CN118373180B

CN118373180B - Tray feeding equipment

Info

Publication number: CN118373180B
Application number: CN202410784809.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 粟勇; 李辉; 李峰; 宋斌杰; 杨俊辉; 钟函君; 陈云
Original assignee: Zhuhai Shenkepu Industrial Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Zhuhai Shenkepu Industrial Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2024-06-18
Filing date: 2024-06-18
Publication date: 2024-09-13
Anticipated expiration: 2044-06-18
Also published as: CN118373180A

Abstract

The invention provides a Tray feeding device, which can realize the emptying of a Tray and the storage of a full-product-discharging Tray by only occupying one station on an automatic production line, thereby reducing the occupied space of the automatic production line, and simultaneously, the full-product-discharging Tray and the full-product-recycling Tray can be fed to a processing station on the automatic production line by only needing one station, thereby saving the manufacturing cost of the automatic production line, and in addition, the full-product-discharging Tray and the full-product-recycling Tray can be fed by only needing to be provided with one conveying line, so that the full-product-discharging Tray and the full-product-recycling Tray can be compatible and connected in parallel with the processing station on the automatic production line; the invention belongs to the technical field of automation equipment.

Description

Tray feeding equipment

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of automation equipment, and particularly relates to a Tray feeding device.

Background

On a conventional automatic production line, two work stations for storing trays are generally required, one is used for placing full trays for feeding and the other is used for collecting empty trays after stacking and taking materials, so that the following technical defects exist in the automatic production line: 1. both stations need to be provided with conveyor lines for transporting trays, resulting in high manufacturing costs for the automated production line; 2. because the two work stations are all trays for storing the same specification, the partial structures and the movement modes of the two work stations are approximate and overlapped, so that the manufacturing cost of the automatic production line is high; 3. because two work stations for storing the material trays are arranged on the automatic production line, the automatic production line needs to occupy a larger space.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a track feeding device to solve the technical problems described in the background art.

A Tray feeding equipment includes the frame, the intermediate position of frame is the transfer portion, be used for piling up empty Tray's empty Tray storage portion directly over the transfer portion, be equipped with the Tray supporting seat in the bottom both sides of empty Tray storage portion, the Tray supporting seat is equipped with the atress face, tray supporting seat hub connection has the Tray supporting shoe, bottom one side of Tray supporting shoe is provided with the holding surface that is used for pasting with the atress face mutually, the bottom opposite side of Tray supporting shoe is equipped with the oblique pushing face that stretches into empty Tray storage portion, empty Tray is from the transfer portion when rising to empty Tray storage portion, the side of empty Tray slides from the oblique pushing face to stretch into empty Tray storage portion with the Tray supporting shoe's position release empty Tray storage portion, be provided with the reset torsion spring between Tray supporting shoe and the Tray supporting seat, when empty Tray crossed the oblique pushing face, the top of Tray supporting shoe is equipped with the Tray holding portion, be used for supporting and cross the left side pushing of pushing away the oblique conveying line, the transfer portion is used for pushing out empty Tray in the transfer portion to the empty Tray in the transfer portion of transfer portion, the transfer mechanism is provided with the transfer portion in the empty Tray storage portion, be used for pushing out the transfer portion in the transfer portion, the empty Tray is used for piling up the transfer portion, the empty Tray is carried in the transfer portion, the transfer portion is lifted up to the empty Tray storage portion, and is used for the empty Tray is lifted up to the transfer portion.

According to the technical scheme, a plurality of product-discharging tape trays are stacked on a tape tray storage part, a tape tray lifting mechanism lifts the highest tape tray in the tape tray storage part into a transit part, then a push-out mechanism pushes the tape tray in the transit part onto a conveying line, the conveying line conveys the tape tray into a processing station, so that the product in the tape tray is taken out by a feed mechanism on the processing station, after the product in the tape tray is completely taken out and becomes an empty tray, the empty tray is conveyed into the transit part by the conveying line, then the highest lower tape tray in the tape tray storage part can be lifted into the transit part by the tape tray lifting mechanism and lifts the empty tray in the transit part into the empty tray storage part, at the moment, the side edge of the empty tray slides over from an inclined pushing surface to push out the part of the empty tray storage part, when the empty tray passes over the inclined pushing surface, the supporting block is reset, and the supporting surface and the empty tray is just over the inclined supporting surface, and the empty tray is just stacked over the empty tray; therefore, the invention achieves the following beneficial effects:

1. according to the invention, only one station is occupied on the automatic production line, so that the existing emptying tray and the storage and full product discharging tray can be realized, and the occupied space of the automatic production line is reduced;

2. The processing stations on the automatic production line can be supplied with the full product-discharging belt trays and the empty recycling trays only by one station, so that the manufacturing cost of the automatic production line is saved;

3. the feeding of the full product of the belt tray and the recovery of the empty tray can be completed by only arranging one conveying line, so that the automatic production line is convenient to be compatible and parallel with the processing stations on the automatic production line.

To further optimize the above solution, it is optionally combined with one or more of the following embodiments without conflict.

In some embodiments, the frame is provided with top tray cylinders positioned at the front and back sides of the transfer part, the top tray cylinders are driven by top tray seats which are lifted up and down, and the top tray seats are respectively positioned at the top of the storage part of the material preparation tray, the bottom of the transfer part and the bottom of the empty tray storage part and are provided with tray supporting seats so as to enable the material carrying tray positioned at the top of the storage part of the material preparation tray to be carried to the transfer part, support the material carrying tray or the empty tray positioned in the transfer part, enable the empty tray in the transfer part to be carried to the bottom of the storage part of the empty tray, and enable the empty tray at the bottom of the storage part of the empty tray to be carried to be avoided by the height of one empty tray.

In some embodiments, the frame is provided with a top tray sliding rail, and the top tray seat is provided with a top tray sliding block which can lift and slide on the top tray sliding rail;

according to the technical scheme, the top tray cylinder can drive the top tray seat to lift up and down more stably, and meanwhile, the empty tray stacked at the bottom of the empty tray storage part and the tray with the top of the storage part of the tray can be supported more stably.

