the trouble of frequent manual feather trimming is eliminated, and the feeding process is maintenance-free.

[0030] 3. Multiple manipulator devices form a flow production line, and the sorted feathers can be moved to different lower machines for simultaneous processing or moved to multiple sets of the same lower machine for simultaneous processing, thereby improving the production efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0031] Figure 1 is a perspective view of a feather sorting flow line of embodiment one;

[0032] Figure 2 is a front sectional view of a drum feeding device of embodiment one;

[0033] Figure 3 is a perspective view of a pneumatic gripper of embodiment one;

[0034] Figure 4 is a perspective view of a feather sorting flow line of embodiment two;

[0035] Figure 5 is a perspective view of a feather sorting assembly line of Example Three;

[0036] Figure 6 is a top view of a sorting conveyor of Example Four;

[0037] Figure 7 is a perspective view of a mounting base and pneumatic clamping jaw of Example Five.

[0038] BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 1, feeding conveyor; 2, roller feeding device; 3, intermediate conveyor; 4, sorting conveyor; 5, mechanical hand device; 11, partition plate; 21, base; 22, roller; 23, feeding port; 24, discharging port; 25, push plate; 26, push gear; 27, rotating rod; 28, push rod; 41, camera; 51, mounting base; 52, pneumatic clamping jaw; 53, blocking rod; 54, clamping base; 55, guide rod; 56, limiting block; 57, spring two; 6, vibrating feeder; 61, base frame; 62, spring one; 63, top frame; 64, vibrating motor; 65, guide plate; 66, chute; 31, sub-conveyor. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0039] The application will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0040] Example One:

[0041] Referring to Figure 1 , the embodiment discloses a feather sorting assembly line, which comprises a feeding conveyor 1, a roller feeding device 2, an intermediate conveyor 3 and a sorting conveyor 4. The sorting conveyor 4 is provided with a mechanical hand device 5. The roller feeding device 2 is located between the feeding conveyor 1 and the sorting conveyor 4, and the intermediate conveyor 3 is located between the roller feeding device 2 and the sorting conveyor 4. The feeding conveyor 1, the roller feeding device 2, the intermediate conveyor 3 and the sorting conveyor 4 are arranged in sequence through feeding and discharging ends, thereby forming an assembly line.

[0042] The feeding conveyor 1 is an inclined conveyor. A plurality of partition plates 11 are fixed on the belt surface of the feeding conveyor 1 along the length direction, which is used to lift the feathers in the container to a certain height and feed them into the roller feeding device 2.

[0043] Referring to Figure 1 and Figure 2The roller feeding device 2 comprises a base 21, the base 21 is provided with a roller 22 driven to rotate by a motor, the end face of the roller 22 is provided with an inlet 23 and an outlet 24, the inlet 23 and the outlet 24 are respectively located on the front and rear end faces of the roller 22. The top end of the upper feeding conveyor belt 1 is located at the inlet 23, the input end of the middle conveyor belt 3 is inserted into the outlet 24, a plurality of pokers 25 are installed on the inner wall of the roller 22 in the circumferential direction, one end of the poker 25 close to the center of the roller 22 is fixed with a plurality of teeth 26, and the teeth 26 improve the lifting effect of the feathers. The base 21 is rotationally connected with a rotating rod 27, the outer wall of the rotating rod 27 is fixed with a plurality of pokers 28, the pokers 28 are located in the roller 22, the rotating rod 27 is driven to rotate by any driving source, and the rotating direction of the rotating rod 27 is consistent with the rotating direction of the roller 22.

[0044] After the feathers are put into the roller 22 through the inlet 23, the feathers fall on the inner bottom of the roller 22, when the roller 22 rotates, the feathers are lifted to the upper half of the roller 22 by the pokers 25. When the feathers move above the middle conveyor belt 3, the feathers fall on the middle conveyor belt 3 by gravity, and the feathers falling out of the middle conveyor belt 3 fall back to the inner bottom of the roller 22. With the running of the middle conveyor belt 3, the feathers on the middle conveyor belt 3 leave the roller 22 through the outlet 24. When there are too many feathers on the pokers 25, the rotation of the rotating rod 27 and the pokers 28 can overturn the excessive feathers upward, so that the feathers can pass over the rotating rod 27 and fall to the inner bottom of the roller 22 again, avoiding too many feathers from being loaded at one time.

