CN111846782B

CN111846782B - Feeding device

Info

Publication number: CN111846782B
Application number: CN202010645179.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨双全; 宁军鹏; 张云亮; 黄文忠
Original assignee: Guangdong Tianji Industrial Intelligent System Co Ltd; Dongguan Everwin Precision Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Tianji Intelligent System Co ltd; Dongguan Everwin Precision Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-07-07
Filing date: 2020-07-07
Publication date: 2022-05-27
Anticipated expiration: 2040-07-07
Also published as: CN111846782A

Abstract

The invention relates to a feeding device, comprising: the conveying mechanism comprises a conveying assembly and a first driving piece connected with the conveying assembly, the first driving piece is used for driving the conveying assembly to move, and the conveying assembly is sequentially provided with a material discharging area, a material charging area and a material receiving area along the conveying direction of the conveying assembly; the material distributing mechanism is positioned in the material placing area and used for separating a plurality of stacked and unloaded trays loaded by the material distributing mechanism one by one and placing the trays on the conveying assembly; the blocking and positioning mechanism is positioned in the loading area and used for blocking and positioning the unloaded tray in the loading area so as to put the workpiece into the unloaded tray; the stacking mechanism is located in the material receiving area and used for stacking the tray with the workpiece in the material receiving area. The feeding device does not need manual work to distribute unloaded trays and stack trays with workpieces, so that the material receiving and sending efficiency of the trays can be effectively improved, and the labor intensity of operators is reduced.

Description

Feeding device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of automation equipment, in particular to a feeding device.

Background

On an automatic production line, operators are required to separate unloaded trays from a material placing area one by one and place the unloaded trays on a conveying assembly, and the unloaded trays are conveyed to a material loading area by the conveying assembly to be provided with a mechanical arm or manually placed with workpieces; when the tray that is equipped with the work piece is carried to the material receiving area by transporting the subassembly further, operating personnel can only accomplish the relative material receiving area's of tray that is equipped with the work piece at every turn and place, can't realize the stack of multilayer tray in the material receiving area automatically and deposit, lead to the receiving and dispatching efficiency of tray lower, operating personnel intensity of labour is great.

Disclosure of Invention

Based on the above, the invention provides the feeding device which can effectively improve the material receiving and sending efficiency of the tray and reduce the labor intensity of operators.

A feeding device comprising:

the conveying mechanism comprises a conveying assembly and a first driving piece connected with the conveying assembly, the first driving piece is used for driving the conveying assembly to move, and the conveying assembly is sequentially provided with a material discharging area, a material charging area and a material receiving area along the conveying direction of the conveying assembly;

the material distributing mechanism is positioned in the material placing area and used for separating a plurality of stacked and unloaded trays loaded by the material distributing mechanism one by one and placing the trays on the conveying assembly;

a blocking and positioning mechanism located in the loading area, the blocking and positioning mechanism being used for blocking and positioning the empty tray in the loading area to carry out the placement of the workpiece relative to the empty tray; and

and the stacking mechanism is positioned in the material receiving area and used for stacking the tray provided with the workpieces in the material receiving area.

Preferably, the conveying assembly comprises two conveying units arranged at intervals, the first driving member is connected with the conveying units, and the first driving member is used for driving the conveying units to move.

Preferably, the material distribution mechanism comprises:

the at least two first material distributing assemblies are oppositely arranged and are respectively positioned on two opposite sides of the conveying assembly, the two oppositely arranged first material distributing assemblies can move towards the direction close to or away from each other, and the first material distributing assemblies are used for supporting a plurality of stacked and unloaded trays;

at least two second material distribution assemblies, wherein the at least two second material distribution assemblies are oppositely arranged and are respectively positioned at two opposite sides of the conveying assembly, the two oppositely arranged second material distribution assemblies can move towards the direction of approaching or departing from each other, the second material distribution assemblies are higher than the first material distribution assemblies, and the second material distribution assemblies are used for being inserted between the empty pallets at the bottommost layer and the empty pallets at the secondary bottom layer and supporting all the empty pallets above the bottommost layer; and

the first lifting assembly is arranged in the first lifting space and is positioned between the two oppositely arranged first material distribution assemblies and the two oppositely arranged second material distribution assemblies, the first lifting assembly can lift relative to the first material distribution assemblies and the second material distribution assemblies, and the first lifting assembly is used for supporting all unloaded trays supported by the second material distribution assemblies.