In some embodiments, the front and rear side shafts of the transfer part are connected with sliding strips extending into the transfer part, the sliding strips are used for supporting the bottom of the empty tray or the tape tray and are attached to the side edges of the empty tray or the tape tray, and the sliding strips are moved out of the transfer part in the process that the tape tray is lifted from the storage part of the stock tray to the transfer part;

According to the technical scheme, the pushing mechanism can push the belt material tray in the transfer part onto the conveying line more stably, and the conveying line can convey the empty material tray into the transfer part more stably.

In some embodiments, the pushing mechanism comprises a pushing seat, a pushing rod and a fulcrum rod, the pushing seat is provided with a pushing cylinder, a driving rod of the pushing cylinder is connected with one end shaft of the pushing rod, the other end of the pushing rod is used for pushing the belt tray in the transfer part onto the conveying line, one end of the fulcrum rod is connected with the pushing seat shaft, and the other end of the fulcrum rod is connected with the middle shaft of the pushing rod, so that the fulcrum rod and the pushing rod form a herringbone structure;

according to the technical scheme, the invention further realizes the following beneficial effects:

1. the driving rod of the pushing-out air cylinder pushes one end of the pushing-out rod to move, and the fulcrum rod is connected with the middle shaft of the pushing-out rod to restrict the whole movement of the pushing-out rod, so that the other end of the pushing-out rod can extend into the transfer part, and the belt material tray is pushed onto the conveying line;

2. after the tray is pushed to the conveying line, the driving rod of the pushing cylinder pushes one end of the pushing rod to move reversely, so that the other end of the pushing rod can be hidden in the pushing seat, and interference with lifting of the hole tray or the strip tray is avoided;

3. the pushing cylinder does not need to be arranged vertically with the right end of the middle rotating part, so that the structure that the rack protrudes outwards to push the cylinder is avoided, and the layout of the position of the station is prevented from being influenced.

In some embodiments, the lifting mechanism of the material preparation tray comprises a motor, a lifting slide rail and a chain, wherein the motor, the lifting slide rail and the chain are arranged on the frame, the motor is driven by a worm, the worm is meshed with a worm wheel, the chain is meshed with a gear connected with the worm wheel in a transmission way, a material preparation carrier seat for stacking the material preparation tray is arranged on the lifting slide rail in a sliding way, and the material preparation carrier seat is fixedly connected with the chain;

1. through the self-locking function after the worm is meshed with the worm wheel, the belt material tray can be effectively prevented from falling down after power is off, so that damage to materials in a material tray hole is avoided;

2. the worm and the worm wheel are arranged, and when a plurality of material carrying discs are stacked on the material preparation carrying seat, the material preparation carrying seat can bear better force;

3. the vertical lifting of the stacked belt material trays can be ensured, and accurate positioning can be performed when the belt material trays lift.

In some embodiments, the conveyor line comprises a conveyor frame and two conveyor belts for supporting the bottoms of both sides of the empty tray or the tape tray, the conveyor belts being mounted on the conveyor frame;

According to the technical scheme, manufacturing consumable of the conveying line is reduced, and meanwhile, when conveying, an operation space can be reserved below an empty tray or a belt tray.

In some embodiments, the conveying frame is provided with a pushing seat and a pushing cylinder, the pushing seat is provided with a chute, one end of the chute, which is far away from the transfer part, is provided with a pressing part, the pushing cylinder drives a transmission block which slides in the chute, a transmission block shaft is connected with the pushing block, one side of the pushing block is provided with an arc surface, so that the pushing cylinder drives the transmission block to drive the arc surface of the pushing block to move below the pressing part, the pressing part presses the pushing block to be lower than the conveying belt, an upper torsion spring is arranged between the transmission block and the pushing block, and the upper torsion spring is used for pushing the other side of the pushing block to be higher than the conveying belt when the arc surface moves below the pressing part, so that the pushing block pushes an empty tray on the conveying belt into the transfer part;

1. After the empty material tray is transferred by the conveying belt and passes through the pressing part, the pushing cylinder drives the transmission block to move, at the moment, the transmission block drives the cambered surface of the pushing block to move away from the lower part of the pressing part, and the other side of the pushing block with the upper top torsion spring pushes up to be higher than the conveying belt, so that the pushing block can stably push the empty material tray on the conveying belt into the transferring part;

2. After the empty material tray is pushed into the transfer part, the pushing cylinder drives the transmission block to move reversely, and when the cambered surface of the pushing block moves to the lower part of the pressing part, the pressing part presses the pushing block down to be lower than the conveying belt, so that the material tray with the material tray or the next empty material tray is avoided to move on the conveying belt.

In some embodiments, the conveying frame is provided with a limit bar, a side pushing sliding rail and a side pushing air cylinder, the limit bar is positioned on one side of the conveying frame, a side pushing positioning block positioned on the other side of the conveying frame is slid on the side pushing sliding rail, and the side pushing air cylinder is used for driving the side pushing positioning block to be close to the limit bar so as to be used for clamping and fixing the belt material tray or aligning the empty material tray with the left end of the transfer part;

1. When the conveyor belt conveys the belt material tray into the processing station, the side pushing cylinder drives the side pushing positioning block and the limiting strip to be close to each other so as to clamp and fix the belt material tray, and therefore a feeding mechanism of the processing station can more stably feed products in the belt material tray;

2. Before the empty trays are conveyed into the transfer portion by the conveyor belt, the empty trays are aligned with the left end of the transfer portion, so that the empty trays can be stacked in the empty tray storage portion more neatly.

