CN109178813B

CN109178813B - Card sorting equipment

Info

Publication number: CN109178813B
Application number: CN201811255051.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王超; 吴伟文; 李宇婕; 李守东; 田洪敢
Original assignee: Guangzhou Mingsen Hexing Tech Co ltd
Current assignee: Guangzhou Mingsen Hexing Tech Co ltd
Priority date: 2018-10-25
Filing date: 2018-10-25
Publication date: 2024-06-14
Anticipated expiration: 2038-10-25
Also published as: CN109178813A

Abstract

The invention discloses card sorting equipment which comprises a conveying module, a classification collecting module and a card collecting module, wherein the conveying module is used for conveying cards; the conveying module comprises a conveying channel, a plurality of conveying vehicles arranged on the conveying channel and a conveying mechanism for driving the conveying vehicles to move on the conveying channel; the classifying and collecting module comprises a card conveying mechanism, a card issuing mechanism, a detecting assembly for detecting the types of cards and a card conveying mechanism for conveying the cards into corresponding card boxes on the transport vehicle; the card collection module comprises a carrying mechanism and a transitional rotary conveying mechanism. The card sorting device of the invention can sort and collect a large number of cards so as to package and send out the subsequent cards.

Description

Card sorting equipment

Technical Field

The invention relates to smart card production equipment, in particular to card sorting equipment.

Background

In the smart card production process, the mixed cards of different types need to be reclassified and collected so as to facilitate subsequent card management; for example, in banks with wide business, a variety of cards are required, and after information is recorded on various cards, the cards are required to be stored in a reclassification manner and collected and packed so as to be transmitted to each website. Most of the existing card sorting equipment is suitable for sorting a small amount of cards, and particularly, different types of cards are collected into different card hoppers for temporary storage, but the card sorting equipment cannot meet the requirement of sorting the cards of banks, for example, the intelligent card sorting and sorting device disclosed in the patent with the authority notice number of CN207182370U is used for sending the cards from a card sending device, and the cards are directly conveyed into corresponding temporary storage card boxes (card temporary storage and sorting devices) for temporary storage after being identified by serial information.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to overcome the defects of the prior art and provides card sorting equipment which can sort and collect a large number of cards so as to package and send out the subsequent cards.

The aim of the invention is achieved by the following technical scheme:

the card sorting equipment is characterized by comprising a conveying module, a sorting and collecting module and a card collecting module; wherein,

The conveying module comprises a conveying channel, a plurality of conveying vehicles arranged on the conveying channel and a conveying mechanism for driving the conveying vehicles to move on the conveying channel; the conveying channel is of a circulating closed structure, and the classifying and collecting module and the card collecting module are sequentially arranged on one side of the conveying channel along the moving direction of the transport vehicle on the conveying channel; a first clamping mechanism capable of blocking or avoiding forward movement of the transport vehicle is arranged at a sorting station of the sorting and collecting module, and a second clamping mechanism capable of blocking or avoiding forward movement of the transport vehicle is arranged at a collecting station of the card collecting module; each transport vehicle on the conveying channel is provided with a plurality of cassettes;

The classifying and collecting module comprises a card conveying mechanism, a card issuing mechanism, a detecting assembly for detecting the types of cards and a card conveying mechanism for conveying the cards into corresponding card boxes on the transport vehicle; the card conveying mechanism comprises a card conveying track arranged on one side of a conveying channel of the transport vehicle, a card shifting belt arranged on the card conveying track and a conveying driving mechanism for driving the card shifting belt to move, and the card issuing mechanism and the detection module are sequentially arranged on the card conveying track along the moving direction of the card on the card conveying track; the card conveying mechanism is composed of a manipulator arranged above the conveying channel, and the manipulator comprises a card sucking mechanism for sucking the card and a conveying driving mechanism for driving the card sucking mechanism to move between the card conveying track and the conveying channel;

The card collecting module comprises a carrying mechanism and a transitional rotary conveying mechanism; the conveying mechanism comprises a clamping mechanism for clamping the clamping box and a collecting and conveying driving mechanism for driving the clamping mechanism to move onto the transitional rotary conveying mechanism, and the clamping mechanism comprises a clamping assembly and a clamping driving mechanism for driving the clamping assembly to be separated or closed; the transition rotary conveying mechanism comprises a rotary frame and a rotary driving mechanism for driving the rotary frame to rotate, and a plurality of cartridge fixing parts for placing cartridges are arranged on the rotary frame; the collecting station comprises a card box placing station and a card collecting station, the rotating frame is driven by the rotary driving mechanism to intermittently rotate, the card box fixing part on the rotating frame sequentially passes through the card box placing station and the card collecting station, the card box placing station places the card box at the position of the card box fixing part for the carrying mechanism, and the card collecting station takes out the card in the card box manually.

The working principle of the card sorting equipment is as follows:

When the card sorting machine works, the conveying mechanism drives all the transport vehicles to move forwards, when the first transport vehicle moves to the sorting station, the first clamping mechanism blocks the first transport vehicle to prevent the first transport vehicle from moving forwards, and the transport vehicles positioned behind are blocked successively due to the stopping of the first transport vehicle so as to stop moving, and at the moment, the card sorting is started;

The card issuing mechanism sequentially transfers the cards to be classified from the card hopper to the card conveying track, and the conveying driving mechanism drives the card shifting belt to move so as to drive the cards to move forwards to the corresponding positions of the detection modules; then, the carrying driving mechanism of the manipulator drives the card sucking mechanism to move into the card conveying track and suck the card, and then the carrying driving mechanism carries the card into a corresponding card box of the transport vehicle according to the detection result of the detection module, so that the classified collection of the card is completed;

After specified cards are classified and collected into the cassettes on the first transport vehicle, the first clamping mechanism avoids the transport vehicle and does not block the transport vehicle, the transport mechanism drives the first transport vehicle to continuously move forwards, when the first transport vehicle leaves a sorting station and the second transport vehicle arrives at the sorting station, the first clamping mechanism continuously blocks the second transport vehicle to move forwards, the following transport vehicle correspondingly moves forwards for a distance of one transport vehicle and then continuously stays on a transport channel, and the classified collection module continuously collects another batch of cards into the cassettes of the second transport vehicle in a classified manner; meanwhile, the first transport vehicle moves to a collecting station under the drive of the conveying mechanism, and the second clamping mechanism blocks the first transport vehicle from moving forwards, so that the first transport vehicle stays on the collecting station of the conveying channel and starts to collect cards;

At the moment, the collecting and conveying driving mechanism drives the clamping mechanism to move to the corresponding position of the clamping box of the first transport vehicle, the clamping box is clamped by the clamping driving mechanism, then the clamping mechanism clamping the clamping box is moved to a clamping box fixing part at a clamping box placing station of the transitional rotary conveying mechanism by the collecting and conveying driving mechanism, and then the clamping driving mechanism drives the clamping assembly to loosen the clamping box, so that the first-step transport of the card is completed; next, the rotary driving mechanism drives the card box on the rotary frame to rotate to a card collecting station, so that the second step of carrying of the card is completed; then, the staff takes out the card in the card box and stores the card in a designated position to finish the third step of carrying the card, thereby finishing the collection of the card; after the collection of the cards in the card box is completed, the rotary driving mechanism continues to drive the rotary frame to rotate, so that the card box returns to the card box placing station, the spare card box is moved away by the waiting and conveying mechanism, and the next card box with the cards is conveyed to the card box fixing part, so that the card box on the transport vehicle is continuously conveyed and collected. In the whole carrying and collecting process, a worker only needs to stand at a card collecting station to execute the operation of the last step, and the card in the card box is taken out, so that the operation is simple and the efficiency is high;