Preferably, the first material distributing assembly comprises a first supporting arm and a second driving member connected with the first supporting arm, the second driving member is used for driving the first supporting arm to move towards a direction close to or away from another oppositely arranged first material distributing assembly, and the first supporting arm is used for supporting all the pallets which are arranged in a stacked mode and are unloaded.

Preferably, the second material distributing assembly includes a second supporting arm and a third driving member connected to the second supporting arm, the third driving member is used for driving the second supporting arm to move towards a direction close to or away from another oppositely arranged second material distributing assembly, the second supporting arm is higher than the first material distributing assembly, and the second supporting arm is used for being inserted between the empty tray at the bottommost layer and the empty tray at the second bottommost layer and supporting all the empty trays above the bottommost layer.

Preferably, the first lifting assembly comprises a bearing piece and a fourth driving piece connected with the bearing piece, the fourth driving piece is used for driving the bearing piece to lift relative to the first material distribution assembly and the second material distribution assembly, and the bearing piece is used for supporting all the stacked and unloaded trays supported by the second material distribution assembly.

Preferably, the blocking positioning mechanism comprises:

a first blocking assembly located at the loading area for blocking the empty tray within the loading area; and

a positioning assembly located in the loading zone for positioning the empty tray within the loading zone.

Preferably, the stacking mechanism comprises:

the supporting assemblies can rotate in the material receiving area and are used for supporting the tray loaded with the workpieces; and

the second lifting component, it is formed with second lift space to receive the material district, the second lifting component set up in the second lift space to be located two relative settings between the supporting component, the second lifting component for the supporting component liftable, the second lifting component is used for supporting and is located it is equipped with to transport the subassembly the work piece the tray.

Preferably, the stacking mechanism further comprises a second blocking assembly, the second blocking assembly is arranged in the material receiving area, and the second blocking assembly is used for blocking the tray containing the workpieces in the material receiving area.

Preferably, at least one of the following is also included:

the conveying mechanism is arranged on the rack;

the first bin is arranged in the emptying area and used for accommodating the empty tray; and

the second bin is arranged in the material receiving area and used for containing the tray provided with the workpiece.

Above-mentioned material feeding unit, during the use, feed mechanism with self a plurality of pile up the setting and unloaded tray separate one by one and place on transporting the subassembly, first driving piece drive transport the subassembly and drive unloaded tray and remove to the charging area, block the unloaded tray and fix a position in the charging area in order to carry out the effective placement of the relatively unloaded tray of work piece through blockking positioning mechanism. After the relative tray of completion work piece is placed, the tray that is equipped with the work piece is carried to the material receiving area through transporting the subassembly further, then piles up the tray that is equipped with the work piece through the windrow mechanism, and then accomplishes the sabot of work piece and pile up.

The feeding device is provided with the material discharging area, the material charging area and the material receiving area in sequence along the conveying direction of the conveying assembly, and then the material distributing mechanism, the blocking positioning mechanism and the stacking mechanism are reasonably arranged, so that the feeding device is simple and compact in structure. Meanwhile, the feeding device does not need manual work to distribute unloaded trays and stack trays with workpieces, so that the material receiving and sending efficiency of the trays can be effectively improved, and the labor intensity of operators is reduced. Meanwhile, the feeding device can be used for processing the workpieces by connecting different processing equipment in the loading area according to the processing requirements of different workpieces, so that the adaptability of the feeding device is effectively improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an assembled feeding device and tray in an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a partial structure of a feeding device in an embodiment;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic view at A in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged schematic view at B of FIG. 2;

fig. 5 is an enlarged schematic view at C in fig. 2.