In some embodiments, the rack is provided with material taking slots positioned at two sides of the empty tray storage part, and the rack is provided with a material taking door positioned at one side of the material preparation tray storage part;

1. the material taking notch is arranged to facilitate the mechanical arm or the manual work to take out the empty material trays stacked in the empty tray storage part;

2. the setting of getting the material door can be convenient for manipulator or manual work place the area charging tray of stacking in the storage of the area charging tray of preparing, in addition, get the material door and can push away neatly the area charging tray of stacking in the storage of the area charging tray when closing the door.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings and numerals that are required to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the positions of the transfer section, empty tray storage section pole and spare tray storage section according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the present invention without the tape tray and empty tray;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the top tray and tray support according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the structure of the ejector mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the empty tray storage unit according to the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the tray storage unit according to the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the structure of the conveyor line according to the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the structure of the carriage of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the push-in seat of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

1. A frame;

2. a transfer section; 21. a slide bar;

3. An empty disc storage unit; 31. a material taking notch; 32. an empty tray;

4. a tray support seat; 41. a force-bearing surface; 42. a tray support block; 43. a support surface; 44. pushing the surface obliquely; 45. a reset torsion spring; 46. a carrying surface;

5. A conveying line; 51. a carriage; 52. a conveyor belt; 531. pushing the seat; 532. pushing into the cylinder; 533. a chute; 534. a pressing part; 535. a transmission block; 536. pushing in the block; 537. a cambered surface; 538. a top torsion spring; 541. a limit bar; 542. laterally pushing the slide rail; 543. a side pushing cylinder; 544. laterally pushing the positioning block;

6. A push-out mechanism; 61. a push-out cylinder; 62. a driving rod; 63. pushing out the seat; 64. a push-out lever; 65. a fulcrum bar;

7. A stock tray storage unit; 71. a material taking door; 72. a belt tray;

81. a motor; 82. lifting the sliding rail; 83. a worm; 84. a worm wheel; 85. a gear; 86. a material preparation supporting seat; 87. a chain;

91. a top disk cylinder; 92. a top tray seat.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1 to 11, this embodiment provides a Tray feeding apparatus, which includes a frame 1, a middle position of the frame 1 is a transfer portion 2, an empty Tray storage portion 3 for stacking empty trays 32 is directly above the transfer portion 2, tray supporting seats 4 are provided at both sides of the bottom of the empty Tray storage portion 3, the Tray supporting seats 4 are provided with stress surfaces 41, the Tray supporting seats 4 are connected with Tray supporting blocks 42 by a shaft, one side of the bottom of the Tray supporting blocks 42 is provided with a supporting surface 43 for being attached to the stress surfaces 41, the other side of the bottom of the Tray supporting blocks 42 is provided with an inclined pushing surface 44 extending into the empty Tray storage portion 3, when the empty Tray 32 rises from the transfer portion 2 to the empty Tray storage portion 3, the side of the empty Tray 32 slides from the inclined pushing surface 44 to push out the portion of the empty Tray storage portion 3 where the Tray supporting blocks 42 extend into the empty Tray storage portion 3, a reset torsion spring 45 is provided between the Tray supporting blocks 42 and the Tray supporting seats 4, when the empty Tray 32 passes through the inclined pushing surface 44, the reset torsion spring 45 pushes the Tray supporting block 42 to reset, the top of the Tray supporting block 42 is provided with a carrying surface 46, the carrying surface 46 stretches into the empty Tray storage part 3 to be used for supporting the empty Tray 32 passing through the inclined pushing surface 44, the left end of the middle transfer part 2 is spliced with a conveying line 5, the conveying line 5 can select a mechanism which is arranged on a conventional production line and can be used for conveying the empty Tray 32 into the middle transfer part 2, the right end of the middle transfer part 2 is provided with a push-out mechanism 6, the push-out mechanism 6 can select a cylinder mechanism, a screw rod module, a belt sliding rail module or a hydraulic cylinder module and the like to push the belt Tray 72 in the middle transfer part 2 onto the conveying line 5, the right lower part of the middle transfer part 2 is provided with a standby Tray storage part 7 used for stacking the belt Tray 72, the standby Tray storage part 7 is provided with a standby Tray lifting mechanism, the tray lifting mechanism is used for lifting the strip tray 72 in the tray storage part 7 into the transfer part 2 or/and lifting the empty tray 32 in the transfer part 2 into the empty tray storage part 3, and the tray lifting mechanism can be selected from a conventional cylinder module, a screw module, a hydraulic cylinder module, a motor 81 belt module and the like.

In operation, a plurality of product-filled tape trays 72 are stacked on the tape tray storage part 7, the tape tray 72 located in the highest tape tray storage part 7 is lifted into the transfer part 2 by the tape tray lifting mechanism, thereafter, the tape tray 72 in the transfer part 2 is pushed onto the conveying line 5 by the pushing mechanism 6, the tape tray 72 is transported into the processing station by the conveying line 5, the product in the tape tray 72 is taken out by the feeding mechanism on the processing station, after the product in the tape tray is completely taken out and becomes the empty tray 32, the empty tray 32 is conveyed into the transfer part 2 by the conveying line 5, thereafter, the highest lower tape tray 72 located in the tape tray storage part 7 can be lifted into the transfer part 2 by the tape tray lifting mechanism, the empty tray 32 in the transfer part 2 is lifted into the empty tray storage part 3 by the tape tray lifting mechanism, at this time, the side edge of the empty tray 32 is slipped from the inclined push surface 44 to stretch into the push tray storage part 3, when the inclined push tray 44 is crossed over the inclined push surface 44, the reset tray 45 is reset to stretch over the empty tray 32 and the empty tray 46 is just above the empty tray 32, and the empty tray 46 is just above the empty tray 32 is stacked on the empty tray support surface 44, and the empty tray 32 is just above the empty tray support surface 44, and the empty tray support surface is just above the empty tray support surface is replaced.

Because the Tray feeding equipment only needs to occupy one station on the automatic production line, the empty Tray 32 and the full product carrying Tray 72 can be stored, so that the occupied space of the automatic production line is reduced; in addition, the processing stations on the automatic production line can be supplied with the full-product-discharging belt tray 72 and the empty recycling tray 32 only by one station, so that the manufacturing cost of the automatic production line is saved; in addition, since only one conveyor line 5 is required to complete the supply of full product strip trays 72 and the recovery of empty trays 32, compatible parallelization with processing stations on an automated production line is facilitated.