After the cards on the first transport vehicle are collected, the second clamping mechanism avoids the transport vehicle, and returns to the rear of the transport vehicle waiting for classified collection of the cards along the conveying channel under the drive of the conveying mechanism, and waits for the next card transportation. In the whole card sorting process, since the first clamping mechanism and the second clamping mechanism are respectively arranged at the sorting station and the collecting station on the conveying channel, when the first transport vehicle collects cards, if the sorting mechanism has finished sorting the second batch of cards on the second transport vehicle, the first clamping mechanism can avoid the second transport vehicle, so that the second transport vehicle moves towards the collecting station under the driving of the conveying mechanism and is arranged behind the transport vehicle (behind the first transport vehicle) which is in process of collecting the cards, so that the next transport vehicle moves to the sorting station to sort the cards of the next batch, at the moment, even if the cards on the first transport vehicle at the collecting station do not complete the collection of the cards, under the obstruction of the second clamping mechanism at the collecting station, the second transport vehicle moves to the back of the first transport vehicle to stop moving, waits for the cards of the first transport vehicle to be collected and leaves the collecting station to be collected by the collecting station; and the transport vehicle at the sorting station continues to sort the cards independently, and is not influenced by the rate of card collection.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the conveying channel includes a main straight channel and an auxiliary straight channel, the main straight channel and the auxiliary straight channel are arranged side by side, and the sorting station and the collecting station are arranged on the main straight channel; the conveying mechanism comprises two longitudinal conveying mechanisms for driving the transport vehicle to move on the conveying channel and two groups of transition conveying mechanisms for driving the transport vehicle to move between the main straight channel and the auxiliary straight channel, the two longitudinal conveying mechanisms are respectively arranged on the main straight channel and the auxiliary straight channel, the moving directions of the two longitudinal conveying mechanisms for driving the transport vehicle are opposite, and the two groups of transition conveying mechanisms are respectively arranged at two ends of the conveying channel.

Preferably, each group of transitional conveying mechanisms comprises two transverse conveying mechanisms which are respectively arranged on the same end of the main straight passage and the auxiliary straight passage; each transverse conveying mechanism comprises a lifting frame, a vertical driving mechanism for driving the lifting frame to move up and down, a conveying motor arranged on the lifting frame and a transverse transmission mechanism; the transverse transmission mechanism comprises a driving wheel, a driven wheel and a friction belt encircling between the driving wheel and the driven wheel, and the driving wheel is connected with a power output shaft of the transmission motor; the primary straight passage and the secondary straight passage are both higher than the friction belt.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the detection module includes an OCR detection unit, a contactless card detection unit, and a contact card detection unit; along the moving direction of the card in the card conveying track, the OCR detection unit, the non-contact card detection unit and the contact card detection unit are sequentially arranged on the card conveying track.

Preferably, the end of the card conveying track is provided with a plurality of card collecting mechanisms, and each card collecting mechanism comprises an auxiliary card hopper which is vertically arranged and a card pushing mechanism which pushes cards on the conveying channel into the auxiliary card hopper.

Preferably, a plurality of card conveying stations are arranged between the contact card detection unit and the card collecting mechanism.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the collecting and conveying driving mechanism is formed by a manipulator, and the manipulator includes a rotating frame, a rotating power mechanism for driving the rotating frame to rotate, a first connecting arm and a second connecting arm; one end of the rotating frame is fixedly arranged on a power output piece of the rotating power mechanism, the other end of the rotating frame is rotationally connected with the first connecting arm, the other end of the first connecting arm is rotationally connected with the second connecting arm, and the clamping mechanism is arranged on the second connecting arm; the rotating frame, the first connecting arm and the second connecting arm are all provided with a rotation driving mechanism at the joint.

Preferably, the second connecting arm is provided with a connecting frame, the connecting frame comprises a connecting rod and a fixed plate, one end of the connecting rod is connected with the second connecting arm, the other end of the connecting rod is connected with the center of the fixed plate, and the clamping mechanism is arranged on the fixed plate; the clamping mechanism comprises a plurality of clamping units, and each clamping unit comprises the clamping assembly, the clamping driving mechanism and a vertical driving mechanism for driving the clamping driving mechanism to vertically move; the vertical driving mechanism is fixedly arranged on the fixing plate, and the clamping driving mechanism is arranged on a power output shaft of the vertical driving mechanism through the connecting assembly.

Preferably, a plurality of connecting plates which are uniformly distributed are arranged in the circumferential direction of the rotating frame, and fixing grooves for fixing the clamping boxes are formed in the connecting plates; the fixing groove forms the cartridge fixing portion.

Preferably, each connecting plate on the rotating frame is provided with two fixing grooves which are respectively arranged at two ends of the connecting plate; four clamping units are arranged on the clamping mechanism.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:

1. the card sorting device of the invention can sort and collect a large number of cards so as to package and send out the subsequent cards.

2. According to the invention, the closed circulation conveying channel is arranged, so that the circulation conveying of the conveying vehicle is realized, the conveying efficiency of the card is improved, and the design is ingenious; meanwhile, under the action of the first clamping mechanism and the second clamping mechanism, the card sorting speed and the card collecting speed are not affected, so that the sorting and collecting of the cards can be independently carried out, the debugging requirements on the sorting mechanism and the collecting mechanism in the card sorting equipment are reduced, and the whole equipment is more flexible.

3. The invention adopts the mechanical arm to convey the card from the card conveying rail to the card box, and has high conveying speed and high precision.

4. According to the card box conveying device, the card box with the cards is conveyed and transferred to the card collecting station through the conveying mechanism and the transitional rotary conveying mechanism, so that the card collecting efficiency is improved, and the labor is saved; in the whole carrying and collecting process, a worker only needs to stand at a card collecting station to execute the operation of the last step, and the card in the card box is taken out, so that the operation is simple and the efficiency is high.

Drawings

Fig. 1-2 are schematic structural views (not all of the transport vehicles are shown) of one embodiment of the card sorting apparatus of the present invention, wherein fig. 1 is a top view and fig. 2 is a perspective view.

Fig. 3 to 4 are schematic structural views of the conveying module, wherein fig. 3 is a top view, and fig. 4 is a perspective view.

Fig. 5 to 6 are schematic structural views of the stopper mechanism, wherein fig. 5 is a side view and fig. 6 is a perspective view.

Fig. 7 is a schematic perspective view of a transport vehicle (the cartridge on the transport vehicle is not fully shown).

Fig. 8 is a schematic perspective view of the lateral conveyance mechanism.

Fig. 9 to 10 are schematic structural views of the classification collecting module, wherein fig. 9 is a front view and fig. 10 is a perspective view.

Fig. 11 to 12 are schematic structural views of a card conveying mechanism, a card issuing mechanism, a detection module, a heavy card detecting mechanism and a card collecting mechanism, wherein fig. 11 is a side view, and fig. 12 is a perspective view.