The meaning of the reference symbols in the drawings is:

10-a feeding device; 20-a tray; 100-a transport mechanism; 110-a transport assembly; 111-a material discharging area; 112-a loading area; 113-a material receiving area; 114-a first lifting space; 115-a second lifting space; 120-a first drive member; 130-a transport unit; 132-a drive belt; 134-a driving wheel; 136-a driven wheel; 138-a drive shaft; 200-a material distributing mechanism; 210-a first dispensing assembly; 212-a first support arm; 214-a second drive member; 220-a second dispensing assembly; 222-a second support arm; 224-a third driver; 230-a first lifting assembly; 232-a carrier; 234-a fourth drive; 300-a blocking positioning mechanism; 310-a first blocking member; 312-a first barrier; 314-a fifth driver; 320-a positioning assembly; 322-a holding press; 324-a sixth driver; 400-a stacking mechanism; 410-a support assembly; 412-a mount; 414-a support; 420-a second lifting assembly; 422-a support member; 424-seventh driving member; 430-a second barrier assembly; 432-a second barrier; 500-a frame; 600-a first sensing member; 700-a second sensing member; 800-a first silo; 820-a first retaining member; 900-a second silo; 920-second dam.

Detailed Description

To facilitate an understanding of the invention, the invention will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention.

As shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, the feeding device 10 in an embodiment includes a conveying mechanism 100, a material dividing mechanism 200, a blocking and positioning mechanism 300, and a stacking mechanism 400, where the conveying mechanism 100 includes a conveying assembly 110 and a first driving member 120 connected to the conveying assembly 110, the first driving member 120 is used to drive the conveying assembly 110 to move, and the conveying assembly 110 is sequentially provided with a material placing region 111, a material placing region 112, and a material receiving region 113 along its own conveying direction; the material distributing mechanism 200 is located in the material placing area 111, and the material distributing mechanism 200 is used for separating a plurality of stacked and unloaded trays 20 loaded by the material distributing mechanism 200 one by one and placing the trays on the conveying assembly 110; the blocking and positioning mechanism 300 is positioned at the loading area 112, and the blocking and positioning mechanism 300 is used for blocking and positioning the empty tray 20 at the loading area 112 so as to perform the placement of the workpiece relative to the empty tray 20; the stacking mechanism 400 is located in the receiving area 113, and the stacking mechanism 400 is used for stacking the tray 20 with the workpieces in the receiving area 113.

In the feeding device 10, when in use, the material separating mechanism 200 separates a plurality of stacked and unloaded trays 20 carried by itself one by one and places the trays on the conveying assembly 110, the first driving member 120 drives the conveying assembly 110 to drive the unloaded tray 20 to move to the loading area 112, and the blocking and positioning mechanism 300 blocks and positions the unloaded tray 20 in the loading area 112 to effectively place the workpiece on the unloaded tray 20. After the placement of the workpieces relative to the tray 20 is completed, the tray 20 with the workpieces is further conveyed to the receiving area 113 by the conveying assembly 110, and then the tray 20 with the workpieces is stacked by the stacking mechanism 400, thereby completing the palletizing and stacking of the workpieces.

The feeding device 10 is sequentially provided with the discharging area 111, the charging area 112 and the receiving area 113 along the conveying direction of the conveying assembly 110, so that the distributing mechanism 200, the blocking and positioning mechanism 300 and the stacking mechanism 400 are reasonably arranged, and the feeding device 10 is simple and compact in structure. Meanwhile, the feeding device 10 does not need to manually distribute empty trays 20 and stack trays 20 with workpieces, so that the material receiving and sending efficiency of the trays 20 can be effectively improved, and the labor intensity of operators is reduced. Meanwhile, the feeding device 10 can be connected with different processing equipment in the loading area 112 to process workpieces according to the processing requirements of different workpieces, so that the adaptability of the feeding device 10 is effectively improved.

