Material bin feeding and receiving mechanism and fully automatic material handling machine

Abstract

This utility model discloses a bin feeding and receiving mechanism, including a bin conveying component, a bin recycling component, a lifting drive component, and a bin grabbing hook component. The bin conveying component and the bin recycling component are arranged in layers on different planes. The lifting drive component includes a first linear drive module, a slider, a support arm, and a lifting plate. The first linear drive module drives the slider to move. One end of the support arm is connected to the slider, and the other end is connected to the lifting plate. The first linear drive module drives the slider to move the lifting plate up and down, allowing the lifting plate to switch between the plane where the bin conveying component and the plane where the bin recycling component are located. The bin grabbing hook component is used to grab bins on the lifting plate and place them onto the bin recycling component. The bin feeding and receiving mechanism disclosed in this utility model can realize a continuous cycle of full bin conveying and empty bin recycling. This utility model also discloses a fully automatic material handling machine.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to the technical field of material bin feeding and receiving mechanisms and automatic material handling machines, specifically, to a material bin feeding and receiving mechanism and a fully automatic material handling machine. Background Technology

[0002] With the advancement of technology and the popularization of various smart electronic products, material display screens are widely used in consumer electronics and communication products. The high frequency of electronic product upgrades has resulted in a huge demand for display screen cover materials.

[0003] In traditional deep-processing production lines, materials are typically placed in dedicated bins and transported manually or by conveyor belts to the picking station. Operators then remove the materials piece by piece and transport them to downstream equipment. However, the traditional approach results in a fragmented layout of equipment, with independent devices handling functions such as picking, empty box handling, and waste collection. This requires a significant lateral distance for manual handling, leading to low space utilization. Furthermore, both material picking and empty box recycling require manual operation, resulting in high labor intensity. Repeated operations over extended periods can easily cause scratches and damage to materials, affecting the yield of subsequent processes. Utility Model Content

[0004] The purpose of this utility model is to provide a material box feeding and receiving mechanism that can realize a continuous cycle of full box conveying and empty box recycling, which can be operated without too many staff members and can save a lot of manpower and material resources.

[0005] The technical solution adopted by the material box feeding and receiving mechanism disclosed in this utility model is:

[0006] A bin feeding and receiving mechanism includes a bin conveying component, a bin recycling component, a lifting drive component, and a bin gripping hook component. The bin conveying component and the bin recycling component are arranged in layers on different planes. The lifting drive component is located at one end of the bin conveying component and the bin recycling component. The lifting drive component includes a first linear drive module, a slider, a support arm, and a lifting plate. The first linear drive module drives the slider to move. One end of the support arm is connected to the slider, and the other end is connected to the lifting plate. The first linear drive module drives the lifting plate to move up and down by driving the slider, so that the lifting plate switches between the plane where the bin conveying component is located and the plane where the bin recycling component is located. The bin gripping hook component is used to grab the bins on the lifting plate and place them onto the bin recycling component.

[0007] As a preferred embodiment, the lifting drive assembly further includes a first drive motor and a sensor. The first drive motor is used to drive a first linear drive module, and the sensor is vertically distributed on the first linear drive module. The lifting plate or the first slider is provided with a sensing element corresponding to the sensor.

[0008] As a preferred embodiment, the material box gripping hook assembly includes a first telescopic cylinder, a movable block, a linear guide rail, and a hook assembly. The output end of the first telescopic cylinder is fixed to the movable block, the movable block is slidably disposed on the linear guide rail, the movable block is provided with a mounting groove, and the hook assembly is movably installed in the mounting groove.

[0009] As a preferred embodiment, the hook assembly includes a rotating plate and a torsion spring. The rotating plate is movably connected to the movable block. The rotating plate is provided with a groove, and the torsion spring is disposed in the groove. One end of the torsion spring abuts against the inner sidewall of the groove, and the other end abuts against the bottom surface of the mounting groove.

