Continuous curve conveying mechanism
By using a design with two sets of guide rails for differential drive and sensor detection, the problems of slow speed and weak load-bearing capacity of traditional conveyor belts at turns are solved, achieving faster, more flexible turning and greater load-bearing capacity.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-05-29
- Publication Date
- 2026-04-10
AI Technical Summary
Traditional conveyor belts require gaps at bends, resulting in slow speeds and weak load-bearing capacity, making it difficult to achieve flexible and efficient turning.
It employs two sets of guide rails and drive structures, and uses differential drive to achieve steering of the transport platform. Combined with the bending design of the guide rails, it uses sensors to detect the platform position and adjust the speed.
It enables faster and more flexible steering, improves load-bearing capacity, and avoids the speed limitations of traditional conveyor belts at turns.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model belongs to the technical field of conveyer belt, especially relates to a continuous curved channel conveying mechanism. BACKGROUND
[0002] The conveying line occupies a very important position in the automatic production, is the main tool of transporting between the series of each station, and the traditional conveying belt is generally along the straight line transportation, so the two conveying belts of vertical setting are generally used in the place needing turning, so as to complete the turning, although there is some conveying belt of turning at a certain angle at present, but in order to turn, the gap between the chain plates is left, and the conveying belt is slow, and the load capacity is weak. SUMMARY
[0003] In order to solve the above technical problems, one of the technical schemes adopted by the utility model is: a continuous curved channel conveying mechanism, which comprises a mechanism body composed of a frame and a track, a transportation platform is arranged on the track, the track comprises at least two groups of guide rails, which are a first guide rail and a second guide rail, and the guide rails are arranged on both sides of the transportation platform, a third guide rail is arranged on the first guide rail, and a fourth guide rail is further arranged on the second guide rail.
[0004] Driving structures are arranged in the two groups of guide rails, the driving structure comprises a driving element and a chain plate assembly arranged in the first guide rail and the second guide rail, and the driving element drives the chain plate assembly to rotate circularly in the guide rail.
[0005] A plurality of sensors are further arranged on the outer sides of the first guide rail and the second guide rail, and the sensors are used for detecting the position of the transportation platform.
[0006] Further, the sensor comprises a fixed block fixedly connected with the guide rail and an adjusting block arranged perpendicularly with the fixed block, an iron sheet is fixedly connected on the adjusting block, a first adjusting rod is further arranged on the fixed block, a second adjusting rod is further arranged on the first adjusting rod, and the first adjusting rod and the second adjusting rod are used for adjusting the position of the iron sheet.
[0007] Further, the chain plate assembly is composed of a plurality of chain plates connected in series, and the chain plates are connected with the driving element through a chain wheel.
[0008] Further, the guide rail comprises a straight section and a curved section, the starting point of the straight section is denoted as point A, the intersection point of the end of the straight section and the curved section is denoted as point B, the intersection point of the end of the curved section and the straight section is denoted as point C, and the end of the straight section is denoted as point D, and the sensors are arranged at points A, B, C and D.
[0009] Further, the third guide rail has a smaller turning radius than the first guide rail, and the fourth guide rail has a larger turning radius than the second guide rail, when the transport platform enters the straight section between A and B, the two groups of driving structures have the same speed, and when the transport platform enters the curved section between B and C, the outer driving structure has a larger speed than the inner driving structure.
[0010] Further, the driving element is a motor.
[0011] The utility model discloses beneficial effect:
[0012] The utility model discloses two groups of guide rails drive the transport platform respectively, when two groups of driving structures rotate at the same speed, the transport platform is linearly advanced, when two groups of driving structures rotate at different speeds, the transport platform can be deflected to one side, and the bending of the guide rail is matched, so that the steering can be completed, and because two groups of driving structures are used, the carrying capacity is larger, and two groups of driving structures only need to control certain speed to steer, so that the steering speed is faster, and the steering is more flexible. DRAWINGS
[0013] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical scheme in the embodiments of the utility model or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed to be used in the embodiment or the prior art description, and obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the utility model, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without paying creative labor.
