Disclosure of Invention
Based on the above problems, the invention aims to provide an automatic unpacking device which has high automation degree and less manual contact, and can avoid the propagation of viruses or bacteria and the potential safety hazard caused by the disassembly of a box body by workers.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
an automatic unpacking device comprising:
the conveying unit is used for bearing and conveying the box body;
the pretreatment unit comprises a feeding mechanism, a code scanning module and a first sterilization and disinfection device, wherein the feeding mechanism is used for conveying the box body to the conveying unit, the code scanning module is used for scanning a bar code on the box body, and the first sterilization and disinfection device is used for sterilizing and disinfecting the box body;
the box disassembling unit comprises a band shearing mechanism, an upper cover taking mechanism, a turnover mechanism and a lower cover taking mechanism which are sequentially arranged, wherein the band shearing mechanism is used for shearing a band bundled outside the box body, the upper cover taking mechanism is used for taking down an upper cover of the box body, the turnover mechanism is used for overturning the box body, and the lower cover taking mechanism is used for taking down a lower cover of the box body so as to enable articles in the box body to be poured onto the conveying unit;
a post-processing unit for collecting the articles on the conveyor unit.
As a preferable scheme of the automatic unpacking device, the post-processing unit includes a shift mechanism, a second sterilization and disinfection device, a code spraying module and a collecting mechanism, the shift mechanism is used for shifting the overlapped articles, the second sterilization and disinfection device is used for sterilizing and disinfecting the articles, the code spraying module is used for spraying codes on the articles one by one, and the collecting mechanism is used for collecting the articles.
As a preferable scheme of the automatic unpacking device of the present invention, the collecting mechanism includes a transition bin, a lifting assembly, and a collecting bin, the transition bin is configured to receive the articles at the end of the conveying unit, and the lifting assembly is configured to lift the articles in the transition bin to the collecting bin.
As a preferable aspect of the automatic unpacking device of the present invention, each of the first and second sterilizing devices includes a first support frame and a sterilizing lamp, and the sterilizing lamp is connected to the first support frame and located on an upper side of the conveying unit.
As a preferable scheme of the automatic unpacking device of the present invention, the ribbon shearing mechanism includes a second support frame, a shearing assembly and a position adjusting assembly, the shearing assembly is used for shearing the ribbon, the position adjusting assembly is connected to the second support frame, the shearing assembly is connected to the position adjusting assembly, and the position adjusting assembly is used for adjusting the position of the shearing assembly in the vertical direction and the width direction of the conveying unit.
As a preferable aspect of the automatic box dismantling device of the present invention, the position adjusting assembly includes a vertical driving assembly and a horizontal driving assembly, an output end of the vertical driving assembly is connected to the shearing assembly to adjust the position of the shearing assembly in the vertical direction, and an output end of the horizontal driving assembly is connected to the vertical driving assembly to adjust the position of the vertical driving assembly in the horizontal direction.
As a preferable scheme of the automatic box dismantling device of the present invention, each of the upper cover taking mechanism and the lower cover taking mechanism includes a base, a multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical arm, and an adsorption component, the adsorption component is connected to a distal end of the multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical arm, and the multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical arm is rotatably disposed on the base, so that the adsorption component adsorbs the upper cover or the lower cover on the conveying unit, and places the adsorbed upper cover or the adsorbed lower cover on an incineration station.
As a preferable aspect of the automatic unpacking device of the present invention, the multi-degree-of-freedom robot includes a first robot arm and a second robot arm, a lower end of the first robot arm is rotatably connected to the base to move the adsorption assembly between the conveying unit and the incineration disposal station, the adsorption assembly is connected to one end of the second robot arm, and another end of the second robot arm is rotatably connected to an upper end of the second robot arm to adjust a height of the adsorption assembly.