[0045] Referring to Figure 1 and Figure 3 , the feathers on the middle conveyor belt 3 then fall on the sorting conveyor belt 4. The rack of the sorting conveyor belt 4 is fixed with a camera 41, the camera 41 is located above the sorting conveyor belt 4 and is arranged downward. The mechanical arm device 5 comprises a mounting seat 51 located at the movable end, and a pneumatic gripper 52 is installed on the mounting seat 51. The camera 41 shoots the length and arrangement of the feathers on the sorting conveyor belt 4, and then controls the movement of the mechanical arm device 5 and the pneumatic gripper 52 through the control system and software, so as to clamp the feathers with a length within a set range out of the sorting conveyor belt 4 and move to the lower machine such as the feather arranging machine, the pipe cutting machine or the feather punching machine beside the sorting conveyor belt 4. The technology related to image recognition and control is prior art, and will not be described here.

[0046] Referring to Figure 3 , the gripper end of the pneumatic gripper 52 is fixed with a blocking rod 53, the blocking rod 53 extends to the direction of the other gripper, when the gripper clamps the feather, the blocking rod 53 is used to block the top of the feather, so as to avoid the feather from deflecting too much, and make the feather keep a horizontal state as much as possible.

[0047] The pneumatic clamping jaw 52 is fixed with a clamping seat 54, the clamping seat 54 is fixed with a guide rod 55, the guide rod 55 is in sliding connection with the mounting seat 51, the end of the guide rod 55 penetrating through the mounting seat 51 is fixed with a limiting block 56, and the spring 2 57 is arranged between the mounting seat 51 and the clamping seat 54. Through the structure, the clamping seat 54 can slide with the mounting seat 51 through the guide rod 55, the spring 2 57 applies a downward elastic force to the clamping seat 54, when the lower end of the pneumatic clamping jaw 52 contacts and presses the surface of the sorting conveying belt 4, the spring 2 57 can be adaptively compressed, so that hard impact is avoided to cause damage to the mechanism, and the limiting block 56 is used for preventing the guide rod 55 from being separated from the mounting seat 51.

[0048] The implementation principle of the feather sorting pipeline in the embodiment of the application is as follows: through the feather sorting pipeline, the roller feeding device 2 can uniformly deliver feathers, so that the feathers are dispersedly laid on the intermediate conveying belt 3, and subsequent sorting is facilitated; when the feathers input by the upper feeding conveying belt 1 are connected into a group, the feathers can also be scattered through the overturning action of the roller 22 and the poking plate 25, and the blocking condition does not occur; since the poking plate 25 cannot drive the grouped feathers to move to the conveying belt, the condition that the feathers are grouped and fed does not occur, the reliability of feather feeding is high, the trouble of manually frequently trimming feathers is saved, and the feeding process is maintenance-free.

[0049] After the feathers are moved to the sorting conveying belt 4 through the intermediate conveying belt 3, the camera 41 shoots the arrangement of the feathers on the sorting conveying belt 4, and then controls the movement of the mechanical hand device 5 and the pneumatic clamping jaw 52 through the control system and software, so that the feathers with a length in a set range are clamped out of the sorting conveying belt 4 and moved to the lower machine such as the feather arranging machine, the pipe cutting machine or the feather punching machine beside the sorting conveying belt 4.

[0050] Embodiment two:

[0051] With reference to Figure 4 A feather sorting pipeline, the difference between the embodiment two and the embodiment one is that the vibration feeder 6 is further included, and the inlet and outlet ends of the vibration feeder 6 are connected in series in the pipeline.

[0052] The vibration feeder 6 in the embodiment is located between the intermediate conveying belt 3 and the sorting conveying belt 4.

[0053] The vibration feeder 6 includes a base frame 61, the base frame 61 is connected with a top frame 63 through a spring 1 62, the top frame 63 is fixed with a vibration motor 64, the top frame 63 is provided with a guide plate 65, the top surface of the guide plate 65 is provided with a plurality of sliding grooves 66, the sliding grooves 66 are used for slidingly passing the feathers, and the top frame 63 generates vibration when the vibration motor 64 works. The guide plate 65 can be provided with a plurality of guide plates 65, the height positions of the plurality of guide plates 65 are sequentially lowered according to the feeding direction, the height of the vibration feeder 6 is lowered in stages, and the outlet position of the vibration feeder 6 can be adapted to the height position of the sorting conveying belt 4.

[0054] The vibrating feeder 6 is used to vibrate the feathers output by the intermediate conveying belt 3, so that the feathers are more scattered, thereby facilitating subsequent sorting.

[0055] Embodiment three:

[0056] With reference to Figure 5 The difference between the feather sorting assembly line of embodiment three and that of embodiment two is that the vibrating feeder 6 of the former is located between the feeding conveying belt 1 and the roller feeding device 2.

[0057] The combination of the vibrating feeder 6 and the roller feeding device 2 can further enhance the reliability of feather feeding, avoid blockage, and improve the final dispersion of feathers. Whether the vibrating feeder 6 is located in front of the roller feeding device 2 or behind the roller feeding device 2, the effect can be achieved.

