System for transferring articles

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a kind of transfer system of article, it is related to industrial equipment technical field.The article transfer system includes detection device, the grabber of article, the conveying track of article and article receiving tray;The detection device is used to detect the article tray conveyed by the conveying track, the vertical distance of the detection device and the end straight line of conveying track is less than the vertical distance of the grabber and the end straight line, the end straight line is in the first direction, the first direction is in the same horizontal plane with the conveying track and is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying track;The grabber is used to grab the article tray conveyed by the conveying track, and the article tray is slidable on the conveying track;The article receiving tray has matrix arrangement of article placement site.The present disclosure can fix the article by grabber and article tray during article transfer process, to avoid the article falling in general sorting and concentrating process.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This disclosure relates to the field of industrial equipment technology, and in particular to a system for transferring articles. Background Technology

[0002] In modern industrial production systems, especially in fields requiring high precision and efficiency such as intelligent manufacturing, electronic assembly, pharmaceutical packaging, food sorting, new energy battery assembly, and automated production lines for consumer electronics, the automatic transfer and precise filling of materials have become one of the core technological processes determining the overall operational efficiency of the production line. With the accelerating pace of product iteration, rising demands for customization, and continuously increasing labor costs, enterprises are placing unprecedented demands on the level of automation in their production systems.

[0003] Traditional material handling methods mainly rely on manual grabbing and placement, which is slow and has a high error rate. Utility Model Content

[0004] In view of this, the purpose of this disclosure is to propose an item transfer system that can specifically solve existing problems.

[0005] Based on the above objectives, this disclosure proposes an item transfer system, comprising: an item gripper, an item conveying track, an item collector, and an item receiving tray; the gripper is used to grip an item tray conveyed by the conveying track, the item tray being slidable on the conveying track; the item receiving tray has a matrix arrangement of item placement positions, the number of item placement positions in the same row of the matrix arrangement being less than or equal to a preset number, the preset number being the sum of the number of item trays in a row that the conveying track can accommodate in a first direction, the first direction being on the same horizontal plane as the conveying track and perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying track; each item collector is arranged side by side along the first direction.

[0006] In summary, this disclosure offers at least the following advantages: It enables automated transfer of items, thereby achieving a fully automated retrieval and palletizing process, reducing manual intervention. Especially when items are fragile, grippers and pallets can secure them during transfer, preventing items from falling out during typical sorting and consolidation. Furthermore, detection devices can inspect items in the pallets before gripping, facilitating item selection. Attached Figure Description

[0007] In the accompanying drawings, unless otherwise specified, the same reference numerals throughout the various drawings denote the same or similar parts or elements. These drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale. It should be understood that these drawings depict only some embodiments disclosed in this disclosure and should not be construed as limiting the scope of this disclosure.

[0008] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of an article transfer system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown; Figure 2 Another schematic diagram of an article transfer system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is shown. Detailed Implementation

[0009] The present disclosure will now be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Furthermore, it should be noted that, for ease of description, only the parts relevant to the invention are shown in the accompanying drawings.

[0010] It should be noted that, unless otherwise specified, the embodiments and features described in this disclosure can be combined with each other. This disclosure will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

[0011] Figure 1 A system for transferring items according to this disclosure is shown. In an embodiment of this disclosure, the item transfer system includes a detection device 1, an item gripper 2, an item conveying track 3, and an item receiving tray 4. The detection device 1 is used to detect the item tray 31 conveyed by the conveying track 3. The vertical distance between the detection device 1 and the end line of the conveying track 3 is less than the vertical distance between the gripper 2 and the end line. The end line is in a first direction, which is on the same horizontal plane as the conveying track 3 and perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying track 3. The gripper 2 is used to grip the item tray 31 conveyed by the conveying track 3. The item tray 31 is slidable on the conveying track 3. The item receiving tray 4 has a matrix arrangement of item placement positions 41. The number of item placement positions 41 in the same row of the matrix arrangement is less than or equal to a preset number, which is the sum of the number of item trays 31 in a row that the conveying track 3 can accommodate in the first direction.