Fig. 13-14 are schematic structural views of the card issuing mechanism, wherein fig. 13 is a front view, and fig. 14 is a perspective view.

Fig. 15 to 16 are schematic structural views of the contact card detection unit, wherein fig. 15 is a side view and fig. 16 is a perspective view.

Fig. 17-18 are schematic structural views of the card collecting module, wherein fig. 17 is a perspective view, and fig. 18 is a perspective view from another perspective.

Fig. 19 to 20 are schematic structural views of the conveying mechanism and the transitional rotary conveying mechanism, wherein fig. 19 is a side view, and fig. 20 is a perspective view.

Fig. 21 is a schematic perspective view of a transitional rotary transport mechanism.

Fig. 22 to 25 are schematic structural views of four clamping mechanisms and a connecting frame, wherein fig. 22 is a front view, fig. 23 is a side view, fig. 24 is a perspective view, and fig. 25 is a perspective view from another perspective.

Fig. 26 is a schematic perspective view of a single clamping mechanism and a vertical guide mechanism.

Fig. 27 is a schematic perspective view of a connection assembly.

Fig. 28 is a schematic perspective view of the cartridge.

Fig. 29 to 30 are schematic structural views of the clamping member, wherein fig. 29 is a side view and fig. 30 is a perspective view.

Detailed Description

The invention is further described below with reference to examples and figures, but embodiments of the invention are not limited thereto.

Referring to fig. 1-2, the card sorting apparatus of the present embodiment includes a conveying module C, a sorting and collecting module a, and a card collecting module B; wherein,

Referring to fig. 3 to 8, the conveying module C includes a conveying path, a plurality of transport vehicles 3a disposed on the conveying path, and a conveying mechanism for driving the transport vehicles 3a to move on the conveying path; the conveying channel is of a circulating closed structure, and the classifying and collecting module A and the card collecting module B are sequentially arranged on one side of the conveying channel along the moving direction of the transport vehicle 3a on the conveying channel; a first clamping mechanism 29a capable of blocking or avoiding forward movement of the transport vehicle 3a is arranged at the sorting station 1a of the sorting and collecting module A, and a second clamping mechanism 30a capable of blocking or avoiding forward movement of the transport vehicle 3a is arranged at the collecting station 2a of the card collecting module B; a plurality of cartridges 15a are provided on each transport carriage 3a on the conveying path.

Referring to fig. 5-6, the first detent mechanism 29a and the second detent mechanism 30a are each formed by a stopper mechanism, the stopper mechanism includes a stopper frame, a stopper wheel 11a disposed on the stopper frame and used for contacting with the transport vehicle 3a, and a stopper driving mechanism 7a for driving the stopper frame to move up and down, and the conveying channel is provided with a avoiding hole for avoiding the stopper frame. When the transport vehicle 3a is required to be blocked, the stop driving mechanism 7a drives the stop frame to move upwards, so that the stop wheel 11a on the stop frame is lifted to a height higher than the conveying channel and capable of blocking the transport vehicle 3 a; when the carrier 3a moves to the position of the stopping mechanism, the stopping wheel 11a on the stopping frame contacts with the front end of the carrier 3a and stops the carrier 3 a; when the transport vehicle 3a needs to be released and the transport vehicle 3a moves forward, the stop driving mechanism 7a drives the stop frame to move downward, so that the stop wheel 11a on the stop frame descends to a height lower than the conveying passage, and the transport vehicle 3a can pass smoothly. The stopper wheels 11a are provided on the stopper frame such that when the stopper frame moves downward, the stopper wheels 11a roll on the front end of the transport vehicle 3a, thereby reducing friction therebetween and making the descent of the stopper frame smoother.

Referring to fig. 5-6, the stop rack comprises a fixed rack 9a and a moving rack 10a, wherein the fixed rack 9a is arranged on a power output shaft of the stop driving mechanism 7a, one end of the moving rack 10a is rotatably connected to the fixed rack 9a, and the other end is provided with a rotation limiting block 13a; the fixed frame 9a is provided with an elastic supporting piece 12a for supporting the moving frame 10a, the stop wheel 11a is arranged on one end of the moving frame 10a, which is rotationally connected with the fixed frame 9a, and the stop wheel 11a is backwards protruded relative to the moving frame 10a and the fixed frame 9a in a normal state. In this way, when the carriage 3a hits the stop wheel 11a on the moving frame 10a, the moving frame 10a rotates forward around the rotation point connected with the fixed frame 9a, and has a certain buffer under the action of the elastic supporting piece 12a, and finally the rotation limiting block 13a is directly supported on the fixed frame 9a, so that the moving frame 10a cannot continue to rotate, and the carriage 3a is completely blocked; the stop frame is used for buffering the stop movement of the transport vehicle 3a, so that the transport vehicle 3a is prevented from stopping instantaneously, larger vibration is caused, and the overturning of the clamping box 15a on the transport vehicle 3a is prevented.

Referring to fig. 5-6, a vertically extending limit rod 8a is arranged on the frame, and a limit groove matched with the limit rod 8a is arranged on the fixing frame 9 a. When the stop driving mechanism 7a drives the fixing frame 9a to move up and down, the fixing frame 9a and the moving frame 10a are ensured to move in the vertical direction under the action of the limiting rod 8a and the limiting groove, so that the aim of improving the precision is fulfilled.

Referring to fig. 3-4, the conveying channel comprises a main straight channel 4a and a secondary straight channel 5a, the main straight channel 4a is arranged side by side with the secondary straight channel 5a, and the sorting station 1a and the collecting station 2a are arranged on the main straight channel 4 a; the conveying mechanism comprises two longitudinal conveying mechanisms for driving the transport vehicle 3a to move on the conveying channel and two groups of transition conveying mechanisms 6a for driving the transport vehicle 3a to move between the main straight channel 4a and the auxiliary straight channel 5a, the two longitudinal conveying mechanisms are respectively arranged on the main straight channel 4a and the auxiliary straight channel 5a, the moving directions of the two longitudinal conveying mechanisms for driving the transport vehicle 3a are opposite, and the two groups of transition conveying mechanisms 6a are respectively arranged at two ends of the conveying channel. The main straight passage 4a and the auxiliary straight passage 5a which are arranged side by side form a closed circulation conveying passage, so that the conveying vehicle 3a can complete the conveying of the card only by linear movement, and the structure is simple; the transport vehicle 3a is transferred between the main straight passage 4a and the auxiliary straight passage 5a by the transverse transportation of the transport vehicle 3a by the transition transport mechanism 6a, so that the connection of the main straight passage 4a and the auxiliary straight passage 5a is realized.

In addition, the conveying channel can also be formed by an oblong channel, and the advantage of arranging such a conveying channel is that the transport vehicle 3a can be driven by the conveying mechanism to continuously move back on the conveying channel, so that circulation between the sorting station 1a and the collecting station 2a is realized, and the transport vehicle 3a is not required to be transferred by arranging a transition conveying mechanism 6 a.