As shown in fig. 1, in an embodiment, the feeding device 10 further includes a frame 500, and the conveying mechanism 100 is disposed on the frame 500, and an installation supporting space is provided for the conveying mechanism 100 through the frame 500.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, in an embodiment, the distributing mechanism 200 includes at least two first distributing assemblies 210, at least two second distributing assemblies 220 and a first lifting assembly 230, the at least two first distributing assemblies 210 are disposed oppositely and located at two opposite sides of the conveying assembly 110, respectively, the two oppositely disposed first distributing assemblies 210 can move toward or away from each other, and the first distributing assemblies 210 are used for supporting a plurality of empty trays 20 stacked and stacked; at least two second material distribution assemblies 220 are oppositely arranged and respectively positioned at two opposite sides of the conveying assembly 110, the two oppositely arranged second material distribution assemblies 220 can move towards the direction approaching to or departing from each other, the second material distribution assemblies 220 are higher than the first material distribution assemblies 210, and the second material distribution assemblies 220 are used for being inserted between the empty tray 20 at the bottommost layer and the empty tray 20 at the second bottommost layer and supporting all the empty trays 20 above the bottommost layer; the emptying region 111 is formed with a first lifting space 114, the first lifting assembly 230 is disposed in the first lifting space 114 and located between two oppositely disposed first material dividing assemblies 210 and two oppositely disposed second material dividing assemblies 220, the first lifting assembly 230 can lift relative to the first material dividing assemblies 210 and the second material dividing assemblies 220, and the first lifting assembly 230 is used for supporting all empty pallets 20 supported by the second material dividing assemblies 220.

In particular, when the distributing mechanism 200 is used, a plurality of empty trays 20 are stacked and placed on the first distributing assembly 210, two second distributing assemblies 220 arranged oppositely move in a direction approaching each other, and further to reduce the distance between the two oppositely disposed second dispensing assemblies 220, so that the second dispensing assemblies 220 are interposed between the empty pallet 20 of the bottommost layer and the empty pallet 20 of the next bottommost layer to support all the empty pallets 20 above the bottommost layer, the two oppositely disposed first dispensing assemblies 210 are moved in a direction away from each other, and further, the distance between the two oppositely arranged first distributing assemblies 210 is increased, so that the first distributing assemblies 210 can release the support of all the empty pallets 20, all the empty pallets 20 above the bottommost layer are carried on the second distributing assembly 220, and the empty pallets 20 at the bottommost layer drop onto the conveying assembly 110 due to the loss of the support of the first distributing assemblies 210.

Further, the first lifting assembly 230 lifts and supports all empty pallets 20 supported by the second sorting assembly 220 relative to the second sorting assembly 220, the two oppositely disposed second sorting assemblies 220 move in a direction away from each other to increase the distance between the two oppositely disposed second sorting assemblies 220, so that the second sorting assemblies 220 can release the support of all empty pallets 20, and then the two oppositely disposed first sorting assemblies 210 move in a direction close to each other to decrease the distance between the two oppositely disposed first sorting assemblies 210, so that the first sorting assemblies 210 re-support all empty pallets 20, and at the same time, the first lifting assembly 230 lowers and releases the support of all empty pallets 20 relative to the second sorting assembly 220, so as to facilitate the separation of the next empty pallet 20, such a reciprocating cycle is performed, so that the sorting mechanism 200 can separate and place a plurality of empty pallets 20 loaded by itself one by one Is placed on the carrier assembly 110.

As shown in fig. 3, in an embodiment, the first distributing assemblies 210 include more than three, two of the first distributing assemblies 210 are oppositely disposed, specifically, the more than three first distributing assemblies 210 may be oppositely disposed two by two, or oppositely disposed in two rows, so as to further improve the supporting stability of the first distributing assemblies 210 for the empty tray 20. In this embodiment, the first material distributing assemblies 210 include four first material distributing assemblies 210, two of the four first material distributing assemblies 210 are disposed opposite to each other, and the first lifting assembly 230 is located between two pairs of the first material distributing assemblies 210.