In some embodiments, the rack 1 is provided with top tray cylinders 91 located at the front and rear sides of the transfer part 2, the top tray cylinders 91 drive top tray bases 92 which are lifted up and down, the top tray bases 92 are respectively located at the top of the stock tray storage part 7, the bottom of the transfer part 2 and the bottom of the empty tray storage part 3, and the tray support bases 4 are installed to carry the tape tray 72 located at the top of the stock tray storage part 7 to the transfer part 2, support the tape tray 72 or the empty tray 32 located in the transfer part 2, carry the empty tray 32 in the transfer part 2 to the bottom of the empty tray storage part 3, and avoid the height of one empty tray 32 on the empty tray 32 at the bottom of the empty tray storage part 3.

In some embodiments, the frame 1 is provided with a top tray sliding rail, and the top tray base 92 is provided with a top tray sliding block which slides up and down on the top tray sliding rail; so that the top tray cylinder 91 can more stably drive the top tray base 92 to move up and down, and at the same time, can more stably support the tape tray 72 at the top of the stock tray storage 7, the tape tray 72 in the transfer section 2, or the empty tray 32 and the empty tray 32 stacked at the bottom of the empty tray storage 3.

In some embodiments, the front and rear side shafts of the transfer portion 2 are connected with slide bars 21 extending into the transfer portion 2, the slide bars 21 are used for supporting the bottom of the empty tray 32 or the tape tray 72 and are attached to the sides of the empty tray 32 or the tape tray 72, the slide bars 21 can be selectively in an L-shaped structure to support the bottom of the empty tray 32 or the tape tray 72 and are attached to the sides of the empty tray 32 or the tape tray 72, in the process that the tape tray 72 is lifted from the stock tray storage portion 7 to the transfer portion 2, the slide bars 21 are moved out of the transfer portion 2, the slide bars 21 can be selectively driven to move by using a cylinder module or a screw module or other modules, or an approximate structure to the tray support seat 4 is used to realize that the transfer portion 2 is moved out in the process that the tape tray 72 is lifted from the stock tray storage portion 7 to the transfer portion 2. Therefore, the provision of the slide 21 enables the push-out mechanism 6 to push the tape tray 72 in the transfer section 2 onto the conveyor line 5 more stably, and the conveyor line 5 to convey the empty tray 32 into the transfer section 2 more stably.

In some embodiments, the pushing mechanism 6 includes a pushing seat 63, a pushing rod 64, and a fulcrum rod 65, the pushing seat 63 is mounted with a pushing cylinder 61, a driving rod 62 of the pushing cylinder 61 is pivotally connected to one end of the pushing rod 64, the other end of the pushing rod 64 is used for pushing the tape tray 72 in the transfer section 2 onto the conveying line 5, one end of the fulcrum rod 65 is pivotally connected to the pushing seat 63, and the other end of the fulcrum rod 65 is pivotally connected to a middle portion of the pushing rod 64, so that the fulcrum rod 65 and the pushing rod 64 form a chevron structure.

The driving rod 62 of the pushing cylinder 61 pushes one end of the pushing rod 64 to move, and the fulcrum rod 65 is connected with the middle shaft of the pushing rod 64 to restrict the whole movement of the pushing rod 64, so that the other end of the pushing rod 64 can extend into the transfer part 2, and the belt tray 72 is pushed onto the conveying line 5; after the tray is pushed to the conveying line 5, the driving rod 62 of the pushing cylinder 61 pushes one end of the pushing rod 64 to move reversely, so that the other end of the pushing rod 64 can be hidden in the pushing seat 63, and interference with lifting of the hole tray or the strip tray 72 is avoided; since the push-out cylinder 61 does not need to be disposed vertically to the right end of the transfer section 2, the structure of the push-out cylinder 61 protruding outward from the frame 1 is prevented from affecting the layout of the position of the station.

In some embodiments, the tray lifting mechanism comprises a motor 81, a lifting slide rail 82 and a chain 87 which are arranged on the frame 1, the motor 81 is driven by a worm 83, the worm 83 is meshed with a worm gear 84, the chain 87 is meshed with a gear 85 in transmission connection with the worm gear 84, a tray carrying seat 86 for stacking the strip tray 72 is slid on the lifting slide rail 82, and the tray carrying seat 86 is fixedly connected with the chain 87.

Through the self-locking function after the worm 83 is meshed with the worm wheel 84, the belt tray 72 can be effectively prevented from falling down after power failure, so that damage to materials in a tray cavity is avoided; in addition, the arrangement of the worm 83 and the worm wheel 84 can better stress the stock material carrying seat 86 when a plurality of the material carrying trays 72 are stacked on the stock material carrying seat 86; meanwhile, the stacked tape trays 72 can be guaranteed to vertically lift, and accurate positioning can be performed when the tape trays 72 lift.

In some embodiments, the conveyor line 5 comprises a conveyor frame 51 and two conveyor belts 52 for carrying the empty trays 32 or the bottoms of both sides of the tape tray 72, the conveyor belts 52 being mounted on the conveyor frame 51; to achieve a reduction in the manufacturing consumables of the conveyor line 5, while, at the same time, an operating space can be left under the empty tray 32 or the tape tray 72 (e.g., fixing, positioning, and detecting whether the empty tray 32 or the tape tray 72 is in place) at the time of conveyance.

In some embodiments, the carriage 51 is provided with a pushing seat 531 and a pushing cylinder 532, the pushing seat 531 is provided with a chute 533, one end of the chute 533 away from the transfer part 2 is provided with a pressing part 534, the pushing cylinder 532 is driven by a transmission block 535 sliding in the chute 533, the transmission block 535 is connected with the pushing block 536 in a shaft manner, one side of the pushing block 536 is provided with an arc surface 537, so that when the pushing cylinder 532 drives the transmission block 535 to drive the arc surface 537 of the pushing block 536 to move below the pressing part 534, the pressing part 534 presses the pushing block 536 to be lower than the conveying belt 52, an upper torsion spring 538 is arranged between the transmission block 535 and the pushing block 536, and when the arc surface 537 moves below the pressing part 534, the upper torsion spring 538 is used for pushing the other side of the pushing block 536 to be higher than the conveying belt 52, so that the pushing block 536 pushes the empty tray 32 on the conveying belt 52 into the transfer part 2.