Referring to fig. 3, 4 and 8, each set of transitional conveying mechanisms 6a comprises two transverse conveying mechanisms respectively arranged on the same end of the main straight passage 4a and the auxiliary straight passage 5 a; each transverse conveying mechanism comprises a lifting frame 21a, a vertical driving mechanism 22a for driving the lifting frame 21a to move up and down, a conveying motor 27a arranged on the lifting frame 21a and a transverse transmission mechanism; the transverse transmission mechanism comprises a driving wheel 45a, a driven wheel 25a and a friction belt 23a which surrounds between the driving wheel 45a and the driven wheel 25a, and the driving wheel 45a is connected with a power output shaft of the transmission motor 27 a; the primary straight passage 4a and the secondary straight passage 5a are each higher than the friction belt 23 a. When the transport vehicle 3a moves to the end of the main straight passage 4a, the vertical driving mechanisms 22a of the two lateral conveying mechanisms at the end drive the respective lifting frames 21a to move upwards, so that the two lateral conveying mechanisms are higher than the conveying passage, the transport vehicle 3a falls on the friction belt 23a, then the conveying motors 27a of the two lateral conveying mechanisms drive the driving wheels 45a to rotate, so that the two friction belts 23a move simultaneously, the transport vehicle 3a is driven by the friction belt 23a to move from the friction belt 23a on the main straight passage 4a to the friction belt 23a of the lateral conveying mechanism of the auxiliary straight passage 5a, and finally the two vertical driving mechanisms 22a drive the respective lifting frames 21a to move downwards to the initial position, so that the transport vehicle 3a falls on the other straight passage, and transfer and transportation of the transport vehicle 3a are completed.

Referring to fig. 8, each of the lateral transfer mechanisms includes two lateral transmission mechanisms respectively provided at both sides of the lifting frame 21a, and a transmission rod 26a is provided between driving wheels 45a of the two lateral transmission mechanisms; the power output shaft of the transmission motor 27a is connected with the transmission rod 26a through a toothed chain structure 28 a. The two transverse transmission mechanisms are arranged, so that the transport of the transport vehicle 3a is more stable, and the transport vehicle 3a can be accurately transferred on two straight channels; through the connection of the transmission rod 26a and the toothed chain structure 28a with the transmission motor 27a, the operation that one motor drives two transverse transmission mechanisms is realized, the synchronism of the two transverse transmission mechanisms is improved, and the structure is simple.

Referring to fig. 3, the third clamping mechanisms 32a are disposed at the corresponding positions of the transverse conveying mechanisms at the two ends of the main straight passage 4a and the auxiliary straight passage 5a, so that the third clamping mechanisms can be separated from other transport vehicles 3a when the transport vehicles 3a are transferred and transported, and smooth transportation of the transport vehicles 3a is ensured.

In the implementation, a lifting mechanism is arranged on the main straight passage 4a corresponding to the collecting station 2a, and comprises a lifting plate and a lifting driving mechanism for driving the lifting plate to vertically move; the conveying channel is higher than the lifting plate; a fourth detent mechanism 31a is provided behind the collecting station 2a along the conveying direction of the carriage 3 a. When the transport vehicle 3a moves to the collecting station 2a and is blocked by the second blocking mechanism 30a arranged in front of the collecting station 2a, the lifting driving mechanism drives the lifting plate to move upwards, so that the transport vehicle 3a is lifted off the conveying channel; when the transport vehicle 3a moves to the collecting station 2 at the back, the transport vehicle is blocked by the fourth clamping mechanism 31a at the back of the collecting station 2a so as to prevent collision with the transport vehicle 3a on the collecting station 2 a; in this way, the transport vehicle 3a on the collecting station 2a can be completely separated from the conveying channel, and the card collecting module B can accurately collect the cards on the transport vehicle 3a smoothly without any influence. In addition, in the embodiment, the lifting mechanism is also arranged at the corresponding position of the sorting station 1a, so that when the cards are sorted, the movement of the transport vehicle or the deviation of the position under the drive of the longitudinal conveying mechanism is avoided, and the sorting mechanism is influenced to sort the cards into the corresponding card boxes 15 a.

The longitudinal conveying mechanism of the embodiment is composed of a double-speed chain assembly line, and the double-speed chain assembly line comprises a conveying motor and two groups of conveying structures arranged on two sides of a conveying channel; each transmission structure comprises a driving gear, a driven gear and a transmission chain encircling between the driving gear and the driven gear, a power transmission rod is arranged between the driving gears of the two transmission structures, and the conveying motor is connected with the power transmission rod through a toothed chain structure; all the transport carriages 3 are arranged on the conveyor chain.

Specific embodiments of the conveying mechanism can be referred to an utility model patent with an issued publication number of CN205972673U as a double speed chain or an utility model patent with an issued publication number of CN205771482U as a double speed chain.

Referring to fig. 7, the transport vehicle 3a includes a transport plate 18a and a fixing frame disposed on the transport plate 18a, where a plurality of positioning slots 14a for placing the cartridges 15a are disposed on the fixing frame; wherein, the steady rest is formed by a plurality of equidistant longitudinal bars 20a and a plurality of equidistant transverse bars 19 a. The carrier vehicle 3a is simple in structure, the longitudinal rods 20a and the transverse rods 19a are mutually staggered to form the clamping grooves 14a, so that the clamping boxes 15a can be placed conveniently, and the clamping boxes 15a can be taken out from the vertical direction by fixing the positions of the clamping boxes 15a longitudinally and transversely.

Referring to fig. 7, the front and rear ends of the transport plate 18a are respectively provided with an elastic stop block 18a, when the transport vehicle 3a is blocked by the stop mechanism, the stop wheel 11a of the stop mechanism is stopped at the position of the elastic stop block 18, so that the impact vibration to the transport plate 18a can be reduced, the turnover of the card box 15a is avoided, and the damage to the transport plate 18a can be reduced. The auxiliary elastic stoppers 16a are also arranged on both sides of the elastic stoppers 18a, and the auxiliary elastic stoppers 16a are thicker than the elastic stoppers 18a, when the transport vehicle 3a moves to the main straight passage 4a or the auxiliary straight passage 5a, and the stopper mechanism fails, the auxiliary elastic stoppers 16a can prevent the transport plate 18a from directly colliding with the end of the transport passage, thereby reducing damage to the transport vehicle 3 a. The four end corners of the conveying plate 18a are provided with adjusting rollers 17a, when the conveying vehicle 3a is driven by the conveying chain to deviate, and the end corners collide with the side face of the conveying channel, the sliding friction between the conveying vehicle 3a and the side face of the conveying channel can be avoided due to the fact that the adjusting rollers 17a are arranged.

The third detent mechanism 32a and the fourth detent mechanism 31a of the present embodiment are each constituted by the stopper mechanism. In addition, a plurality of stop mechanisms are further arranged on the main straight-moving channel 4a and the auxiliary straight-moving channel 5a, and one transport vehicle 3a is arranged between every two stop mechanisms on the same straight-moving channel, so that one stop mechanism corresponds to one transport vehicle 3a, and collision between the transport vehicles 3a is avoided.