Further, in an embodiment, the second material dividing assemblies 220 include more than three second material dividing assemblies 220, two of the second material dividing assemblies 220 are oppositely disposed, specifically, the more than three second material dividing assemblies 220 may be oppositely disposed two by two, or oppositely disposed in two rows, so as to further improve the supporting stability of the second material dividing assemblies 220 on the empty tray 20. In this embodiment, the second material distribution assembly 220 includes two, the two second material distribution assemblies 220 are disposed oppositely, for the second material distribution assembly 220 and the two first material distribution assemblies 210 located at one side of the conveying assembly 110, the second material distribution assembly 220 is located between the two first material distribution assemblies 210, and the first lifting assembly 230 is located between the two pairs of first material distribution assemblies 210 and the pair of second material distribution assemblies 220.

In one embodiment, the first material dividing assembly 210 includes a first supporting arm 212 and a second driving member 214 connected to the first supporting arm 212, specifically, the second driving member 214 is disposed on the rack 500, the second driving member 214 is used for driving the first supporting arm 212 to move toward or away from another first material dividing assembly 210 disposed opposite to the first supporting arm 212, and the first supporting arm 212 is used for supporting all the trays 20 disposed in a stacked and empty state.

In one embodiment, the second material distributing assembly 220 includes a second supporting arm 222 and a third driving member 224 connected to the second supporting arm 222, the third driving member 224 is disposed on the frame 500, the third driving member 224 is used for driving the second supporting arm 222 to move toward or away from another oppositely disposed second material distributing assembly 220, the second supporting arm 222 is higher than the first material distributing assembly 210, specifically, the second supporting arm 222 is higher than the first supporting arm 212, and the second supporting arm 222 is used for being inserted between the empty tray 20 at the bottommost layer and the empty tray 20 at the second bottommost layer and supporting all the empty trays 20 above the bottommost layer.

As shown in fig. 2, in an embodiment, the first lifting assembly 230 includes a carrier 232 and a fourth driving member 234 connected to the carrier 232, the fourth driving member 234 is used for driving the carrier 232 to lift and lower relative to the first dispensing assembly 210 and the second dispensing assembly 220, and the carrier 232 is used for supporting all the stacked and empty trays 20 supported by the second dispensing assembly 220.

As shown in fig. 2 and 4, in an embodiment, the blocking and positioning mechanism 300 includes a first blocking member 310 and a positioning member 320, the first blocking member 310 is located at the loading area 112, the first blocking member 310 is used for blocking the empty tray 20 in the loading area 112, in this embodiment, the first blocking member 310 includes two, two first blocking members 310 are oppositely disposed and respectively located at two opposite sides of the transporting member 110; a positioning assembly 320 is located in the loading area 112, the positioning assembly 320 being used to position an empty tray 20 within the loading area 112.

As shown in fig. 4, in an embodiment, the first blocking assembly 310 includes a first blocking member 312 and a fifth driving member 314, the first blocking member 312 is located at one side of the transport assembly 110, the first blocking member 312 is used for blocking the empty tray 20 at the loading area 112, the fifth driving member 314 is connected with the first blocking member 312, the fifth driving member 314 is disposed on the rack 500, and the fifth driving member 314 is used for driving the first blocking member 312 to move towards or away from one side of the transport assembly 110 opposite to the first blocking member 312.

Specifically, when it is desired to block an empty pallet 20, the fifth driving member 314 drives the first blocking member 312 to move toward a side opposite to the first blocking member 312 near the carrying assembly 110, so that the empty pallet 20 can be effectively blocked at the loading area 112 by the first blocking member 312; when there is no need to block the empty tray 20, the fifth driving member 314 drives the first blocking member 312 to move away from the side of the carrying assembly 110 opposite to the first blocking member 312, so as to prevent the first blocking member 312 from interfering with the further movement of the empty tray 20.