After the empty tray 32 is transferred by the conveyer belt 52 through the pressing part 534, whether the empty tray 32 is transferred by the pressing part 534 or not can be detected by an in-place sensor (such as an infrared sensor, a distance sensor and the like), the pushing cylinder 532 drives the transmission block 535 to move, at the moment, the transmission block 535 drives the cambered surface 537 of the pushing block 536 to move away from the lower part of the pressing part 534, and the other side of the pushing block 536 is pushed up by the upper torsion spring 538 to be higher than the conveyer belt 52, so that the pushing block 536 can stably push the empty tray 32 on the conveyer belt 52 into the transfer part 2; after the empty tray 32 is pushed into the transfer portion 2, the pushing cylinder 532 drives the driving block 535 to move reversely, and when the arc surface 537 of the pushing block 536 moves below the pressing portion 534, the pressing portion 534 presses the pushing block 536 lower than the conveyor belt 52, so that the belt tray 72 or the next empty tray 32 is avoided to move on the conveyor belt 52.

In some embodiments, the rack 1 is provided with material taking slots 31 at two sides of the empty tray storage part 3, and the rack 1 is provided with a material taking door 71 at one side of the material preparation tray storage part 7; the material taking notch 31 is arranged to facilitate the mechanical arm or the manual work to take out the empty material trays 32 stacked in the empty tray storage part 3; the material taking door 71 is provided to facilitate the placement of the stacked tape trays 72 in the stock tray storage 7 by a robot or by a manual operation, and in addition, the material taking door 71 is provided to push the tape trays 72 stacked in the stock tray storage 7 in order when the door is closed.

In addition, it should be noted that the peripheries of the empty tray 32 and the tape tray 72 may be provided with hanging edges that are convenient to be hung on the supporting surface 46 and the slide 21, the empty tray 32 and the tape tray 72 are trays of the same specification, the empty tray 32 is a tray after all the products placed therein are taken out by the feeding mechanism, and the tape tray 72 is a tray full of products.

In order to more clearly illustrate a Tray feeding apparatus according to this embodiment, the following examples will be presented.

Examples

The embodiment provides a Tray feeding device, which comprises a frame 1, wherein the middle position of the frame 1 is a transfer part 2.

The empty tray storage part 3 for stacking the empty tray 32 is arranged right above the transfer part 2, tray supporting seats 4 are arranged at two sides of the bottom of the empty tray storage part 3, stress surfaces 41 are arranged on the tray supporting seats 4, tray supporting blocks 42 are connected between the tray supporting blocks 4 in an axial mode, supporting surfaces 43 used for being attached to the stress surfaces 41 are arranged on one side of the bottom of the tray supporting blocks 42, inclined pushing surfaces 44 extending into the empty tray storage part 3 are arranged on the other side of the bottom of the tray supporting blocks 42, when the empty tray 32 ascends from the transfer part 2 to the empty tray storage part 3, the side edges of the empty tray 32 slide from the inclined pushing surfaces 44 to push out the parts of the empty tray storage part 3 where the tray supporting blocks 42 extend into the empty tray storage part 3, reset torsion springs 45 are arranged between the tray supporting blocks 42 and the tray supporting seats 4, when the empty tray 32 passes over the inclined pushing surfaces 44, supporting surfaces 46 are arranged on the tops of the tray supporting blocks 42, and the supporting surfaces 46 extend into the empty tray storage part 3 to be used for supporting the empty tray 32.

The left end of the transfer part 2 is spliced with a conveying line 5, and the conveying line 5 can select a mechanism which is arranged on a conventional production line and can convey the empty material tray 32 into the transfer part 2, such as a conveying belt 52, a chain plate line or a roller line.

The right-hand member of transfer portion 2 is provided with ejecting mechanism 6, and ejecting mechanism 6 optional cylinder mechanism, lead screw module, belt slide rail module or pneumatic cylinder module etc. can push away the area charging tray 72 in the transfer portion 2 to transfer chain 5.

Just below the transfer part 2 is a stock tray storage part 7 for stacking the tape tray 72, the stock tray storage part 7 is provided with a stock tray lifting mechanism, and the stock tray lifting mechanism is used for lifting the tape tray 72 in the stock tray storage part 7 into the transfer part 2 and lifting the empty tray 32 in the transfer part 2 into the empty tray storage part 3, and the stock tray lifting mechanism can be a conventional cylinder module, a screw module, a hydraulic cylinder module or a motor 81 belt module or the like.

The following is the working procedure of the Tray feeding device in this embodiment:

The product-filled tape trays 72 are stacked on the tape tray storage part 7, the tape tray 72 located in the highest tape tray storage part 7 is lifted into the transfer part 2 by the tape tray lifting mechanism, thereafter, the tape tray 72 in the transfer part 2 is pushed onto the conveying line 5 by the pushing mechanism 6, the tape tray 72 is conveyed into the processing station by the conveying line 5, the product in the tape tray 72 is taken out by the feeding mechanism on the processing station, after the product in the tape tray is completely taken out and becomes the empty tray 32, the empty tray 32 is conveyed into the transfer part 2 by the conveying line 5, the next tape tray 72 located in the highest tape tray storage part 7 can be lifted into the transfer part 2 by the tape tray lifting mechanism and lifted into the empty tray storage part 3 by the empty tray 32, at this time, the side edge of the empty tray 32 slides over from the inclined pushing surface 44 to push the position of the empty tray storage part 3 where the tray support block 42 is stretched into, when the inclined tray 32 is pushed over the inclined tray 44, the empty tray support block 45 is reset to the inclined tray 44 is reset to the empty tray 46, and the empty tray 46 is just above the inclined tray support surface 44 and the empty tray 32 is stacked on the empty tray support surface 46, and the empty tray support surface 46 is just above the empty tray 32 is just above the inclined tray support surface 44.