Referring to fig. 3 to 8, the conveying module C of the card sorting apparatus of the present embodiment operates on the principle that:

The longitudinal conveying mechanism continuously works to drive the transport vehicle 3a to move forwards, when the first transport vehicle 3a moves to the sorting station 1a, the first clamping mechanism 29a blocks the first transport vehicle a3 to prevent the first transport vehicle a3 from moving forwards, the transport vehicle 3a positioned behind is blocked by the first transport vehicle 3a to stop moving, at the moment, the sorting and collecting module A starts to sort cards, after the designated cards are sorted to the card boxes 15a on the first transport vehicle 3a, the first clamping mechanism 29a avoids the transport vehicle 3a, the transport vehicle 3a is not blocked any more, so that the first transport vehicle 3a can move forwards continuously, when the first transport vehicle 3a leaves the sorting station 1a and the second transport vehicle 3a reaches the sorting station 1a, the first clamping mechanism 29a continues to block the second transport vehicle 3a from advancing, and the rear transport vehicle 3a correspondingly moves forward by the distance of one transport vehicle 3a and then also stays on the main straight passage 4a, so that the sorting and collecting module A continues to sort another batch of cards into the card boxes 15a of the second transport vehicle 3 a; meanwhile, the first transport vehicle 3a moves forwards under the drive of the double-speed chain assembly line until the first transport vehicle moves to the collecting station 2a, and at the moment, the second clamping mechanism 30a blocks the first transport vehicle 3a to continue to move forwards, so that the first transport vehicle 3a stays on the collecting station 2a of the main straight passage 4a, and the card collecting module B starts to collect cards; after the cards on the first transport vehicle 3a are collected, the second clamping mechanism 30a avoids the transport vehicle 3a, so that the transport vehicle 3a continues to move forwards; after the transport vehicle 3a moves to the tail end of the main straight-going channel 4a, the vertical driving mechanisms 22a on the main straight-going channel 4a and the auxiliary straight-going channel 5a drive the lifting frames 2a to ascend, the transport vehicle 3a falls on the friction belt 23a of the transverse conveying mechanism of the main straight-going channel 4a, then, the friction belt 23a drives the transport vehicle 3a to transversely move from the main straight-going channel 4a to the auxiliary straight-going channel 5a under the driving of the conveying motor 27a, and then, the vertical driving mechanisms 22a drive the lifting frames 21a to downwards move, so that the transport vehicle 3a is completely fallen on the auxiliary straight-going channel 5a, and the transfer between the main straight-going channel 4a and the auxiliary straight-going channel 5a is completed; similarly, when the carriage 3a moves to the end of the sub straight passage 5a, the transfer to the main straight passage 4a is completed by the lateral transmission mechanism, and the carriage returns to the rear of the carriage 3a waiting for sorting cards, thereby completing the sorted card conveyance. Since the sorting station 1a and the collecting station 2a on the main straight passage 4a are respectively provided with the first clamping mechanism 29a and the second clamping mechanism 30a, when the first transport vehicle 3a performs card collection, if the sorting and collecting module a has completed sorting the second batch of cards on the second transport vehicle 3a, the first clamping mechanism 29a can avoid the second transport vehicle 3a, so that the second transport vehicle 3a moves toward the collecting station 2a under the drive of the conveying mechanism, is arranged behind the transport vehicle 3a (behind the first transport vehicle 3 a) which is performing card collection, so that the next transport vehicle 3a moves onto the sorting station 1a, the next batch of cards is sorted, at this time, even if the cards on the first transport vehicle 3a positioned at the collecting station a2 are not collected, under the obstruction of the stop mechanism in front of the collecting station 2a, the second transport vehicle 3a stops moving after moving to the rear of the first transport vehicle 3, and the cards of the first transport vehicle 3a are moved to the collecting station 2a for collecting after being completely collected and leaving the collecting station 2 a; the transport carriage 3a at the sorting station 1a continues to sort cards independently, without being affected by the rate of card collection.

Referring to fig. 9-16, the sorting and collecting module a includes a card conveying mechanism, a card issuing mechanism 2b, a detecting module for detecting a card category, and a card conveying mechanism for conveying cards into corresponding cartridges on a transport carriage; the card conveying mechanism comprises a card conveying track 7b arranged at one side of the conveying channel, a card shifting belt arranged on the card conveying track 7b and a conveying driving mechanism for driving the card shifting belt to move, and the card issuing mechanism 2b and the detection module are sequentially arranged on the card conveying track 7b along the moving direction of the card on the card conveying track 7 b; the card carrying mechanism is composed of a manipulator 1b arranged above the conveying channel, and the manipulator 1b comprises a card sucking mechanism for sucking the card and a carrying driving mechanism for driving the card sucking mechanism to move between the card conveying track 7b and the conveying channel. The manipulator 1b in the present embodiment is a parallel robot.

Referring to fig. 11-12, the detection module includes an OCR detection unit 3b, a contactless card detection unit 5b, and a contact card detection unit 6b; the OCR detecting unit 3b, the noncontact card detecting unit 5b, and the contact card detecting unit 6b are disposed in this order on the card conveying rail 7b along the moving direction of the card on the card conveying rail 7 b. Detecting the character codes on the surface of the card by an OCR detection unit 3b, thereby realizing the category detection of the card; information reading is carried out on the coil of the non-card-receiving coil through the non-contact card detection unit 5b, so that the type detection of the card is realized; the information of the chip of the contact type card is read through the contact type card detection unit 6b, so that the type detection of the card is realized; through setting up such detection module, can classify the card of multiple type, also can classify the card according to actual need, extensive applicability carries out different basis.

Referring to fig. 15 to 16, the contact card detecting unit 6b includes a probe 15b for contacting with the chip and a vertical power mechanism 18b for driving the probe 15b to move up and down; the vertical power mechanism 18b is composed of an air cylinder, the probe 15b is arranged on a telescopic piece of the air cylinder through a bracket 17b, and a cylinder body of the air cylinder is fixedly arranged on one side of the card conveying track 7b through a fixing frame 16 b; in the non-operating state, the bottom of the probe 15b is higher than the card on the card conveying rail 7 b.

Referring to fig. 11, the card reader of the contactless card detection unit 5b is fixedly disposed above the card conveying rail 7 b. Because the moving mode of the card poking belt is interval type movement, the card can stay for a certain time on each card conveying station, and thus, when the card moves to the card conveying station below the card reader of the non-contact card detection unit, the card reader can immediately read information of the card and confirm the type of the card.

Referring to fig. 11 to 12, a heavy card detecting mechanism 4b is provided downstream of the OCR detecting unit 3 along the moving direction of the card in the card conveying rail 7 b. The specific embodiment of the heavy card detecting mechanism 4 can be seen in the patent of CN206665765U entitled "a card overlap detecting device".

Referring to fig. 11-12, the card conveying track 7b is provided with a plurality of card collecting mechanisms 8b at the end, and each card collecting mechanism 8b comprises an auxiliary card hopper arranged vertically and a card pushing mechanism for pushing the card on the conveying channel into the auxiliary card hopper. Because the number of the stored cards of each card box on the transport vehicle is limited, when the number of cards of a certain category required by a certain banking website is large, the corresponding card boxes on the transport vehicle cannot fully load the cards of the category, at the moment, the cards can be directly conveyed to the auxiliary card hoppers of the corresponding card collecting mechanisms 8b through the card conveying mechanisms, the cards of the category are pushed into the auxiliary card hoppers through the card pushing mechanisms, and the vertically arranged auxiliary card hoppers are larger than the capacity of the card boxes arranged on the transport vehicle, so that a large number of cards can be collected, and the accurate collection of the cards is ensured; when the detection module detects a waste card, the waste card may be collected in one of the card collecting mechanisms 8b for subsequent manual collection. The specific embodiment of the card receiving mechanism 8 can be seen in the patent application CN107844807U, which is a card receiving device.