[0012] The item tray 31 is placed on the conveyor track 3 but is not connected to it. The conveyor track 3 can be a belt system, a single conveyor track 3 with a width sufficient to support multiple items, or multiple conveyor tracks 3 running parallel in both time and space. Each item tray 31 is independent and has no physical connection to other item trays 31.

[0013] The detection device 1 can be, for example, a camera, used to acquire images of the item tray 31 on the conveyor track 3.

[0014] The items here can be various items, such as fertilized eggs. If the sex of the egg after hatching is taken as the egg's sex, eggs of the same sex can be represented as products of the same category. Specifically, the items placed on different item trays 31 can be products of the same or different categories (including first-category items and second-category items), for example, only "male eggs" and "female eggs," or both "male eggs" and "female eggs." Item trays can also include empty spaces.

[0015] The item holder 31 is slidable on the conveyor track 3, rather than being fixed in the same position.

[0016] This disclosure enables automated transfer of items, thereby achieving a fully automated acquisition and palletizing process, reducing manual intervention. Especially when items are fragile, the gripper 2 and item tray 31 can secure the items during transfer, preventing items from falling during typical sorting and consolidation processes. The detection device 1 can inspect the items in the item tray 31 before gripping, facilitating item selection.

[0017] In some optional implementations of any embodiment of this disclosure, the item transfer system further includes item collectors 5, each of which is arranged side by side along the first direction.

[0018] These implementations can improve the efficiency of transferring items from the conveyor track 3 to the item receiving tray 4 by using the item grabbers 5 arranged side by side.

[0019] In some optional implementations of any embodiment of this disclosure, a baffle 6 is provided at the end of the conveying track 3, and the baffle 6 is perpendicular to the conveying track 3 in the horizontal direction.

[0020] Baffle 6 is used to prevent items from continuing to move forward on conveyor track 3. Baffle 6 allows items to be concentrated on conveyor track 3.

[0021] In some optional implementations of any embodiment of this disclosure, at least one partition plate 33 is provided on the baffle 32. The partition plate 33 is perpendicular to the conveying track 3 in the vertical direction and perpendicular to the baffle 32 in the horizontal direction. The baffle 32 and the at least one partition plate 33 form a plurality of partitioned passageways.

[0022] Each partition channel, i.e., between adjacent partitions 33, can accommodate one row of items. That is, each partition channel can accommodate at most one row of items and cannot accommodate two or more rows of items.

[0023] For example, if there are 5 dividers, the item matrix will have 6 rows of items. If the item matrix is ​​set to have 7 columns, the default number of items is 42.

[0024] In some optional implementations of any embodiment of this disclosure, the item transfer system includes an item collector 5 and an item receiving tray 4, with each segmented passageway corresponding to a row of item collectors 5, and the number of item collectors 5 in each row being equal to the number of items in each row of the item matrix.

[0025] In these implementations, the number of trays in any row of the item receiving tray 4 corresponds to the number of item grabbers 5 in each item grabber 5 of the segmented passageway. This ensures that each filling of the item receiving tray 4 by the item grabber 5 fills a row completely.

[0026] In some optional implementations of any embodiment of this disclosure, the lowest end of the item collector 5 is provided with a suction cup 52, and a liftable rod 51 is connected above the suction cup 52, with the liftable rod 51 connected to the top of the item collector 5.

[0027] These methods achieve positional stability of the object after it is grasped and put down through suction cup 52 and lifting rod 51.

[0028] In some optional implementations of any embodiment of this disclosure, there is a horizontal grabber track above the item grabber 5, and the item grabber 5 can move between the grabber track above the dividing passage and above the item receiving tray 4.

[0029] These methods allow the item collector 5 to move via a sliding track.

[0030] In some optional implementations of any embodiment of this disclosure, the number of item grabbers 5 in a row of item grabbers 5 is equal to the number of item placement positions 41 in a row.

[0031] These implementation methods can reduce the number of times the item collector 5 needs to be placed by limiting the number of placement slots in both the item collector 5 and the item receiving tray 4 to the same number, thereby improving placement efficiency.

[0032] In some optional implementations of any embodiment of this disclosure, the item tray 31 includes a first category and a second category, and the item trays 31 of different categories are used to place items of different categories.