As a preferable aspect of the automatic box dismantling device of the present invention, the suction assembly includes an elastic suction nozzle, an end surface of the elastic suction nozzle can be in sealing contact with the upper cover or the lower cover, and the elastic suction nozzle is configured to suction the upper cover or the lower cover.
As a preferable aspect of the automatic box dismantling apparatus of the present invention, the conveying unit includes a first conveying mechanism and a second conveying mechanism, the turnover mechanism is arranged between the first conveying mechanism and the second conveying mechanism and comprises a bearing frame, a turnover assembly and a turnover driving piece, the turnover assembly comprises two baffles and four bearing plates, the two baffles are arranged at intervals along the width direction of the conveying unit and are rotationally connected to the bearing plates, the four bearing plates are uniformly distributed between the two baffles along the circumferential direction, the first conveying mechanism can convey the box body to the bearing plate, the overturning assembly overturns, the box body can slide into the second conveying mechanism through the bearing plate, and the overturning driving piece is arranged on the bearing frame and connected with the overturning assembly to drive the overturning assembly to overturn.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
the invention provides automatic unpacking equipment, which comprises the following steps of firstly, carrying a box body to a conveying unit through a feeding mechanism, carrying and conveying the box body through the conveying unit, scanning a bar code on the box body through a code scanning module, sterilizing and disinfecting the box body through a first sterilizing and disinfecting device, then, shearing a binding belt bound outside the box body through a binding belt shearing mechanism, taking an upper cover of the box body through an upper cover taking mechanism, overturning the box body through an overturning mechanism, taking a lower cover of the box body through a cover taking mechanism, so that articles in the box body are dumped on the conveying unit, and finally, collecting the articles on the conveying unit through a post-processing unit. The automatic unpacking device provided by the invention has the advantages that the automation degree is high, the unpacking efficiency is high, the manual direct contact participation is not needed in the whole unpacking operation process, the box body is subjected to strict sterilization and disinfection treatment, the propagation risk of bacteria and viruses attached to the box body is reduced, and the potential safety hazard caused by opening the box body by workers is avoided.
Detailed Description
In order to make the technical problems solved, technical solutions adopted and technical effects achieved by the present invention clearer, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance. Wherein the terms "first position" and "second position" are two different positions.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that unless otherwise explicitly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection or a removable connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.
As shown in fig. 1 to 7, the present embodiment provides an automatic unpacking device for automatically disassembling a box 100 packaged outside an article, where the article may be a cold chain food or a daily product, so as to avoid the spread of viruses or bacteria outside the box 100 and avoid potential safety hazards caused by disassembling the box 100 by a worker. The automatic unpacking device comprises a conveying unit 1, a pretreatment unit 2, an unpacking unit 3 and a post-treatment unit 4.
As shown in fig. 1, the conveying unit 1 is used to carry and convey a box 100. Preferably, the conveyor unit 1 comprises a conveyor frame, a conveyor belt and a conveyor drive. The conveyor belt is rotatably connected to the conveyor frame, and the conveyor belt is used for carrying and conveying the box body 100. The conveying driving part is connected with the conveying belt and is used for driving the conveying belt to rotate. It should be noted that, the specific structure of the conveying unit 1 is not limited in this embodiment, and a technician may set the structure according to actual use requirements, for example, the conveying unit 1 may be a conveying trolley storing a conveying route, and the like, and the specific structure of the conveying unit 1 may be changed without departing from the basic principle of the present invention.
The pretreatment unit 2 comprises a feeding mechanism 21, a code scanning module and a first sterilization and disinfection device 22, the feeding mechanism 21 is used for carrying the box body 100 to the conveying unit 1, the code scanning module is used for scanning a bar code on the box body 100, and the first sterilization and disinfection device 22 is used for sterilizing and disinfecting the box body 100. The feeding mechanism 21 may be a feeding manipulator, which can transport the box 100 to the conveying unit 1, and then transport the box 100 to the code scanning module and the first sterilization and disinfection device 22 through the conveying unit 1, so as to avoid manual contact with the box 100. Sweep the sign indicating number module and can be two-dimensional code scanner, scan the two-dimensional code on the box 100 through two-dimensional code scanner, record and save box 100 to make things convenient for follow-up tracing to the source. The box 100 is sterilized and disinfected by the first sterilizing device 22 so as to prevent bacteria and viruses from adhering to the unpacking unit 3.