[0010] As a preferred embodiment, one side of the rotating plate is provided with a guide slope, and the other side of the rotating plate is provided with a top holding plane, which cooperates with the bottom of the material box.

[0011] As a preferred embodiment, the hopper conveying assembly includes a conveying mounting frame, a conveyor belt, conveyor rollers, and a conveyor motor. The conveyor belt is mounted on the conveying mounting frame, and the conveyor motor is used to drive the conveyor belt.

[0012] As a preferred embodiment, the bin recycling assembly includes a recycling mounting frame and recycling conveying rollers. The recycling mounting frame is located at the lower end of the conveying mounting frame, the recycling conveying rollers are located on the recycling mounting frame, a crossbeam plate is fixedly installed on the recycling mounting frame, and the bin grabbing hook assembly is fixed on the crossbeam plate.

[0013] The purpose of this utility model is to provide a bin delivery and collection mechanism. The bin conveying component can transport bins containing materials, and the empty bins are then transferred to the bin collection component via the lifting plate of the lifting drive component. The bin grabbing hook component then performs unidirectional grabbing and collection of the transferred bins. After completing one empty bin transfer, the lifting plate immediately returns to the upper layer to receive empty bins from the bin conveying component again. This enables a continuous cycle of full bin delivery and empty bin collection, which can be operated without requiring many staff members, saving a lot of manpower and resources.

[0014] The purpose of this utility model is to provide a fully automatic material handling machine with a compact overall structure. This fully automatic material handling machine can automatically handle materials and simultaneously recover empty boxes within the same machine, thereby reducing floor space, saving manpower, and improving the continuous operation capability of the production line.

[0015] The technical solution adopted by the fully automatic material handling machine disclosed in this utility model is:

[0016] A fully automatic material handling machine includes a material handling component, a material conveying component, and the aforementioned hopper delivery and receiving mechanism. The material handling component is used to handle the hopper conveyed by the hopper conveying component, and the material conveying component is used to convey the material taken out of the hopper by the material handling component.

[0017] As a preferred embodiment, the material handling assembly includes a second linear drive module, a second drive motor, a second telescopic cylinder, a rotary cylinder, a rotating shaft, and a suction nozzle. The second drive motor drives the second linear drive module, and the second linear drive module is movably connected to a second slider. The second telescopic cylinder and the second slider are fixedly connected. The rotary cylinder is fixed to the output end of the second telescopic cylinder. One end of the rotating shaft is connected to the output end of the rotary cylinder, and the suction nozzle is spaced and sleeved on the rotating shaft.

[0018] As a preferred embodiment, the second telescopic cylinder is equipped with an isolation plate drive cylinder, which is located above the rotary cylinder, and an isolation plate is fixed to the output end of the isolation plate drive cylinder.

[0019] The advantages of the fully automatic material handling machine disclosed in this utility model are as follows: the material box containing the material is transported to the position to be picked up by the material box conveying component. The material picking component adsorbs the material in the material box and places it on the material conveying component for picking and processing. When all the material in the material box has been picked up, the lifting plate of the lifting drive component vertically transfers the empty material box to the material box recovery component, and the empty box is immediately recovered by the material box grabbing hook component, forming a continuous operation cycle. The overall equipment has a compact structure and can complete the automatic picking of materials and the simultaneous recovery of empty boxes in the same equipment, thereby reducing the footprint, saving manpower and improving the continuous operation capability of the production line. Attached Figure Description

[0020] Figure 1 This is a structural schematic diagram of the fully automatic material handling machine of this utility model.

[0021] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the material box feeding and receiving mechanism of this utility model.

[0022] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the lifting drive assembly in the material box feeding and receiving mechanism of this utility model.

[0023] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the material box grabbing hook assembly in the material box feeding and receiving mechanism of this utility model.