Referring to fig. 11-12, a plurality of card transport stations are provided between the contact card detection unit 6b and the card receiving mechanism 8 b. Through the arrangement of a plurality of card conveying stations, when the card is detected and is driven by the card poking belt to move to a certain distance from the contact card detection unit 6b, the card sucking mechanism is driven by the conveying driving mechanism to move to the corresponding position of the card conveying track 7b to suck and convey the card; the card sucking mechanism has the advantages that when the card is conveyed, the card sucking mechanism can have a certain distance and space with the contact card detection unit 6b and the card collecting mechanism 8b, interference and even collision are avoided when the card is conveyed, and smooth conveyance of the card is ensured; in addition, since the distances between the respective cassettes and the card conveying rail 7b on the carriage are not uniform, the time (or speed) for conveying the card from the card conveying rail 7b to the cassettes is not uniform each time by the robot 1b, but the residence time of the card in the respective detecting units (or the moving speed of the card in the card conveying rail 7 b) is equal, at this time, since a plurality of card conveying stations are provided, there is no need to match the work between the robot 1b and the card conveying mechanism, even when the conveying speed of the robot 1b for a certain card is fast, the card to be conveyed on the last card conveying station, or even when the conveying speed of the robot 1b for a certain card is slow, the card can be moved to the next card conveying station first, waiting for conveyance. .

Referring to fig. 13-14, the card issuing mechanism 2b includes a card issuing slot 9b and a card sucking assembly, wherein the card issuing slot 9b is arranged perpendicular to the card conveying track 7b, the card sucking assembly includes a suction cup 10b and a card issuing power mechanism for driving the suction cup 10b to turn back and forth between the card conveying track 7b and the card issuing slot 9b, and the suction cup 10b is connected with a vacuum device; the card sending opening of the card sending groove 9b is provided with a positioning block 14b for blocking the card. When cards to be issued are stacked in the card sending groove 9b in a standing state, the card sending power mechanism drives the sucking disc 10b to turn over from the card conveying track 7b to the card notch of the card sending groove 9b, then the first card is sucked, and finally the card sending power mechanism drives the sucking disc 10b to turn over back to the card conveying track 7b, so that the cards are placed on the card conveying track 7b in a lying posture, and card output of the cards is completed. The positioning block 4b can be made of flexible materials, so that the loss of the card can be reduced, and the card can be conveniently sent out.

Referring to fig. 13-14, an arc plate 19b for guiding the card is arranged between the card slot 9b and the card conveying track 7b, and the outer arc surface of the arc plate 19b coincides with the movement track of the bottom edge when the card is overturned from the card slot 9b to the card conveying track 7b. The function of this is to limit and guide the card when the suction cup 10b turns the card from the card slot 9b to the card conveying rail 7b, so that the card can be smoothly transferred into the card conveying rail 7b.

Referring to fig. 13-14, the hairpin power mechanism comprises a motor 13b and a synchronous belt 12b transmission mechanism, wherein the synchronous belt 12b transmission mechanism comprises a driving synchronous wheel, a synchronous belt 12b and a driven synchronous wheel 11b, the driving synchronous wheel is connected with a main shaft of the motor 13b, the driven synchronous wheel 11b is connected with a sucker 10b, and the synchronous belt 12b surrounds the driving synchronous wheel and the driven synchronous wheel 11 b. The card issuing power mechanism has the advantages of simple structure, convenience in control, high movement precision and the like.

Referring to fig. 14, the driven synchronizing wheel 11b is connected with the suction cup 10b through a connecting rod, one end of the connecting rod is connected with the suction cup 10b, and the other end of the connecting rod is connected with the rotating shaft of the driven synchronizing wheel 11 b. The specific embodiment of the card issuing mechanism 2b can be referred to "a card issuing device with card feeding function" of the utility model patent with the issued notice number CN206322199U or "a card receiving device of a smart card production device" of the utility model patent with the issued notice number CN 204347871U.

Referring to fig. 9 to 16, the sorting and collecting device of the card sorting apparatus of the present embodiment operates on the principle that:

During operation, the card issuing mechanism 2b sequentially transfers cards to be classified from the card issuing slot 9b to the card conveying track 7b, and the conveying driving mechanism drives the card poking belt to move so as to drive the cards to move forwards to the corresponding positions of the detection modules; then, the carrying driving mechanism of the manipulator 1b drives the card sucking mechanism to move into the card conveying track 7b and suck up the card, and then the carrying driving mechanism carries the card into the corresponding card box of the transport vehicle according to the detection result of the detection module, so that the classified collection of the card is completed.

Referring to fig. 17-30, the card collecting module B of the card sorting apparatus of the present embodiment includes a carrying mechanism 1c and a transitional rotary conveying mechanism 2c; wherein the carrying mechanism 1c comprises a clamping mechanism 8 for clamping the cartridge and a collecting and carrying driving mechanism for driving the clamping mechanism 8c to move onto the transitional rotary conveying mechanism 2c, and the clamping mechanism 8c comprises a clamping assembly 16c and a clamping driving mechanism 15c for driving the clamping assembly 16c to be separated or closed; the transition rotary conveying mechanism 2c comprises a rotary frame 4c and a rotary driving mechanism 11c for driving the rotary frame 4c to rotate, and a plurality of cartridge fixing parts for placing cartridges are arranged on the rotary frame 4 c; the collecting station comprises a cartridge placing station and a card collecting station, the rotating frame 4c is driven by the rotary driving mechanism 11c to intermittently rotate, the cartridge fixing part on the rotating frame 4c sequentially passes through the cartridge placing station and the card collecting station 3c, the cartridge placing station is the position of the carrying mechanism 1c for placing the cartridge on the cartridge fixing part, and the card collecting station 3c is the position for manually taking out the card in the cartridge.

Referring to fig. 17 to 20, the collection and conveyance driving mechanism is constituted by a robot including a turret 10c, a rotation power mechanism 9c that drives the turret 10c to rotate, a first link arm 5, and a second link arm 7c; one end of the rotating frame 10c is fixedly arranged on a power output piece of the rotating power mechanism 9c, the other end of the rotating frame is in rotating connection with the first connecting arm 5c, the other end of the first connecting arm 5c is in rotating connection with the second connecting arm 7c, and the clamping mechanism 8c is arranged on the second connecting arm 7c; the rotary frame 10c, the first connecting arm 5c and the second connecting arm 7c are all provided with a rotary driving mechanism 6c at the connecting positions. By providing such a robot arm to constitute the collection and conveyance driving mechanism, the movable range of the clamping mechanism 8c in the conveyance mechanism 1c is made wider, and the movement is made more flexible.

