Filling system for articles

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a filling system of articles, and relates to the technical field of industrial equipment. The article transfer system comprises an article obtainer, a conveying device and an article receiving tray. The conveying device comprises a plurality of parallel conveying tracks, and the conveying tracks are provided with first article placing positions arranged in succession. The article receiving tray is provided with second article placing positions arranged in a matrix. The number of the second article placing positions in the same row of the matrix arrangement is less than or equal to a preset number. The first direction is in the same horizontal plane as the conveying tracks and is perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying tracks. The article receiving tray can move in the first direction. After the movement, the row of the second article placing positions corresponding to the article obtainer on the article receiving tray changes. The present disclosure can adjust the position of the article obtainer on the article receiving tray to the unfilled row by moving the article receiving tray, thereby improving the filling efficiency and helping to obtain the article receiving tray filled with articles faster.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This disclosure relates to the field of industrial equipment technology, and in particular to a filling system for an article. 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 provide an article filling system that can specifically solve existing problems.

[0005] Based on the above objectives, in a first aspect, this disclosure proposes an item filling system, the item transfer system comprising an item picker, a conveying device, and an item receiving tray; the conveying device comprises multiple parallel conveying tracks, each conveying track having a continuously arranged first item placement position; the item receiving tray has a matrix arrangement of second item placement positions, wherein the number of second item placement positions in the same row of the matrix arrangement is less than or equal to a preset number, the preset number being the sum of the number of first item placement positions in a row of each of the conveying tracks in a first direction, the first direction being on the same horizontal plane as the conveying tracks and perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying tracks; the item receiving tray is movable in the first direction, and after the movement, the row of the second item placement position corresponding to the item picker on the item receiving tray changes; each of the item pickers is arranged side by side along the first direction.

[0006] In summary, this disclosure offers at least the following advantages: by moving the item receiving tray, the position of the item grabber on the tray can be adjusted to an unfilled row, thereby improving filling efficiency and facilitating faster acquisition of item receiving trays filled with items. Furthermore, it improves space utilization efficiency, enabling a fully automated grabbing, arranging, and traying process, reducing manual intervention. 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 a filling system for an article 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 filling system for items according to this disclosure is shown. In an embodiment of this disclosure, the transfer system includes an item picker 1, a conveying device 2, and an item receiving tray 3. The conveying device 2 includes a plurality of parallel conveying tracks 21, each with a continuously arranged first item placement position 22. The item receiving tray 3 has a matrix arrangement of second item placement positions 31, wherein the number of second item placement positions 31 in the same row of the matrix arrangement is less than or equal to a preset number, the preset number being the sum of the number of first item placement positions 22 in a row of each of the conveying tracks 21 in a first direction, the first direction being on the same horizontal plane as the conveying tracks 21 and perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying tracks 21. The item receiving tray 3 is movable in the first direction, and after the movement, the row of the second item placement position 31 corresponding to each item picker 1 on the item receiving tray 3 changes. Each item picker 1 is arranged side by side along the first direction.

[0012] The first item placement position 22 can be fixed to the conveyor track, or otherwise connected to the conveyor track. The conveyor track 21 can be a belt system.

[0013] The items here can be various, such as fertilized eggs. If the sex of the egg after hatching is taken as its sex, eggs of the same sex can be represented as the same category of product. Specifically, the items placed in the item placement area can be products of the same or different categories (including items of the first category and items of the second category), for example, only "male eggs" and "female eggs," or both "male eggs" and "female eggs." Item placement areas can also include empty spaces.

[0014] This disclosure improves filling efficiency by adjusting the position of the item grabber on the item receiving tray to an unfilled row, thereby facilitating faster acquisition of fully filled item receiving trays. This is especially beneficial when the conveyor track is not full, allowing items to be concentrated and filled into new trays. Furthermore, it enhances space utilization efficiency, enabling a fully automated grabbing, arranging, and traying process, reducing manual intervention.

[0015] In some optional implementations of any embodiment of this disclosure, the article receiving tray 3 has a sliding track, and the track direction of the sliding track is a first direction in the horizontal direction.

[0016] The item grabber 1 can move between above the item grabber 1 and above the item receiving tray 3. By moving the item receiving tray 3, the item grabber 1 can move from a filled item row to an unfilled item row when it is above the tray 3.

[0017] In some optional implementations of any embodiment of this disclosure, the item collector 1 is provided with a collector track in the horizontal direction of the conveying direction, and the item collector 1 can move horizontally along the collector track.

[0018] These methods allow the item collector to move using sliding tracks.

[0019] In some optional implementations of any embodiment of this disclosure, each item collector 1 corresponding to each conveying track 21 is a row of item collectors 1 in the conveying direction, each conveying track 21 is driven by an independent motor, each conveying track 21 corresponds to a row of item collectors 1 in the conveying direction, and each row of item collectors 1 includes multiple item collectors 1.