[0014] Figure 1 It is the whole structure schematic diagram of the utility model;
[0015] Figure 2 It is the guide rail overhead schematic diagram (red is curved section) of the utility model;
[0016] Figure 3 It is the third guide rail and fourth guide rail schematic diagram (red part) of the utility model;
[0017] Figure 4 It is the utility model Figure 1 The enlarged schematic diagram of partial E;
[0018] Figure 5 It is the chain plate assembly straight section schematic diagram of the utility model;
[0019] Figure 6 It is the chain plate assembly curved section schematic diagram of the utility model;
[0020] Mark explanation:
[0021] 1. Frame; 2. Track; 21. First guide rail; 22. Second guide rail; 23. Third guide rail; 24. Fourth guide rail; 3. Transport platform; 4. Drive structure; 41. Drive element; 42. Chain plate assembly; 5. Sensor; 51. Fixing block; 52. Adjusting block; 53. Iron sheet; 54. First adjusting rod; 55. Second adjusting rod. Detailed Implementation
[0022] The preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, so that the advantages and features of the present invention can be more easily understood by those skilled in the art, thereby making a clearer and more definite definition of the scope of protection of the present invention. Specific Implementation Example 1:
[0024] like Figures 1 to 6 As shown, a continuous curved conveyor mechanism includes a mechanism body composed of a frame 1 and a track 2. A transport platform 3 is mounted on the track 2. The track 2 includes at least two sets of guide rails, namely a first guide rail 21 and a second guide rail 22, which are respectively located on both sides of the transport platform 3. A third guide rail 23 is mounted on the first guide rail 21, and a fourth guide rail 24 is mounted on the second guide rail 22. The guide rails have straight sections and curved sections. The starting point of the straight section is denoted as point A, the intersection point of the straight section and the curved section is denoted as point B, the intersection point of the curved section and the straight section is denoted as point C, and the ending point of the straight section is denoted as point D. The sensor 5 is located at points A, B, C, and D. The radius of the turning point of the third guide rail 23 is smaller than that of the first guide rail 21, and the radius of the turning point of the fourth guide rail 24 is larger than that of the second guide rail 22. When the transport platform 3 enters the straight section between A and B, the speeds of the two sets of drive structures 4 are the same. When entering the curved section between B and C, the speed of the outer drive structure 4 is greater than that of the inner drive structure 4. When the inner and outer movement speeds differ, the transport platform can turn. To detect the position of the transport platform for speed adjustment, several sensors 5 are also provided on the outer sides of the first guide rail 21 and the second guide rail 22. These sensors 5 are used to detect the position of the transport platform 3. Specifically, each sensor 5 includes a fixed block 51 fixedly connected to the guide rail and an adjusting block 52 perpendicularly arranged to the fixed block 51. An iron plate 53 is fixedly connected to the adjusting block 52. The fixed block 51 is also provided with a first adjusting rod 54 and a second adjusting rod 55. The first adjusting rod 54 and the second adjusting rod 55 are used to adjust the position of the iron plate 53. Both sets of guide rails are provided with a drive structure 4. The drive structure 4 includes a drive element 41 and a chain plate assembly 42 disposed in the first guide rail 21 and the second guide rail 22. The drive element 41 drives the chain plate assembly 42 to rotate cyclically within the guide rail. Specifically, the chain plate assembly 42 is composed of several chain plates connected in series, and the chain plates are connected to the drive element 41 through sprockets. It can be understood that the driving element 41 is a motor.
[0025] The above merely illustrates the embodiments of the present application, and does not limit the patent scope of the present application, and any equivalent structural transformation or direct or indirect application in other related technical fields based on the content of the present application specification and drawings are also included in the patent protection scope of the present application.
Claims
1. A continuous curved conveyor comprising a body of the conveyor consisting of a frame (1) and a track (2) with a transport platform (3) on the track (2), characterized in that: The track (2) comprises at least two groups of guide rails, namely a first guide rail (21) and a second guide rail (22), which are respectively arranged on both sides of the transportation platform (3); the first guide rail (21) is provided with a third guide rail (23), and the second guide rail (22) is further provided with a fourth guide rail (24); Both groups of the guide rails are provided with a driving structure (4), the driving structure (4) comprises a driving element (41) and a chain plate assembly (42) arranged in the first guide rail (21) and the second guide rail (22), and the driving element (41) drives the chain plate assembly (42) to rotate in the guide rail in a circulating manner; The outer side of the first guide rail (21) and the second guide rail (22) is further provided with a plurality of sensors (5), and the sensors (5) are used for detecting the position of the transportation platform (3).
2. A continuous curve conveyor according to claim 1, characterized in that: The sensor (5) comprises a fixed block (51) fixedly connected with the guide rail and an adjusting block (52) arranged perpendicularly to the fixed block (51), an iron sheet (53) is fixedly connected to the adjusting block (52), a first adjusting rod (54) is further arranged on the fixed block (51), a second adjusting rod (55) is further arranged on the first adjusting rod (54), and the first adjusting rod (54) and the second adjusting rod (55) are used for adjusting the position of the iron sheet (53).
3. A continuous curve conveyor according to claim 1, wherein: The chain plate assembly (42) is composed of a plurality of chain plates connected in series, and the chain plates are connected with the driving element (41) through a chain wheel.
4. A continuous curve conveyor according to claim 1, wherein: The guide rail comprises a straight section and a curved section, the starting point of the straight section is denoted as point A, the intersection point between the end of the straight section and the curved section is denoted as point B, the intersection point between the end of the curved section and the straight section is denoted as point C, and the end of the straight section is denoted as point D, and the sensor (5) is arranged at points A, B, C and D.
5. A continuous curve conveyor according to claim 1, wherein: The radius of the third guide rail (23) at the turning portion is smaller than that of the first guide rail (21), the radius of the fourth guide rail (24) at the turning portion is larger than that of the second guide rail (22), when the transportation platform (3) enters the straight section between points A and B, the speeds of the two groups of driving structures (4) are the same, when the transportation platform (3) enters the curved section between points B and C, the speed of the outer driving structure (4) is greater than that of the inner driving structure (4).
6. A continuous curve conveyor according to claim 1, wherein: The driving element (41) is a motor.