Referring to fig. 22-25, the second connecting arm 7c is provided with a connecting frame, the connecting frame includes a connecting rod 12c and a fixing plate 14c, one end of the connecting rod 12c is connected with the second connecting arm 7c, the other end is connected with the center of the fixing plate 14c, and the clamping mechanism 8c is disposed on the fixing plate 14 c. By providing such a connecting frame, the installation of the clamping mechanism 8c is facilitated, and at the same time, the connecting rod 12c is only connected with the center of the fixing plate 14c, so that enough positions are left on the fixing plate 14c to allow the clamping mechanism 8c to be installed, and the structure is simple.

Referring to fig. 22-25, the clamping mechanism 8c includes a plurality of clamping units, each including the clamping assembly 16c, the clamping driving mechanism 15c, and a vertical driving mechanism 13c that drives the clamping driving mechanism 15c to move vertically; the vertical driving mechanism 13c is fixedly arranged on the fixed plate 14c, and the clamping driving mechanism 15c is arranged on a power output shaft of the vertical driving mechanism 13c through a connecting assembly 17 c. When the clamping mechanism 8c is driven by the manipulator to move above the to-be-carried clamping box, and the clamping assembly 16c clamps the clamping box, the vertical driving mechanism 13c realizes the vertical movement of the clamping assembly 16c, so that the clamping of the clamping box is completed; compared with the vertical movement of the clamping assembly realized by the mechanical arm, the vertical driving mechanism 13c is independently arranged, so that the movement precision of the clamping assembly 16c is improved, and the clamping of the clamping box is facilitated; in addition, by providing a plurality of clamping units so that a plurality of cartridges can be clamped at the same time, this has the advantage that: and one part of the clamping units are responsible for clamping the card box filled with the card, when the clamping units are moved to the card box placing station, the other part of the clamping units clamp the empty card box positioned on the card box fixing part of the card box placing station, the card box filled with the card is moved to the corresponding part of the card box fixing part by the driving of the mechanical arm, and the placement of the card box is realized by the driving of the clamping units clamping the card box filled with the card, and obviously, the whole clamping mechanism 8 is moved once to realize the moving of the empty card box and the placement of the card box filled with the card box, so that the carrying efficiency is effectively improved.

Referring to fig. 22-25, each clamping unit further includes a vertical guide mechanism including a guide rail 8c provided on the connection assembly 17c and a slider 18c fixedly provided on the fixing plate 14c and mated with the guide rail 8c. By providing such a vertical guide mechanism, when the vertical driving mechanism 13c drives the clamp driving mechanism 15c to move up and down, vertical guiding of the clamp driving mechanism 15c is achieved by movement of the guide rail 8c on the slider 18c, thereby improving the moving accuracy of the clamp assembly 16 c.

Referring to fig. 27, the connection assembly 17c includes a first connection member 24c and a second connection member, the first connection member 24c is disposed on the top surface of the clamping driving mechanism 15c, the second connection member includes a connection portion 22c disposed on the first connection member 24c and a vertical portion 23c vertically disposed on the connection portion 22c, the power output shaft of the vertical driving mechanism 13c is fixedly connected with the connection portion 22c, and the vertical portion 23c is fixedly connected with the guide rail 8 c. The fixed plate 14c is provided with an avoidance hole at a position corresponding to the guide rail 8c of each clamping unit, the sliding block 18c is fixedly arranged at one side of the avoidance hole, and the guide rail 8c is installed on the sliding block 18c in a matching manner and is inserted into the avoidance hole.

Referring to fig. 28-30, the cartridge is provided with clamping and securing slots 16d on both opposite sides thereof; the clamping assembly 16c comprises two clamping members oppositely arranged on the clamping driving mechanism 15c, and the two clamping members are provided with clamping fixing blocks 14d matched with the clamping fixing grooves 16d on opposite surfaces. By providing the clamping and fixing groove 16d and the clamping and fixing block 14d, when the clamping assembly 16c moves after clamping the card box, the card box can be ensured to be clamped by the clamping assembly 16c and not to fall off in the moving process, especially when the card box is filled with the card, the weight of the card box is increased, and the clamping and fixing block 14d can clamp the clamping and fixing groove 16d so as to avoid the card box from falling off.

Referring to fig. 28, the cartridge is provided with hollowed-out grooves 15d on four sides, so that the weight of the cartridge can be reduced.

Referring to fig. 29-30, a set of auxiliary clamping members 13d are provided on both clamping members, the auxiliary clamping members 13d extending to one side of the cartridge.

Referring to fig. 29 to 30, the two clamping members each include a driving connection portion 1d, an intermediate connection portion 20d, and a clamping fixing portion 12d; the middle connecting part 20d is arranged in an outward inclined way, the upper end of the middle connecting part 20d is connected with the driving connecting part 11d, and the lower end is connected with the clamping fixing part 12d; the drive connection 1d is connected to a power take-off shaft of the clamping drive 15c, and the clamping block 14d is arranged on the clamping fixture 12 d. By providing such a clamp, the driving distance of the clamp by the clamp driving mechanism 15c can be shortened, so that the drive clamp with a small volume can be provided, and the whole clamp unit can be reduced in volume.

Referring to fig. 20 and 21, a plurality of connection plates 20c are uniformly distributed along the circumferential direction of the rotating frame 4c, and fixing grooves 21c for fixing the cartridges are formed in the connection plates 20 c; the fixing groove 21c constitutes the cartridge fixing portion. Therefore, the rotating frame 4c can rotate the card box fixing part to the card box placing station and the card collecting station 3c at a certain angle, the card collecting efficiency is improved, and the carrying mechanism 1c and the transition rotary conveying mechanism 2c are connected more smoothly and better in continuity.

Referring to fig. 21, two fixing grooves 21c are provided on each of the connection plates 20c on the rotating frame 4c, and are provided at both ends of the connection plate 20c, respectively; the clamping mechanism 8c is provided with four clamping units which are arranged on the fixed plate 14c in an array manner by taking the center of the fixed plate 14c as the array center. When the clamping device works, two clamping units clamp a card box filled with a card and convey the card box to a card box placing station through a manipulator; at this time, the other two clamping units clamp the empty cartridges on the cartridge fixing portions of the cartridge placing stations, then the clamping units clamp the cartridges with the cards, and then the two cartridges are placed on the corresponding cartridge fixing portions, so that the collection of the hole cartridges and the carrying of the cartridges with the cards are completed; the manipulator drives clamping mechanism 8c to remove the cassette station of placing, just can once only accomplish the collection of empty cassette and the transport of the cassette that is equipped with the card, effectively improves card collection efficiency to four clamping units correspond with two fixed slots 21c on every connecting plate 20c just, design benefit.

Referring to fig. 20 and 21, the rotating frame 4c is formed by two rotating plates arranged in a cross shape, and the two ends of each rotating plate are provided with the connecting plates 20c. The rotating frame 4c is simple in structure and convenient to manufacture; the two ends of each rotating plate are provided with connecting plates 20c, so that the conversion of the fixing part of the card box can be realized every time the rotating driving mechanism 11c drives the rotating frame 4c to rotate ninety degrees, and the control is convenient.

Referring to fig. 19 to 21, the rotation driving mechanism 11c is disposed below the rotating frame 4c, and a power output shaft of the rotation driving mechanism 11c is connected to the centers of the two rotating plates.