[0024] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the material handling component in the fully automatic material handling machine of this utility model. Detailed Implementation

[0025] The present invention will be further described and illustrated below with reference to specific embodiments and the accompanying drawings:

[0026] Please refer to Figures 1 to 5 A bin feeding and receiving mechanism includes a main support, a bin conveying assembly 10, a bin recycling assembly 20, a lifting drive assembly 30, and a bin grabbing hook assembly 40. The bin conveying assembly 10 and the bin recycling assembly 20 are arranged in layers on different planes. The lifting drive assembly 30 is located at one end of the bin conveying assembly 10 and the bin recycling assembly 20, and the bin grabbing hook assembly 40 is located at the bottom end of the bin recycling assembly 20.

[0027] The material box conveying assembly 10 includes a conveying mounting frame 11, a conveying belt 12, conveying rollers, and a conveying motor. The conveying mounting frame 12 is connected to the main support. The conveying belt 11 is mounted on the conveying mounting frame 12. The conveying motor is used to drive the conveying rollers and move the conveying belt 12.

[0028] The conveyor belt 12 is provided with a placement area and a picking area. The placement area is used to receive material boxes containing materials in sequence and transport them to the picking area via a conveyor motor. The picking area is used to pick up the materials from the material boxes. After the material boxes are picked up, the empty material boxes are transported to the lifting drive assembly 30 via a conveyor for recycling and are picked up by the material box grabbing hook assembly 40 and transported on the conveyor belt 12 of the material box recycling assembly 20.

[0029] The bin recycling assembly 20 includes a recycling mounting frame 21 and recycling transfer rollers 22. The recycling mounting frame 21 is located at the lower end of the conveying mounting frame 11 and is fixed to the conveying mounting frame 11. The recycling transfer rollers 22 are arranged on the recycling mounting frame 21 and are used to support and transfer the bins. A crossbeam plate 23 is fixedly installed on the recycling mounting frame 21. The bin grabbing hook assembly 30 is fixed on the crossbeam plate 23, and the bins are transferred and recycled on the transfer rollers 22 by the bin grabbing hook assembly 30. The transfer rollers 22 can be replaced by a belt conveyor, a ball conveyor, or a roller conveyor.

[0030] The main support includes at least one set of the aforementioned bin recycling components 20. Different bin recycling components 20 are arranged in layers. The bin recycling components 20 can be configured to recycle bins of different specifications and sizes, or materials of different specifications and sizes can be uniformly recycled onto the same bin recycling component 20. Each set of bin recycling components 20 uses a bin grabbing hook component 40 for bin recycling. Multiple bin recycling components 20 can recycle or classify more empty bins. The bins can be transported to different bin recycling components 20 for recycling by a lifting drive component 30, effectively realizing multi-layer continuous buffering and classified recycling. The lifting drive component 30 dynamically switches between bin recycling components 20, allowing empty bins to be stacked layer by layer without stopping the machine. Thus, while ensuring a compact layout, the recycling capacity per unit space is multiplied, reducing the frequency of manual intervention and operating costs.

[0031] The lifting drive assembly 30 includes a lifting mounting frame, a first linear drive module 31, a slider 32, a support arm 33, and a lifting plate 34. The lifting mounting frame is located on one side of the conveying mounting frame 11 and the recycling mounting frame 12. The first linear drive module 31 drives the slider 32 to move. One end of the support arm 33 is connected to the slider 32, and the other end is connected to the lifting plate 34. The first linear drive module 31 drives the lifting plate 34 to move up and down by driving the slider 32, and switches between the material box conveying assembly 10 and the material box recycling assembly 20.

[0032] In this embodiment, the lifting drive assembly 30 is provided with a baffle plate on its lifting mounting frame. The baffle plate is opposite to the conveyor belt 12 of the material box conveying assembly 10 and is used to limit the excessive displacement of the material box under inertia, so as to ensure that the material box stops accurately at the preset position of the lifting plate 34. Furthermore, the baffle plate is provided with a buffer pad or hydraulic buffer on its inner side to absorb the impact force when the material box contacts, and to prevent rigid collision from causing damage to the material box or mechanism.