As shown in fig. 4, in an embodiment, the positioning assembly 320 includes a pressing member 322 and a sixth driving member 324, the pressing member 322 is located at one side of the conveying assembly 110, the pressing member 322 is used for pressing the empty tray 20, the sixth driving member 324 is connected to the pressing member 322, the sixth driving member 324 is disposed on the frame 500, and the sixth driving member 324 is used for driving the pressing member 322 to move toward or away from a side of the conveying assembly 110 opposite to the pressing member 322, so that the pressing member 322 is close to or away from the empty tray 20.

Specifically, when it is desired to position an empty tray 20, the sixth driving member 324 drives the pressing member 322 to move toward a side of the conveying assembly 110 opposite to the pressing member 322, so that the pressing member 322 is close to the empty tray 20, and the empty tray 20 can be effectively positioned at the loading area 112 by the pressing member 322; when it is not necessary to position an empty pallet 20, the sixth driving member 324 drives the pressing member 322 to move away from the side of the conveying assembly 110 opposite to the pressing member 322, so that the pressing member 322 is away from the empty pallet 20, and the pressing member 322 is prevented from interfering with the further movement of the empty pallet 20.

As shown in fig. 2 and 5, in an embodiment, the stacking mechanism 400 includes at least two supporting members 410 and a second lifting member 420, the at least two supporting members 410 are disposed opposite to each other and located on opposite sides of the conveying member 110, respectively, and the supporting members 410 can rotate in the receiving area 113 and support the tray 20 containing the work pieces; the receiving area 113 is formed with a second lifting space 115, a second lifting component 420 is disposed in the second lifting space 115 and located between two oppositely disposed supporting components 410, the second lifting component 420 can be lifted relative to the supporting components 410, and the second lifting component 420 is used for supporting the tray 20 on which the workpieces are mounted on the conveying component 110.

Specifically, when the stacking mechanism 400 is used, the second lifting component 420 can support the tray 20 on which the workpiece is mounted on the conveying component 110 and lift up, when the tray 20 abuts against the bottom of the supporting component 410, the tray 20 can drive the supporting component 410 to rotate, when the tray 20 is driven by the second lifting component 420 to move to the top of the supporting component 410, the supporting component 410 is separated from the tray 20, at this time, the supporting component 410 can rotate reversely under the action of gravity of the second lifting component 420 to reset, and the second lifting component 420 drives the tray 20 to descend, so that the tray 20 is placed on the supporting component 410.

Further, when the next pallet 20 loaded with workpieces is required to be placed relative to the support assembly 410, the second elevating assembly 420 can support the next tray 20 and ascend, when the next tray 20 is seated against the bottom of the supporting assembly 410, the next tray 20 can bring the support member 410 to rotate synchronously with the tray 20 carried on the support member 410, when the next tray 20 is moved by the second elevating assembly 420 and inserted between the top of the supporting assembly 410 and the bottom of the tray 20 already carried on the supporting assembly 410, the support member 410 is separated from the next tray 20, the support member 410 is rotated reversely to be reset by its own weight, the second elevating assembly 420 then moves the next tray 20 down, thereby placing the next tray 20 on the supporting assembly 410, this cycles back and forth, thereby stacking the workpiece-loaded pallet 20 on the support member 410.

In an embodiment, the supporting members 410 include more than three supporting members 410, wherein two supporting members 410 are disposed oppositely, and specifically, the more than three supporting members 410 may be disposed oppositely two by two, or disposed oppositely in two rows, so as to further improve the supporting stability of the supporting members 410 on the tray 20 with the workpiece. Specifically, in the present embodiment, the support assemblies 410 include six support assemblies 410, each two of the six support assemblies 410 are disposed opposite to each other, and the second lifting assembly 420 is located between the three pairs of support assemblies 410.

As shown in fig. 5, in one embodiment, the supporting assembly 410 includes a mounting base 412 and a supporting member 414, the mounting base 412 is disposed on the frame 500, the supporting member 414 is rotatably disposed on the mounting base 412 through a rotating shaft 416, and the supporting member 414 is used for supporting the tray 20 with the workpiece.