[0020] These implementation methods can improve the efficiency of grabbing items by setting up multiple rows and multiple item grabbers. In some optional implementations of any embodiment of this disclosure, the item collector 1 includes a first group of item collectors 1 and a second group of item collectors 1. Each group of item collectors 1 includes multiple rows of item collectors 1 in the first direction. Each row of item collectors 1 includes multiple item collectors 1. The number of rows of item collectors 1, the number of collector tracks, and the number of conveying tracks 21 in each group of item collectors 1 are the same. The track of the item collectors 1 in any group of item collectors 1 is on the extension line of the track of the other group of item collectors 1.

[0021] These implementations, through multiple sets of item grabbers 1, allow the conveyor track 21 to fully grab items from each item placement position in a single transfer, thereby improving the efficiency of item transfer.

[0022] In some optional implementations of any embodiment of this disclosure, the lowest end of the item collector 1 is provided with a suction cup 11, and a liftable rod 12 is connected above the suction cup 11, with the liftable rod 12 connected to the top of the item collector 1.

[0023] These methods achieve positional stability of the object after it is grasped and put down through the suction cup 11 and the liftable rod 12.

[0024] In some optional implementations of any embodiment of this disclosure, the number of item grabbers 1 in the row of item grabbers 1 is equal to the number of the second item placement positions 31 in the row.

[0025] These implementation methods can reduce the number of placements required for the item collector 1 by ensuring that the number of placement slots in both the item collector 1 and the item receiving tray is the same, thereby improving placement efficiency.

[0026] In some optional implementations of any embodiment of this disclosure, the head of the conveyor track 21 is parallel to the tail of the conveyor belt of the item sorting device, and the distance between the head and the tail is less than a preset distance.

[0027] In these implementations, the distance between the head of the conveyor track 21 and the tail of the conveyor belt is small, which can help improve the efficiency of transferring items from the conveyor belt to the conveyor track 21.

[0028] In some optional implementations of any embodiment of this disclosure, the transfer system further includes a robotic arm for transferring items from a third item placement position at the tail of the conveyor belt to a first item placement position 22 on the conveyor track 21.

[0029] These methods can be implemented by using robotic arms to quickly transfer items on conveyor belts.

[0030] This disclosure also provides a schematic diagram of another item transfer system. For example... Figure 1 As shown, Figure 1 The diagram shows two sets of item grabbers 1, each set comprising seven rows of item grabbers 1. Each item grabber includes a lifting lever 12. Once the suction cups 11 of each item grabber 1 in a row have retrieved an item, such as a sphere as shown in the diagram, from the first item placement position 22, that row of item grabbers 1 can move laterally above the corresponding item receiving tray 4 to fill the second item placement position 31 of the item receiving tray 3. After filling an item receiving tray 3, a complete product matrix is ​​obtained, as shown... Figure 1 Two product matrices are located in the upper left and upper right corners. The item receiving tray 4 can move vertically in the horizontal direction to facilitate the fastest possible filling of the entire tray.

[0031] 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.

[0032] 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.

[0033] 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 filling system for an article, characterized in that, The filling system includes an item picker, a conveying device, and an item receiving tray; The conveying device includes multiple parallel conveying tracks, on which first item placement positions are continuously arranged; The item receiving tray has a matrix arrangement of second item placement positions. The number of second item placement positions in the same row of the matrix arrangement is less than or equal to a preset number. The preset number is the sum of the number of first item placement positions in a row of each of the conveying tracks in a first direction. The first direction is on the same horizontal plane as the conveying track and perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying track. The item receiving tray can move in the first direction. After moving, the row of the second item placement position corresponding to each item grabber on the item receiving tray changes. Each of the item collectors is arranged side by side along the first direction.

2. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The item receiving tray has a sliding track, and the track direction is a first direction in the horizontal direction.

3. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The item collector is provided with a collector track in the horizontal direction, and the item collector can move horizontally along the collector track.

4. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that, Each of the conveying tracks corresponds to a row of item collectors in the conveying direction. Each conveying track is driven by an independent motor. Each conveying track corresponds to a row of item collectors in the conveying direction. Each row of item collectors includes multiple item collectors.

5. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The item collector includes a first group of item collectors and a second group of item collectors. Each group of item collectors includes multiple rows of item collectors in the first direction. The number of rows of item collectors, the number of collector tracks, and the number of transport tracks in each group of item collectors are the same. The track of the item collector in any group of item collectors is on the extension line of the track of the other group of item collectors.

6. The system according to claim 1, 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.

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

8. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The head of the conveyor track is parallel to the tail of the conveyor belt of the item sorting device, and the distance between the head and the tail is less than a preset distance.

9. The system according to claim 8, characterized in that, The filling system also includes a robotic arm for transferring items from a third item placement position at the tail of the conveyor belt to a first item placement position at the head of the conveyor track.

10. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that, The filling system also includes a category detection device for detecting the category of items conveyed by the conveyor belt.

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