[0033] The lifting drive assembly 30 also includes a first drive motor 35 and a sensor. The first drive motor 35 is used to drive the first linear drive module 31. The sensor is vertically distributed on the first linear drive module 31. The lifting plate 34 or the first slider 32 is provided with a sensing element corresponding to the sensor.

[0034] The sensing element is a metal sheet extending from the same side as the sensor. The metal sheet moves synchronously with the lifting plate 34 or the slider 32. The metal sheet can sense the sensor, ensuring that the lifting plate 34 is completely flush with the conveying surface of the material box conveying assembly 10 or the material box recycling assembly 20, which is beneficial to the stable conveying of the material box.

[0035] The material box gripper assembly 40 includes a first telescopic cylinder 41, a movable block 42, a linear guide rail 43, and a hook assembly 44. The output end of the first telescopic cylinder 41 is fixed to the movable block 42. The movable block 42 is slidably disposed on the linear guide rail 43. The movable block 42 is provided with a mounting groove. The hook assembly 44 is movably installed in the mounting groove.

[0036] The hook assembly 44 includes a rotating plate 441, a torsion spring 442, and a rotating shaft. The rotating shaft passes laterally through the mounting groove. The rotating plate 441 is hinged to the movable block 42 via the rotating shaft, and the rotating plate 441 can swing around the rotating shaft within the mounting groove. The torsion spring 442 is sleeved on the rotating shaft, with one end of its support abutting against the rotating plate 441 and the other end abutting against the bottom surface of the mounting groove, so as to provide a restoring elastic force to keep the rotating plate 441 in a vertical blocking posture.

[0037] In this embodiment, the bottom of the loaded hopper is provided with a locking plate for cooperating with the rotating plate 441, so that the hook assembly 44 can hook the hopper out of the lifting plate 34.

[0038] When the lifting plate 34 lowers the material box to the material box recycling assembly 20 for recycling, the first telescopic cylinder 41 drives the movable block 42 to extend along the linear guide rail 43. When the movable block 42 moves to the bottom of the material box and touches the rotating plate 441, the bottom of the material box first presses against the guide slope of the rotating plate 441, causing the rotating plate 441 to overcome the elastic force of the torsion spring 442 and flip inward to avoid it. After the bottom of the material box has completely passed the rotating plate 441, the torsion spring 442 drives the rotating plate 441 to quickly spring back to the vertical position. Then the first telescopic cylinder 41 retracts, and the top holding plane of the rotating plate 441 completely hooks the bottom of the material box. The clamping plate of the part can pull the entire material box away from the lifting plate 34 and smoothly drag it into the recycling transfer roller 22 of the material box recycling assembly 20 for recycling and transportation; after one material box is taken, the first telescopic cylinder 41 drives the movable block 42 to extend along the linear guide rail 43 again, and the rotating plate 441 is disengaged from the clamping plate at the bottom of the previous material box by the elastic force of the torsion spring 442. After passing the front end of the next material box, the torsion spring 442 is released instantly, the rotating plate 441 springs back to reset, and the top holding plane is clamped into the clamping plate at the bottom of the material box again. The above work process is repeated to achieve continuous and uninterrupted automatic recycling of each material box, with high material box recycling efficiency.

[0039] The material box conveying assembly 10 can transport the material boxes containing materials on the conveyor belt 12. When the material box is transported to the picking area, the conveyor belt 12 stops conveying and picks up the material at the same time. After the material box is picked up, the conveyor belt 12 starts again to transport the material box to the lifting plate 34 of the lifting drive assembly 30. Then the lifting plate 34 of the lifting drive assembly 30 is transferred to the material box recycling assembly 20. Then the material box grabbing hook assembly 40 realizes the one-way grabbing and recycling of the transferred material box. After the lifting plate 34 completes one empty box transfer, it immediately returns to the upper layer to receive the empty box picked up by the material box conveying assembly 10 again. It can realize a continuous cycle of full box conveying and empty box recycling. It can be operated without too many staff, which can save a lot of manpower and material resources.