Examples

The embodiment provides a Tray feeding device, which comprises a frame 1.

The middle position of the frame 1 is a transfer part 2, the front and rear side shafts of the transfer part 2 are connected with slide bars 21 extending into the transfer part 2, the slide bars 21 are used for supporting the bottom of the empty tray 32 or the tape tray 72 and are attached to the side edges of the empty tray 32 or the tape tray 72, the slide bars 21 can be selectively in an L-shaped structure to support the bottom of the empty tray 32 or the tape tray 72 and are attached to the empty tray 32 or the side edges of the tape tray 72, bearings fixed on the frame 1 are arranged at the corners of the slide bars 21, so that the side edges of the tape tray 72 can push the slide bars 21 to move out of the transfer part 2 in the process of lifting the tape tray 72 from the stock tray storage part 7 to the transfer part 2, torsion springs are arranged on the slide bars 21, so that after the tape tray 72 passes over the slide bars, the torsion springs drive the slide bars 21 to reset, and after the slide bars 21 reset, the bottom of the empty tray 32 or the tape tray 72 can be supported and attached to the side edges of the tape tray 72.

The empty tray storage part 3 for stacking the empty tray 32 is arranged right above the transfer part 2, tray supporting seats 4 are arranged at two sides of the bottom of the empty tray storage part 3, stress surfaces 41 are arranged on the tray supporting seats 4, tray supporting blocks 42 are connected between the tray supporting blocks 4 in an axial mode, supporting surfaces 43 for being attached to the stress surfaces 41 are arranged on one side of the bottom of the tray supporting blocks 42, inclined pushing surfaces 44 extending into the empty tray storage part 3 are arranged on the other side of the bottom of the tray supporting blocks 42, when the empty tray 32 ascends from the transfer part 2 to the empty tray storage part 3, the side edges of the empty tray 32 slide from the inclined pushing surfaces 44 to push out the parts of the empty tray storage part 3, where the tray supporting blocks 42 extend into the empty tray storage part 3, reset torsion springs 45 are arranged between the tray supporting blocks 42 and the tray supporting seats 4, when the empty tray 32 passes over the inclined pushing surfaces 44, the reset torsion springs 45 push the tray supporting blocks 42 to reset, supporting surfaces 46 are arranged on the tops of the tray supporting blocks 42, and the supporting surfaces 46 extend into the empty tray storage part 3 to be used for supporting the empty tray 32; the frame 1 is provided with material taking slots 31 located on both sides of the empty tray storage 3.

The left end of the transfer part 2 is spliced with a conveying line 5, the conveying line 5 can be used for conveying the empty material trays 32 into the transfer part 2, one end of the conveying line 5 is matched with the left end of the transfer part 2, and the other end of the conveying line 5 is used for being matched with a feeding mechanism on a processing station; the conveying line 5 comprises a conveying frame 51 and two conveying belts 52 used for supporting the bottoms of two sides of the empty tray 32 or the belt tray 72, and the conveying belts 52 are arranged on the conveying frame 51; the conveying frame 51 is provided with a pushing seat 531 and a pushing cylinder 532, the pushing seat 531 is provided with a sliding groove 533, one end of the sliding groove 533 away from the transferring part 2 is provided with a pressing part 534, the pushing cylinder 532 is provided with a transmission block 535 sliding in the sliding groove 533, the transmission block 535 is connected with the pushing block 536 in a shaft way, one side of the pushing block 536 is provided with an arc surface 537, so that when the pushing cylinder 532 drives the transmission block 535 to drive the arc surface 537 of the pushing block 536 to move below the pressing part 534, the pressing part 534 presses the pushing block 536 to be lower than the conveying belt 52, an upper torsion spring 538 is arranged between the transmission block 535 and the pushing block 536, and when the arc surface 537 moves below the pressing part 534, the upper torsion spring 538 is used for pushing the other side of the pushing block 536 to be higher than the conveying belt 52, so that the pushing block 536 pushes the empty material tray 32 on the conveying belt 52 into the transferring part 2; the carriage 51 is provided with a limit bar 541, a side pushing sliding rail 542 and a side pushing air cylinder 543, the limit bar 541 is located at one side of the carriage 51, a side pushing positioning block 544 located at the other side of the carriage 51 is slid on the side pushing sliding rail 542, and the side pushing air cylinder 543 is used for driving the side pushing positioning block 544 to be close to the limit bar 541 so as to be used for clamping and fixing the tape tray 72 or aligning the empty tray 32 with the left end of the transferring portion 2.

The right end of the transfer part 2 is provided with a push-out mechanism 6, and the push-out mechanism 6 is used for pushing the belt tray 72 in the transfer part 2 onto the conveying line 5; the pushing mechanism 6 includes a pushing seat 63, a pushing rod 64, and a fulcrum rod 65, the pushing seat 63 is mounted with a pushing cylinder 61, a driving rod 62 of the pushing cylinder 61 is connected with one end of the pushing rod 64 by a shaft, the other end of the pushing rod 64 is used for pushing the tape tray 72 in the transfer section 2 onto the conveying line 5, one end of the fulcrum rod 65 is connected with the pushing seat 63 by a shaft, and the other end of the fulcrum rod 65 is connected with the middle shaft of the pushing rod 64 by a shaft, so that the fulcrum rod 65 and the pushing rod 64 form a herringbone structure.