As shown in fig. 2, in an embodiment, the second lifting assembly 420 includes a support member 422 and a seventh driving member 424 connected to the support member 422, the seventh driving member 424 is used for driving the support member 422 to lift and lower relative to the supporting assembly 410, and the support member 422 is used for supporting the pallet 20 with the workpiece mounted thereon on the transporting assembly 110.

As shown in fig. 2, in one embodiment, the stacking mechanism 400 further includes a second blocking member 430, the second blocking member 430 is disposed in the material receiving area 113, and the second blocking member 430 is used for blocking the tray 20 with the workpieces in the material receiving area 113. In one embodiment, the second blocking member 430 includes two second blocking members 432 spaced apart from each other.

As shown in fig. 2, in an embodiment, the feeding device 10 further includes a first sensing member 600, the first sensing member 600 is disposed on the frame 500, and in this embodiment, the first sensing member 600 includes two first sensing members 600 spaced apart and located between the emptying region 111 and the loading region 112, the first sensing member 600 is configured to trigger the first blocking assembly 310 to block the empty tray 20 when it senses that the empty tray 20 moves to the loading region 112, and is configured to trigger the conveying assembly 110 to stop the continuous transportation of the empty tray 20 and trigger the positioning assembly 320 to position the empty tray 20 at the loading region 112 when it senses that the empty tray 20 does not move continuously at the loading region 112.

Specifically, during the process that the conveying assembly 110 conveys the empty pallet 20, the first sensing member 600 can trigger the first blocking assembly 310 to block the empty pallet 20 when sensing that the empty pallet 20 moves to the loading area 112, so that the empty pallet 20 is blocked in the loading area 112 by the first blocking assembly 310, the empty pallet 20 is prevented from being directly carried away from the loading area 112 by the conveying assembly 110 before the placement operation of the workpiece is not completed, and simultaneously, the first sensing member 600 can trigger the conveying assembly 110 to stop the continuous conveying of the empty pallet 20 and trigger the positioning assembly 320 to position the empty pallet 20 at the loading area 112 when sensing that the empty pallet 20 does not move continuously at the loading area 112, so that the operator or an external manipulator can conveniently perform the placement operation of the workpiece relative to the empty pallet 20.

As shown in fig. 2, in an embodiment, the feeding device 10 further includes a second sensing member 700, the second sensing member 700 is located in the material receiving area 113, in this embodiment, the second sensing member 700 is disposed on the second blocking member 432, and the second sensing member 700 is configured to trigger the second lifting assembly 420 to lift the tray 20 with workpieces when sensing that the tray 20 with workpieces moves to the material receiving area 113, so as to effectively place the tray 20 with workpieces on the supporting assembly 410.

As shown in fig. 1, in an embodiment, the feeding device 10 further includes a first bin 800, the first bin 800 is disposed in the emptying region 111, and the first bin 800 is used for receiving the empty tray 20, so as to effectively limit the empty tray 20 in the emptying region 111. In an embodiment, the first storage bin 800 includes a plurality of first material blocking members 820, the plurality of first material blocking members 820 are spaced around the edge of the discharge area 111, and the empty tray 20 can be received in the first storage bin 800 formed by the plurality of first material blocking members 820. In this embodiment, the first bunker 800 includes four first material blocking members 820, and the four first material blocking members 820 are arranged opposite to each other in pairs.

As shown in fig. 1, in an embodiment, the feeding device 10 further includes a second bin 900, the second bin 900 is disposed in the material receiving area 113, and the second bin 900 is used for receiving the tray 20 with the workpieces, so as to effectively limit the tray 20 with the workpieces in the material receiving area 113. In an embodiment, the second storage bin 900 includes a plurality of second material blocking members 920, the plurality of second material blocking members 920 are surrounded at the edge of the material receiving area 113 at intervals, and the tray 20 containing the workpiece therein can be received in the second storage bin 900 formed by surrounding the plurality of second material blocking members 920. In this embodiment, the second bunker 900 includes four second stoppers 920, and the four second stoppers 920 are disposed opposite to each other two by two.