[0040] This utility model also discloses a fully automatic material handling machine, including a material handling component 50, a material conveying component 60, and the aforementioned hopper delivery and receiving mechanism. The material handling component 50 is used to pick up the hopper conveyed by the hopper conveying component 10. The material conveying component 60 is mounted on the main support and is used to convey the material picked up from the hopper by the material handling component 50 to the workstation for processing.

[0041] The material handling assembly 50 includes a second linear drive module 51, a second drive motor 52, a second telescopic cylinder 53, a rotary cylinder 54, a rotating shaft 55, and a suction nozzle 56. The second drive motor 52 drives the second linear drive module 51. The second linear drive module 51 is movably connected to a second slider 32. The second telescopic cylinder 53 and the second slider 32 are fixedly connected. The rotary cylinder 54 is fixed on the output end of the second telescopic cylinder 53. One end of the rotating shaft 55 is connected to the output end of the rotary cylinder 54. The suction nozzle 56 is spaced and sleeved on the rotating shaft 55.

[0042] The second telescopic cylinder 53 is equipped with an isolation plate drive cylinder 57, which is located above the rotary cylinder 54. An isolation plate 58 is fixed to the output end of the isolation plate drive cylinder 57.

[0043] The second linear drive module 51 can drive the second telescopic cylinder 53 to move through the second drive motor 52. The telescopic cylinder moves back and forth on the conveyor belt of the hopper conveying component 10 and the material conveying component 60, and can adsorb the material from the hopper conveying component to the material conveying component 60.

[0044] When the second drive motor 52 starts, the second linear drive module 51 moves towards the material picking area of ​​the material box conveying component 10. When the entire set of suction nozzles 56 is delivered directly above the material box, it stops. The isolation plate drive cylinder 57 extends, and the isolation plate 58 descends vertically to insert into the gap between two adjacent pieces of material, physically separating the spaced materials to prevent them from being sucked in together. After confirming that the isolation plate 58 is in place, the second telescopic cylinder 53 extends downward, and the entire row of suction nozzles 56 descends to the side of the material. Then, the vacuum valve automatically opens, and the suction nozzles 56 firmly adsorb the material. After adsorption is completed, the second telescopic cylinder 53 retracts, and the entire row of suction nozzles 56, carrying the material, rises vertically, and the material completely detaches from the material box. Subsequently, the isolation plate drive cylinder 57 retracts and resets the isolation plate 58, releasing the obstruction to the lower layer of material. Then, the second linear drive module 51 transports the adsorbed material to the material conveying component 60. The rotary cylinder 54 drives the rotating shaft 55 to rotate, so that the material on the suction nozzles 56 is set parallel to the material conveying component 60. The vacuum is closed, and the material is placed smoothly on the conveyor line, and then the next picking cycle continues.

[0045] The conveyor belt 12 of the material box conveying component 10 transports the material box containing the material to the position to be picked up. The material picking component 50 absorbs the material in the material box and places it on the material transfer component 60 for picking and processing. When all the material in the material box has been picked up, the lifting plate 34 of the lifting drive component 30 vertically transfers the empty material box to the material box recycling component 20, and the empty box is immediately recycled by the material box grab hook component 40, forming a continuous operation cycle. The overall equipment has a compact structure and is a fully automatic material picking machine that can complete the automatic picking of materials and the simultaneous recycling of empty boxes in the same equipment, so as to reduce the footprint, save manpower and improve the continuous operation capability of the production line.

[0046] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of this utility model, and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of this utility model. Although this utility model has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that modifications or equivalent substitutions can be made to the technical solutions of this utility model without departing from the essence and scope of the technical solutions of this utility model.