Alternatively, the first sterilizing device 22 includes a first support frame and a sterilizing lamp connected to the first support frame and located at an upper side of the conveying unit 1. The sterilizing lamp is located at an upper side of the conveying unit 1 so as to prevent the cabinet 100 from being shielded. In the process of conveying the box 100 by the conveying unit 1, the box 100 passes through the sterilizing and disinfecting lamp step by step, thereby achieving the overall sterilization and disinfection of the box 100. The germicidal lamp is preferably an ultraviolet lamp.
The first support frame is preferably a gantry structure, and comprises two first vertical columns and two first cross beams, the two first vertical columns are respectively located on two sides of the width direction of the conveying unit 1 (the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying unit 1), the first cross beams are connected to the upper ends of the two first vertical columns, and the sterilizing and disinfecting lamp is connected to the first cross beams. It should be noted that, this embodiment does not make any limitation on the specific structure of the first support frame, and a technician can set the first support frame according to actual use requirements, and only needs to locate the germicidal lamp at the upper side of the conveying unit 1, so that the box body 100 passes through the lower side of the germicidal lamp. It should be noted that the sterilizing lamp is not limited to the ultraviolet lamp, and the technician can set the lamp according to the actual use requirement, as long as the purpose of sterilization and disinfection can be achieved.
The box detaching unit 3 comprises a band shearing mechanism 31, an upper cover taking mechanism 32, a turnover mechanism 33 and a lower cover taking mechanism 34 which are sequentially arranged, wherein the band shearing mechanism 31 is used for shearing bands bundled outside the box body 100, the upper cover taking mechanism 32 is used for taking down the upper cover of the box body 100, the turnover mechanism 33 is used for overturning the box body 100, and the lower cover taking mechanism 34 is used for taking down the lower cover of the box body 100 so as to enable the articles in the box body 100 to be dumped on the conveying unit 1. The turnover mechanism 33 turns over the lower cover for holding the articles by 180 degrees, and the turnover mechanism 33 turns over the lower cover with the bottom facing downwards into the lower cover with the bottom facing upwards, so that the lower cover can be conveniently taken down by the lower cover taking mechanism 34.
As shown in fig. 2, optionally, the shearing and binding belt mechanism 31 includes a second supporting frame 311, a shearing assembly and a position adjusting assembly 312, the shearing assembly is used for shearing the binding belt, the position adjusting assembly 312 is connected to the second supporting frame 311, the shearing assembly is connected to the position adjusting assembly 312, and the position adjusting assembly 312 is used for adjusting the position of the shearing assembly along the vertical direction and the width direction of the conveying unit 1, so that the shearing and binding belt mechanism 31 can be suitable for boxes 100 with different sizes and binding belts with different binding modes.
The second supporting frame 311 is preferably a gantry structure, and includes two second columns and two second beams, the two second columns are respectively located at two sides of the width direction of the conveying mechanism, the second beams are connected to upper ends of the two second columns, and the position adjusting assembly 312 is connected to the second beams. It should be noted that, in this embodiment, no limitation is imposed on the specific structure of the second supporting frame 311, and a technician may set the specific structure according to actual use requirements, and only needs to position the position adjusting assembly 312 on the upper side of the conveying mechanism, so that the box 100 passes through the lower side of the position adjusting assembly 312.
Optionally, the position adjustment assembly 312 includes a vertical drive assembly 3121 and a horizontal drive assembly 3122, an output of the vertical drive assembly 3121 being connected to the shear assembly to adjust the position of the shear assembly in the vertical direction, and an output of the horizontal drive assembly 3122 being connected to the vertical drive assembly 3121 to adjust the position of the vertical drive assembly 3121 in the horizontal direction.