[0033] The first or second category here can be left empty.

[0034] These implementation methods can enrich the function of the item transfer system by transferring different types of items.

[0035] Figure 1 A system for transferring articles according to an embodiment of this disclosure is shown. Figure 1 As shown, the item transfer system includes: a detection device 1, an item gripper 2, an item conveying track 3, and an item receiving tray 4. Item trays 31 are placed on the conveying track 3, and item placement positions 41 are provided in the item receiving tray.

[0036] Figure 2 A system for transferring articles according to an embodiment of this disclosure is shown. Figure 1 As shown in the figure, the item collector 5, the lifting rod 51, and the suction cup 52 are shown.

[0037] It should be noted that: In the foregoing text, the terms "comprising," "including," or any other variations thereof are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements includes not only those elements but also other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent to such a process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one..." does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that includes that element. Furthermore, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatuses in this disclosure is not limited to performing functions in the order shown or discussed, but may also include performing functions substantially simultaneously or in the reverse order, depending on the functions involved. For example, the described methods may be performed in a different order than described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

[0038] Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the methods of the above embodiments can be implemented by means of software plus necessary general-purpose hardware platforms. Of course, they can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is a better implementation method. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of this disclosure, in essence, or the part that contributes to the prior art, can be embodied in the form of a software product. This computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM / RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk), and includes several instructions to cause a terminal (which may be a mobile phone, computer, server, air conditioner, or network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in the various embodiments of this disclosure.

[0039] The embodiments of this disclosure have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings. These are merely specific implementations of this disclosure, but this disclosure is not limited to the specific implementations described above. The specific implementations described above are merely illustrative and not restrictive. Those skilled in the art can make many other forms under the guidance of this disclosure without departing from the spirit and scope of the claims, and all of these forms are within the protection scope of this disclosure.

Claims

1. A system for transferring articles, characterized in that, The item transfer system includes a detection device, an item gripper, an item conveying track, and an item receiving tray; The detection device is used to detect the item tray being conveyed by the conveyor track. The vertical distance between the detection device and the end line of the conveyor track is less than the vertical distance between the gripper and the end line. The end line is in a first direction, which is on the same horizontal plane as the conveyor track and perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveyor track. The gripper is used to grip an item tray being conveyed on a conveyor track, and the item tray is slidable on the conveyor track; The item receiving tray has a matrix arrangement of item placement positions, wherein the number of item placement positions in the same row of the matrix arrangement is less than or equal to a preset number, which is the sum of the number of item trays in a row that the conveyor track can accommodate in the first direction.

2. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The item transfer system also includes item collectors, and each item collector is arranged side by side along the first direction.

3. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that, A baffle is provided at the end of the conveyor track, and the baffle is perpendicular to the conveyor track in the horizontal direction.

4. The system according to claim 3, characterized in that, At least one partition plate is provided on the baffle. The partition plate is perpendicular to the conveyor track in the vertical direction and perpendicular to the baffle in the horizontal direction. The baffle and the at least one partition plate form a plurality of partitioned passageways.

5. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The item transfer system consists of item collectors and item receiving trays. Each segmented passageway corresponds to a row of item collectors, and the number of item collectors in each row is equal to the number of items in each row of the item matrix.

6. The system according to claim 5, characterized in that, The item transfer system includes item collectors and item receiving trays. Each segmented passageway corresponds to a row of item collectors. If an item matrix is ​​formed on the conveyor track, the number of item collectors in each row is equal to the number of items in each row of the item matrix.

7. The system according to any one of claims 2, 5, and 6, characterized in that, The bottom of the item collector is equipped with a suction cup, and a liftable rod is connected above the suction cup. The liftable rod is connected to the top of the item collector.

8. The system according to any one of claims 2, 5, and 6, characterized in that, Above the item collector is a horizontal collector track, and the item collector can move between the area above the dividing passage and the area above the item receiving tray on the collector track.

9. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The number of item collectors in a row is equal to the number of item placement slots in a row.

10. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The item holders include a first category and a second category, with different categories of item holders used to place different categories of items.

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