Claims

1. A material bin feeding and receiving mechanism, characterized in that, The device includes a bin conveying assembly, a bin recycling assembly, a lifting drive assembly, and a bin gripping hook assembly. The bin conveying assembly and the bin recycling assembly are arranged in layers on different planes. The lifting drive assembly is located at one end of the bin conveying assembly and the bin recycling assembly. The lifting drive assembly includes a first linear drive module, a slider, a support arm, and a lifting plate. The first linear drive module drives the slider to move. One end of the support arm is connected to the slider, and the other end is connected to the lifting plate. The first linear drive module drives the slider to move the lifting plate up and down, so that the lifting plate switches between the plane where the bin conveying assembly is located and the plane where the bin recycling assembly is located. The bin gripping hook assembly is used to grab the bins on the lifting plate and place them onto the bin recycling assembly.

2. The material box feeding and receiving mechanism as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The lifting drive assembly further includes a first drive motor and a sensor. The first drive motor is used to drive a first linear drive module. The sensor is vertically distributed on the first linear drive module. The lifting plate or the first slider is provided with a sensing element corresponding to the sensor.

3. The material box feeding and receiving mechanism as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The material box gripper assembly includes a first telescopic cylinder, a movable block, a linear guide rail, and a claw assembly. The output end of the first telescopic cylinder is fixed to the movable block, the movable block is slidably disposed on the linear guide rail, the movable block is provided with a mounting groove, and the claw assembly is movably installed in the mounting groove.

4. The material box feeding and receiving mechanism as described in claim 3, characterized in that, The hook assembly includes a rotating plate and a torsion spring. The rotating plate is movably connected to the movable block. The rotating plate has a groove, and the torsion spring is disposed in the groove. One end of the torsion spring abuts against the inner wall of the groove, and the other end abuts against the bottom surface of the mounting groove.

5. The material box feeding and receiving mechanism as described in claim 4, characterized in that, One side of the rotating plate is provided with a guide slope, and the other side of the rotating plate is provided with a top holding plane, which cooperates with the bottom of the material box.

6. The material box feeding and receiving mechanism as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The material box conveying assembly includes a conveying mounting frame, a conveyor belt, conveyor rollers, and a conveyor motor. The conveyor belt is mounted on the conveying mounting frame, and the conveyor motor is used to drive the conveyor belt.

7. The material bin feeding and receiving mechanism as described in claim 6, characterized in that, The bin recycling assembly includes a recycling mounting frame and recycling conveying rollers. The recycling mounting frame is located at the lower end of the conveying mounting frame, the recycling conveying rollers are located on the recycling mounting frame, a crossbeam plate is fixedly installed on the recycling mounting frame, and the bin grabbing hook assembly is fixed on the crossbeam plate.

8. A fully automatic material handling machine, characterized in that, It includes a material picking component, a material conveying component, and a hopper delivery and receiving mechanism as described in any one of claims 1-7. The material picking component is used to pick up the hopper conveyed by the hopper conveying component, and the material conveying component is used to convey the material picked up from the hopper by the material picking component.

9. The fully automatic material handling machine as described in claim 8, characterized in that, The material handling assembly includes a second linear drive module, a second drive motor, a second telescopic cylinder, a rotary cylinder, a rotating shaft, and a suction nozzle. The second drive motor drives the second linear drive module, and the second linear drive module is movably connected to a second slider. The second telescopic cylinder and the second slider are fixedly connected. The rotary cylinder is fixed on the output end of the second telescopic cylinder. One end of the rotating shaft is connected to the output end of the rotary cylinder, and the suction nozzle is spaced and sleeved on the rotating shaft.

10. The fully automatic material handling machine as described in claim 9, characterized in that, The second telescopic cylinder is equipped with an isolation plate drive cylinder, which is located above the rotary cylinder, and an isolation plate is fixed to the output end of the isolation plate drive cylinder.

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