Directly below the transfer part 2 is a stock tray storage part 7 for stacking the tape trays 72, the stock tray storage part 7 is provided with a stock tray lifting mechanism, and the stock tray lifting mechanism is used for lifting the tape trays 72 in the stock tray storage part 7 to the top of the stock tray storage part 7; the material preparation tray lifting mechanism comprises a motor 81, a lifting slide rail 82 and a chain 87 which are arranged on the frame 1, wherein the motor 81 is driven by a worm 83, the worm 83 is meshed with a worm wheel 84, the chain 87 is meshed with a gear 85 which is in transmission connection with the worm wheel 84, a material preparation carrying seat 86 for stacking the material preparation tray 72 is arranged on the lifting slide rail 82 in a sliding manner, and the material preparation carrying seat 86 is fixedly connected with the chain 87; the frame 1 is provided with a take-out door 71 at one side of the stock tray storage 7.

The frame 1 is provided with a top tray cylinder 91 and a top tray sliding rail which are positioned at the front and back sides of the transfer part 2, the top tray cylinder 91 drives a top tray seat 92 which is lifted up and down, the top tray seat 92 is provided with a top tray sliding block which is lifted up and down and slides on the top tray sliding rail, the top tray seat 92 is respectively positioned at the top of the material preparation tray storage part 7, the bottom of the transfer part 2 and the bottom of the empty tray storage part 3 and provided with a material carrying tray supporting seat 4 so as to carry the material carrying tray 72 positioned at the top of the material preparation tray storage part 7 to the transfer part 2, support the material carrying tray 72 or the empty tray 32 positioned in the transfer part 2, carry the empty tray 32 positioned in the transfer part 2 to the bottom of the empty tray storage part 3 and avoid the height of the empty tray 32 with one empty tray 32.

The following steps are working steps of the Tray feeding device in this embodiment:

1. a plurality of trays 72 filled with products are stacked in the tray storage 7 by a robot or a manual work, and at this time, the tray storage seats 86 are used to hold the stacked trays 72.

2. Thereafter, the motor 81 drives the worm 83 to rotate, the worm 83 drives the worm wheel 84 to rotate, the worm wheel 84 drives the gear 85 to rotate, the gear 85 drives the chain 87 to move, the chain 87 drives the stock tray carrying seat 86 to ascend, the highest tape tray 72 stacked on the stock tray carrying seat 86 is lifted to the top of the stock tray storing part 7, the highest tape tray 72 passes over the tray supporting seat 4 positioned on the top of the stock tray storing part 7 in the tray supporting seat 92, the tray supporting seat 4 supports the highest tape tray 72, and when the highest tape tray 72 ascends, the side edge of the tape tray 72 slides over the inclined pushing surface 44 of the tray supporting seat 4 to push the tape tray supporting block 42 into the stock tray storing part 7, and when the tape tray 72 passes over the inclined pushing surface 44, the reset torsion spring 45 of the tape tray supporting seat 4 pushes the tape tray supporting block 42 to reset, and the supporting surface 43 is attached to the stress surface 41, and when the tape tray supporting block 46 extends into the inclined pushing surface 44 to support the tape tray 72.

3. Thereafter, the top tray cylinder 91 drives the top tray 92 to rise, and at this time, the top tray 92 brings the tape tray 72 located on top of the stock tray storage 7 to the transfer section 2; when empty trays 32 are placed in the transfer portion 2, the empty trays 32 in the transfer portion 2 are brought to the bottom of the empty tray storage portion 3 by the rising of the top tray seat 92, at this time, during the rising of the empty trays 32, the side edges of the strip trays 72 slide over the inclined pushing surface 44 of the tray support seat 4 so as to push out the empty tray storage portion 3 from the position where the tray support blocks 42 extend into the empty tray storage portion 3, when the empty trays 32 pass over the inclined pushing surface 44, the reset torsion springs 45 of the tray support seat 4 push the tray support blocks 42 to reset, at this time, the support surface 43 is attached to the stress surface 41, the carrying surface 46 extends into the empty tray storage portion 3 so as to support the empty trays 32 passing over the inclined pushing surface 44, and at the same time, the empty trays 32 at the bottom of the empty tray storage portion 3 are lifted by the height of one empty tray 32; thereafter, the top tray cylinder 91 drives the top tray 92 to descend and reset, and the empty trays 32 are stacked on the carrying surface 46.

4. Thereafter, the driving rod 62 of the push-out cylinder 61 pushes one end of the push-out rod 64 to move, and the fulcrum rod 65 is connected with the middle shaft of the push-out rod 64 to restrict the overall movement of the push-out rod 64, so that the other end of the push-out rod 64 can extend into the transit section 2, thereby realizing pushing of the tape tray 72 onto the conveyor belt 52; thereafter, the driving rod 62 of the push-out cylinder 61 pushes one end of the push-out rod 64 to move reversely, so that the other end of the push-out rod 64 can be hidden in the push-out seat 63.

5. Thereafter, the conveyor belt 52 transports the belt tray 72 into a processing station; thereafter, the side pushing cylinder 543 drives the side pushing positioning block 544 to be close to the limit bar 541 so as to clamp and fix the tape tray 72; thereafter, the feeding mechanism of the processing station feeds the product in the tape tray 72; when the products in the belt tray 72 are completely taken out and become the empty tray 32, the side pushing cylinder 543 drives the side pushing positioning block 544 and the limiting bar 541 to open so as to loosen the fixation of the empty tray 32; thereafter, the conveyor belt 52 conveys the empty tray 32 into the transfer section 2 by reverse movement; when the conveyer belt 52 transfers the empty tray 32 through the pressing part 534, the pushing cylinder 532 drives the transmission block 535 to move, at this time, the transmission block 535 drives the cambered surface 537 of the pushing block 536 to move away from the lower part of the pressing part 534, and the other side of the pushing block 536 of the upper top torsion spring 538 is pushed up higher than the conveyer belt 52, so that the pushing block 536 pushes the empty tray 32 on the conveyer belt 52 into the transferring part 2; thereafter, the push-in cylinder 532 drives the driving block 535 to move in the reverse direction, and when the arc surface 537 of the push-in block 536 moves below the push-down portion 534, the push-down portion 534 pushes down the push-in block 536 to be lower than the conveyor belt 52, thereby avoiding the movement of the belt tray 72 or the next empty tray 32 on the conveyor belt 52.