In this embodiment, the clamping driving mechanism 15c is formed by a finger cylinder, and the clamping assemblies 16c are respectively disposed on two power output members of the finger cylinder. The vertical driving mechanism 13c is formed by a vertical cylinder, and a telescopic shaft of the vertical cylinder is fixedly connected with the connecting part 22c of the second connecting piece.

Referring to fig. 17 to 30, the collecting device of the card sorting apparatus of the present embodiment operates on the principle that:

After the cards are collected into corresponding cassettes according to the types, the collection and conveying driving mechanism drives the clamping mechanism 8c to move to the corresponding positions of the cassettes, the cassettes are clamped by the clamping driving mechanism 15c, then the clamping mechanism 8c clamping the cassettes is moved to a cassette fixing part at a cassette placing station of the transition rotary conveying mechanism 2c by the collection and conveying driving mechanism, and then the clamping driving mechanism 15c drives the clamping assembly 16c to loosen the cassettes, so that the first-step conveying of the cards is completed; next, the rotary driving mechanism 11c drives the card box on the rotary frame 4c to rotate to the card collecting station 3c, so that the second step of carrying of the card is completed; then, the staff takes out the card in the card box and stores the card in a designated position to finish the third step of carrying the card, thereby finishing the collection of the card; when the collection of the card in the cartridge is completed, the rotary drive mechanism 11c continues to drive the rotary frame 4c to rotate, so that the cartridge returns to the cartridge placing station, the standby transport mechanism 1c transports the empty cartridge away, and the next cartridge loaded with the card is transported onto the cartridge fixing portion, thereby continuously carrying out the transport collection of the cartridge. In the whole carrying and collecting process, a worker only needs to stand at the card collecting station 3c to execute the operation of the last step, and the card in the card box is taken out, so that the operation is simple and the efficiency is high.

The foregoing is illustrative of the present invention, and is not to be construed as limiting thereof, but rather as various changes, modifications, substitutions, combinations, and simplifications which may be made without departing from the spirit and principles of the invention are intended to be included within the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. The card sorting equipment is characterized by comprising a conveying module, a sorting and collecting module and a card collecting module; wherein,

The conveying module comprises a conveying channel, a plurality of conveying vehicles arranged on the conveying channel and a conveying mechanism for driving the conveying vehicles to move on the conveying channel; the conveying channel is of a circulating closed structure, and the classifying and collecting module and the card collecting module are sequentially arranged on one side of the conveying channel along the moving direction of the transport vehicle on the conveying channel; a first clamping mechanism capable of blocking or avoiding forward movement of the transport vehicle is arranged at a sorting station of the sorting and collecting module, and a second clamping mechanism capable of blocking or avoiding forward movement of the transport vehicle is arranged at a collecting station of the card collecting module; each transport vehicle on the conveying channel is provided with a plurality of cassettes; the first clamping mechanism and the second clamping mechanism are both composed of a stop mechanism, the stop mechanism comprises a stop frame, a stop wheel which is arranged on the stop frame and is used for being in contact with a transport vehicle, and a stop driving mechanism which is used for driving the stop frame to move up and down, and an avoidance hole for avoiding the stop frame is formed in the conveying channel; the stop frame comprises a fixed frame and a moving frame, wherein the fixed frame is arranged on a power output shaft of the stop driving mechanism, one end of the moving frame is rotatably connected to the fixed frame, and the other end of the moving frame is provided with a rotation limiting block; the fixed frame is provided with an elastic supporting piece for supporting the moving frame, the stop wheel is arranged at one end of the moving frame, which is rotationally connected with the fixed frame, and the stop wheel protrudes backwards relative to the moving frame and the fixed frame in a normal state;

2. The card sorting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transport path includes a primary rectilinear path and a secondary rectilinear path, the primary rectilinear path being disposed side-by-side with the secondary rectilinear path, the sorting and collecting stations being disposed on the primary rectilinear path; the conveying mechanism comprises two longitudinal conveying mechanisms for driving the transport vehicle to move on the conveying channel and two groups of transition conveying mechanisms for driving the transport vehicle to move between the main straight channel and the auxiliary straight channel, the two longitudinal conveying mechanisms are respectively arranged on the main straight channel and the auxiliary straight channel, the moving directions of the two longitudinal conveying mechanisms for driving the transport vehicle are opposite, and the two groups of transition conveying mechanisms are respectively arranged at two ends of the conveying channel.

3. The card sorting apparatus of claim 2, wherein each set of transitional conveying mechanisms includes two lateral conveying mechanisms disposed on the same end of the primary and secondary rectilinear channels, respectively; each transverse conveying mechanism comprises a lifting frame, a vertical driving mechanism for driving the lifting frame to move up and down, a conveying motor arranged on the lifting frame and a transverse transmission mechanism; the transverse transmission mechanism comprises a driving wheel, a driven wheel and a friction belt encircling between the driving wheel and the driven wheel, and the driving wheel is connected with a power output shaft of the transmission motor; the primary straight passage and the secondary straight passage are both higher than the friction belt.

4. The card sorting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the detection module includes an OCR detection unit, a contactless card detection unit, and a contact card detection unit; along the moving direction of the card in the card conveying track, the OCR detection unit, the non-contact card detection unit and the contact card detection unit are sequentially arranged on the card conveying track.

5. The card sorting apparatus of claim 4, wherein the card transport track is provided with a plurality of card receiving mechanisms at an end thereof, each card receiving mechanism including an auxiliary card hopper disposed vertically and a card pushing mechanism for pushing cards on the transport path into the auxiliary card hopper.

6. The card sorting apparatus of claim 4, wherein a plurality of card transfer stations are provided between the contact card detection unit and the card receiving mechanism.

7. The card sorting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the collecting and conveying driving mechanism is constituted by a robot including a turret, a rotation power mechanism that drives the turret to rotate, a first connecting arm, and a second connecting arm; one end of the rotating frame is fixedly arranged on a power output piece of the rotating power mechanism, the other end of the rotating frame is rotationally connected with one end of the first connecting arm, the other end of the first connecting arm is rotationally connected with one end of the second connecting arm, and the clamping mechanism is arranged on the second connecting arm; the rotating frame, the first connecting arm and the second connecting arm are all provided with a rotation driving mechanism at the joint.

8. The card sorting apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the second connecting arm is provided with a connecting frame including a connecting rod and a fixing plate, one end of the connecting rod is connected to the second connecting arm, the other end is connected to the center of the fixing plate, and the clamping mechanism is provided on the fixing plate; the clamping mechanism comprises a plurality of clamping units, and each clamping unit comprises the clamping assembly, the clamping driving mechanism and a vertical driving mechanism for driving the clamping driving mechanism to vertically move; the vertical driving mechanism is fixedly arranged on the fixing plate, and the clamping driving mechanism is arranged on a power output shaft of the vertical driving mechanism through the connecting assembly.

9. The card sorting apparatus according to claim 7, wherein a plurality of connection plates are provided in a circumferential direction of the rotating frame, the connection plates being uniformly distributed, and fixing grooves for fixing the cartridges are provided on the connection plates; the fixing groove forms the cartridge fixing portion.

10. The card sorting apparatus of claim 9, wherein two fixing grooves are provided on each of the connection plates of the rotating frame, and are provided at both ends of the connection plates, respectively; four clamping units are arranged on the clamping mechanism.