The vertical driving assembly 3121 and the horizontal driving assembly 3122 may be selected from a linear module, and it should be noted that the present embodiment does not limit the specific structures of the vertical driving assembly 3121 and the horizontal driving assembly 3122 at all, and a technician may set the setting according to the actual use requirement, and only needs to be able to adjust the position of the shearing assembly in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction.
The cutting assembly may include a cutting driving member, a fixed blade and a rotating blade, the rotating blade is rotatably connected to the fixed blade and forms an X-shaped structure, the cutting driving member is fixed to the position adjusting assembly 312, and an output shaft of the cutting driving member is connected to the rotating blade so as to drive the rotating blade to rotate, and the rotating blade and the fixed blade are matched to cut the ribbon. It should be noted that, this embodiment does not make any restriction to the specific structure of the cutting assembly, and a technician can set by himself according to the actual use requirement, and only needs to make the cutting assembly automatically cut the ribbon.
As shown in fig. 3, optionally, each of the upper cover taking mechanism 32 and the lower cover taking mechanism 34 includes a base 321, a multi-degree-of-freedom robot 322, and an adsorption component 323, the adsorption component 323 is connected to a terminal of the multi-degree-of-freedom robot 322, the multi-degree-of-freedom robot 322 is rotatably disposed on the base 321, so that the adsorption component 323 adsorbs the upper cover or the lower cover on the conveying unit 1, and places the adsorbed upper cover or the adsorbed lower cover in the incineration treatment station.
The upper cover taking mechanism 32 can open the upper cover and place the opened upper cover on the incineration disposal station, thereby facilitating the centralized disposal of the upper cover by the user. It should be noted that, in this embodiment, no limitation is imposed on the specific structure of the upper cover removing mechanism 32, and a technician can set the structure according to actual use requirements, and only needs to remove the upper cover 32 to remove the upper cover.
In order to adapt the cover taking mechanism 32 to boxes 100 with different sizes, optionally, the multi-degree-of-freedom mechanical arm 322 comprises a first mechanical arm 3221 and a second mechanical arm 3222, wherein the lower end of the first mechanical arm 3221 is rotatably connected to the base 321 so as to enable the adsorption component 323 to move between the conveying unit 1 and the incineration treatment station, the adsorption component 323 is connected to one end of the second mechanical arm 3222, and the other end of the second mechanical arm 3222 is rotatably connected to the upper end of the second mechanical arm 3222 so as to adjust the height of the adsorption component 323.
Specifically, the first robot arm 3221 is rotatably connected to the base 321 about a vertical axis, so that the adsorption assembly 323 moves between the conveying mechanism and the incineration disposal station, thereby carrying the upper cover. The second mechanical arm 3222 rotates around a horizontal axis relative to the first mechanical arm 3221, so as to achieve the purpose of adjusting the height of the adsorption assembly 323. It can be understood that the rotation of the second mechanical arm 3222 can make the suction module 323 suck the cases 100 with different heights, and can make the suction module 323 descend to suck the upper covers, and make the suction module 323 ascend to lift the sucked upper covers, so as to take the upper covers away.
The upper cover is sucked by the suction assembly 323 in a vacuum suction manner, the suction assembly 323 can suck the upper cover only by being abutted to the upper cover in a sealing manner, the second mechanical arm 3222 rotates around the horizontal axis to change the angle of the suction surface of the suction assembly 323, and in order to enable the second mechanical arm 3222 to rotate, the suction assembly 323 can still suck the upper cover, and the upper cover taking mechanism 32 further comprises an adaptor 324.