[0058] In addition, the intermediate conveying belt 3 includes at least two serially connected sub-conveying belts 31, the height positions of the sub-conveying belts 31 are sequentially lowered according to the feeding direction, and the running speeds of the sub-conveying belts 31 are sequentially increased according to the feeding direction. Through the at least two sub-conveying belts 31, on the one hand, the height of the feeding is gradually lowered, so that the final discharge position can be adapted to the height position of the sorting conveying belt 4; on the other hand, the multi-stage sub-conveying belts 31 with increasing speed can help to further disperse the feathers.

[0059] Embodiment four:

[0060] With reference to Figure 6 The difference between the feather sorting assembly line of embodiment four and that of embodiments one to three is that multiple sets of the camera 41 and the mechanical hand device 5 are arranged along the length direction of the sorting conveying belt 4.

[0061] Through the multiple mechanical hand devices 5, a flow production line is formed, and the sorted feathers can be moved to different lower machines for simultaneous processing, or can be moved to multiple sets of the same lower machine for simultaneous processing, thereby improving the production efficiency.

[0062] Embodiment five:

[0063] With reference to Figure 7 The difference between the feather sorting assembly line of embodiment five and that of embodiments one to four is that the number of pneumatic clamping jaws 52 on the mounting seat 51 is two.

[0064] Through the installation of two pneumatic clamping jaws 52 on one mechanical hand device 5, single grabbing and single placing or double grabbing and double placing can be realized, thereby improving the flexibility and efficiency of sorting; the two hands can also be used to cooperatively grab and place the feathers for the next lower machine, thereby improving the stability of grabbing long feathers.

[0065] The above are all preferred embodiments of the present application, and do not limit the protection scope of the present application, so that: all equivalent changes made according to the structure, shape, principle of the present application should be covered in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A feather sorting production line, comprising a feeding conveyor belt (1) and a sorting conveyor belt (4), wherein a robotic arm device (5) is provided beside the sorting conveyor belt (4), characterized in that: It also includes a roller feeding device (2) and an intermediate conveyor belt (3). The roller feeding device (2) is located between the feeding conveyor belt (1) and the sorting conveyor belt (4). The roller feeding device (2) includes a base (21). The base (21) is provided with a roller (22) driven by a motor. The end face of the roller (22) is provided with a feed inlet (23) and a discharge outlet (24). The input end of the intermediate conveyor belt (3) is inserted into the discharge outlet (24). Multiple baffles (25) are installed circumferentially on the inner wall of the roller (22).

2. The feather sorting production line according to claim 1, characterized in that: The base (21) is rotatably connected to a rotating rod (27), and a number of levers (28) are fixed on the outer wall of the rotating rod (27). The levers (28) are located inside the roller (22).

3. The feather sorting assembly line according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a vibrating feeder (6), the inlet and outlet ends of which are connected in series in the production line. The vibrating feeder (6) includes a base frame (61), and the base frame (61) is connected to a top frame (63) by a spring (62). The top frame (63) is fixed with a vibrating motor (64).

4. A feather sorting production line according to claim 3, characterized in that: The top frame (63) is provided with a guide plate (65), and the top surface of the guide plate (65) is provided with multiple grooves (66).

5. A feather sorting production line according to claim 1, characterized in that: The robotic arm device (5) includes a mounting base (51) located at the movable end, on which a pneumatic gripper (52) is mounted.

6. A feather sorting production line according to claim 5, characterized in that: The pneumatic gripper (52) has a stop bar (53) fixed at its gripper end, and the stop bar (53) extends toward the other gripper.

7. A feather sorting production line according to claim 5, characterized in that: The pneumatic gripper (52) is fixed with a clamping seat (54), and a guide rod (55) is fixed on the clamping seat (54). The guide rod (55) is slidably connected to the mounting base (51). A limit block (56) is fixed at the end of the guide rod (55) that passes through the mounting base (51). A spring (57) is installed between the mounting base (51) and the clamping seat (54).

8. A feather sorting production line according to claim 1, characterized in that: The intermediate conveyor belt (3) includes at least two connected sub-conveyor belts (31), the height of the sub-conveyor belts (31) is set to decrease sequentially according to the feeding direction, and the running speed of the sub-conveyor belts (31) is set to increase sequentially according to the feeding direction.

9. A feather sorting production line according to claim 1, characterized in that: A camera (41) is fixed on the frame of the sorting conveyor belt (4). The camera (41) is located above the sorting conveyor belt (4) and is set downwards.

10. A feather sorting production line according to claim 9, characterized in that: Multiple sets of the camera (41) and robotic arm device (5) are installed along the length of the sorting conveyor belt (4).

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