As shown in fig. 2, in an embodiment, the conveying assembly 110 includes two conveying units 130 spaced apart from each other, the first driving member 120 is connected to the conveying units 130, and the first driving member 120 is used for driving the conveying units 130 to move. In one embodiment, a space between one ends of the two carrying units 130 forms the first elevation space 114, and a space between the other ends of the two carrying units 130 forms the second elevation space 115. The tray 20 can be more stably conveyed by the two conveying units 130 disposed at an interval, and the first and second elevating

spaces

114 and 115 are conveniently formed.

As shown in fig. 2, in an embodiment, the conveying unit 130 includes a transmission belt 132, a driving wheel 134 and a driven wheel 136, the transmission belt 132 is wound around the driving wheel 134 and the driven wheel 136, the first driving member 120 is connected to the driving wheel 134, the first driving member 120 is used for driving the driving wheel 134 to rotate, and the transmission belt 132 is driven to move by the driven wheel 136. Specifically, two driving wheels 134 of the conveying assembly 110 are connected through a transmission shaft 138, the first driving member 120 is connected with the transmission shaft 138, and the first driving member 120 can drive the transmission shaft 138 to rotate, so as to drive the two driving wheels 134 to rotate synchronously through the transmission shaft 138, thereby realizing synchronous movement of the two transmission belts 132 of the conveying assembly 110, and further improving the conveying stability of the conveying unit 130 for the tray 20.

The technical features of the above embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are not described, but should be considered as the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above examples only express preferred embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A feeding device, comprising:

the material distribution mechanism is positioned in the material discharge area and used for separating a plurality of empty trays which are stacked and loaded by the material distribution mechanism one by one and placing the empty trays on the conveying assembly;

the stacking mechanism is positioned in the material receiving area and used for stacking the tray with the workpieces in the material receiving area;

the feed mechanism includes:

the first lifting assembly is arranged in the first lifting space and is positioned between the two oppositely arranged first material distribution assemblies and the two oppositely arranged second material distribution assemblies, the first lifting assembly can lift relative to the first material distribution assemblies and the second material distribution assemblies, and the first lifting assembly is used for supporting all unloaded trays supported by the second material distribution assemblies;

the first material distributing assembly comprises a first supporting arm and a second driving piece connected with the first supporting arm, the second driving piece is used for driving the first supporting arm to move towards a direction close to or far away from the other oppositely arranged first material distributing assembly, and the first supporting arm is used for supporting all the pallets which are stacked and unloaded;

the second material distribution assembly comprises a second supporting arm and a third driving piece connected with the second supporting arm, the third driving piece is used for driving the second supporting arm to move towards a direction close to or far away from the other oppositely arranged second material distribution assembly, the second supporting arm is higher than the first material distribution assembly, and the second supporting arm is used for being inserted between the empty tray at the bottommost layer and the empty tray at the secondary bottom layer and supporting all the empty trays above the bottommost layer.

2. The feeding device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the conveying assembly includes two conveying units arranged at intervals, and the first driving member is connected with the conveying units and used for driving the conveying units to move.

3. The feeding apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first lifting assembly includes a carrier member and a fourth driving member connected to the carrier member, the fourth driving member being configured to drive the carrier member to lift and lower relative to the first dispensing assembly and the second dispensing assembly, the carrier member being configured to support all of the pallets supported by the second dispensing assembly in a stacked and empty state.

4. The feeding device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the blocking and positioning mechanism comprises:

5. The feeding device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the stacking mechanism comprises:

6. The feeding device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the stacking mechanism further comprises a second blocking assembly disposed in the receiving area, the second blocking assembly being configured to block the tray with the workpieces in the receiving area.

7. The feeding device of claim 1, further comprising at least one of:

the conveying mechanism is arranged on the rack;

the first bin is arranged in the discharging area and used for containing the empty tray; and