6. When the empty tray 32 is pushed into the transfer portion 2, the empty tray 32 is supported by the slide bar 21 and the tray support seat 4 located at the bottom of the transfer portion 2 on the top tray seat 92.

Claims

1. A Tray feed device comprising a frame, characterized in that: the middle position of the frame is a transfer part, an empty tray storage part for stacking empty trays is arranged right above the transfer part, tray support seats are arranged at two sides of the bottom of the empty tray storage part, a stress surface is arranged on each tray support seat, each tray support seat is connected with a tray support block through a shaft, a support surface for being attached to the stress surface is arranged on one side of the bottom of each tray support block, an inclined pushing surface extending into the empty tray storage part is arranged on the other side of the bottom of each tray support block, when the empty trays ascend from the transfer part to the empty tray storage part, the side edges of the empty trays slide from the inclined pushing surfaces to push the tray support blocks into the empty tray storage part out of the empty tray storage part, and a reset torsion spring is arranged between each tray support block and each tray support seat so as to push each tray support block to reset when the empty tray passes over the inclined pushing surface, and the top of each tray support block is provided with a tray supporting surface for being used for extending into the empty tray storage part; the left end concatenation of transfer portion has the transfer chain, the transfer chain is used for with empty charging tray to send in the transfer portion, the right-hand member of transfer portion is provided with pushing mechanism, pushing mechanism is used for with take the charging tray in the transfer portion to on the transfer chain, be used for stacking under the transfer portion the charging tray storage portion of preparing of taking the charging tray, the charging tray storage portion of preparing is provided with the charging tray elevating system, the charging tray elevating system of preparing is used for with take the charging tray in the charging tray storage portion of preparing to in the transfer portion or/and with empty charging tray jack-up in the transfer portion reaches empty tray storage portion.

2. A Tray feeding device according to claim 1, wherein: the frame is provided with a top tray cylinder positioned at the front and back sides of the transfer part, the top tray cylinder drives a top tray seat which is lifted up and down, the top tray seats are respectively positioned at the top of the storage part of the material preparation tray, the bottom of the transfer part and the bottom of the storage part of the empty tray are provided with the tray supporting seat, so that the material carrying tray positioned at the top of the storage part of the material preparation tray is carried to the transfer part, the material carrying tray or the empty tray positioned in the transfer part is supported, the empty tray in the transfer part is carried to the bottom of the storage part of the empty tray, and the height of the empty tray carried on the empty tray at the bottom of the storage part of the empty tray is avoided.

3. A Tray feeding device according to claim 2, wherein: the frame is provided with a top disc sliding rail, and the top disc seat is provided with a top disc sliding block which can lift and slide on the top disc sliding rail.

4. A Tray feeding device according to claim 1, wherein: the front and back side shafts of the transfer part are connected with sliding strips extending into the transfer part, the sliding strips are used for supporting the bottoms of the empty trays or the trays with the sides of the empty trays or trays with the sides of the trays, and the trays with the trays are lifted from the storage part of the trays to the transfer part in the process of the transfer part, and the sliding strips are moved out of the transfer part.

5. A Tray feeder apparatus according to claim 4, wherein: the pushing mechanism comprises a pushing seat, a pushing rod and a supporting point rod, wherein the pushing seat is provided with a pushing cylinder, a driving rod of the pushing cylinder is connected with one end of the pushing rod in a shaft mode, the other end of the pushing rod is used for pushing a belt tray in the transfer portion to the conveying line, one end of the supporting point rod is connected with the pushing seat in a shaft mode, and the other end of the supporting point rod is connected with the middle shaft of the pushing rod so that the supporting point rod and the pushing rod form a herringbone structure.

6. A Tray feeding device according to claim 1, wherein: the material preparation tray lifting mechanism comprises a motor, a lifting slide rail and a chain, wherein the motor is arranged on the frame, the motor is provided with a worm, the worm is meshed with a worm wheel, the chain is meshed with a gear connected with the worm wheel in a transmission mode, a material preparation supporting and carrying seat for stacking the material preparation tray is arranged on the lifting slide rail in a sliding mode, and the material preparation supporting and carrying seat is fixedly connected with the chain.

7. A Tray feeding device according to claim 1, wherein: the conveying line comprises a conveying frame and two conveying belts used for supporting the bottoms of the two sides of the empty tray or the belt tray, and the conveying belts are installed on the conveying frame.

8. A Tray feeding apparatus according to claim 7, wherein: the conveying frame is provided with a pushing seat and a pushing cylinder, the pushing seat is provided with a sliding groove, one end of the sliding groove, which is far away from the transferring part, is provided with a pushing part, the pushing cylinder is driven to be provided with a transmission block which slides in the sliding groove, the transmission block is connected with a pushing block in a shaft mode, one side of the pushing block is provided with an arc surface, the driving cylinder is driven to drive the transmission block to drive the pushing block, when the arc surface of the pushing block moves to the lower part of the pushing part, the pushing part pushes the pushing block to be lower than the conveying belt, an upper torsion spring is arranged between the transmission block and the pushing block, and when the arc surface moves to the lower part of the pushing part, the upper torsion spring is used for pushing the other side of the pushing block to be higher than the conveying belt, so that the pushing block pushes an empty material tray on the conveying belt to the transferring part.

9. A Tray feeding apparatus according to claim 7, wherein: the conveying frame is provided with a limiting strip, a side pushing sliding rail and a side pushing air cylinder, the limiting strip is located on one side of the conveying frame, a side pushing positioning block located on the other side of the conveying frame is arranged on the side pushing sliding rail in a sliding mode, and the side pushing air cylinder is used for driving the side pushing positioning block to be close to the limiting strip so as to be used for clamping and fixing the material carrying disc or aligning the empty material carrying disc with the left end of the transfer portion.

10. A Tray feeding device according to claim 1, wherein: the rack is provided with material taking notches positioned on two sides of the empty tray storage part, and the rack is provided with a material taking door positioned on one side of the material preparation tray storage part.