The first arm 3221 is rotatably connected to the base 321 through the adaptor 324, and the first arm 3221 is rotatably connected to the adaptor 324 around a horizontal axis to adjust an included angle between the adsorption component 323 and a horizontal plane, so that after the second arm 3222 changes the height of the adsorption component 323 and the angle of the adsorption surface, the first arm 3221 can continuously adjust the angle of the adsorption surface, and the adsorption component 323 can adsorb the upper cover. The adaptor 324 is rotatably connected to the base 321 about a vertical axis to drive the first mechanical arm 3221 and the second mechanical arm 3222 to rotate about the vertical axis. The first mechanical arm 3221 and the second mechanical arm 3222 are both provided with a link structure 325, and the levelness of the first mechanical arm 3221 or the second mechanical arm 3222 is adjusted by a four-link principle. The bottom of the upper cover taking mechanism 32 can be provided with a special base for adjusting the horizontal reference, so that the ground is effectively protected, and the ground is prevented from being damaged.
For the same type of the box 100, there may be an error between heights of the boxes 100, and in order to enable the suction component 323 to accommodate the error, optionally, the suction component 323 includes an elastic suction nozzle, an end face of which can be in sealing abutment with the upper cover or the lower cover, the elastic suction nozzle being used for sucking the upper cover or the lower cover. Further, the elastic mouthpiece is made of rubber.
As shown in fig. 4 and 5, alternatively, the conveying unit 1 includes a first conveying mechanism 11 and a second conveying mechanism 12, and the turnover mechanism 33 is provided between the first conveying mechanism 11 and the second conveying mechanism 12. The turnover mechanism 33 includes a bearing frame 331, a turnover assembly 332 and a turnover driving member, the turnover assembly 332 includes two baffle plates 3321 and four bearing plates 3322, the two baffle plates 3321 are arranged at intervals along the width direction of the conveying unit 1 and rotatably connected to the bearing frame 331, the four bearing plates 3322 are circumferentially and uniformly distributed between the two baffle plates 3321, that is, an included angle between two adjacent bearing plates 3322 is 90 °. The first conveying mechanism 11 can convey the box 100 to the bearing plate 3322, the turning assembly 332 turns, the box 100 can slide into the second conveying mechanism 12 from the bearing plate 3322, and the turning driving member is disposed on the bearing frame 331 and connected to the turning assembly 332 to drive the turning assembly 332 to turn. The baffle 3321 may prevent the box 100 from sliding off from the width direction of the conveying unit 1, and may also serve to connect the supporting plate 3322.
The four bearing plates 3322 are sequentially a first bearing plate, a second bearing plate, a third bearing plate and a fourth bearing plate, wherein the first bearing plate, the second bearing plate, the third bearing plate and the fourth bearing plate can be split structures, or the first bearing plate and the third bearing plate can be integrated, and the second bearing plate and the fourth bearing plate are integrated.
Assuming that the tilting mechanism 33 is just tilted to the position where the first carrier plate is butted with the first conveying mechanism 11, the included angle between two adjacent carrier plates 3322 is 90 °, so that the third carrier plate is just butted with the second conveying mechanism 12. At this time, the first carrying mechanism 11 can carry the box 100 to the first carrying plate, and the third carrying plate can provide the box 100 to the second carrying mechanism 12, thereby effectively providing the working efficiency. Since the first conveying mechanism 11 is higher than the second conveying mechanism 12, the first bearing plate and the third bearing plate are both inclined and the height of the first bearing plate and the height of the third bearing plate are gradually reduced from the first conveying mechanism 11 to the side of the second conveying mechanism 12, at this time, after the first conveying mechanism 11 conveys the box 100 to the first bearing plate, the box 100 automatically moves to the first bearing plate under the action of self gravity, and since the second bearing plate is arranged between the first bearing plate and the third bearing plate, the box 100 can be effectively prevented from directly falling into the second conveying mechanism 12 without being overturned in the overturning process of the overturning mechanism 33. Meanwhile, the box 100 on the third carrying plate is turned over 180 degrees in the vertical direction with respect to the box 100 on the first carrying plate, and the box 100 automatically slides to the second conveying mechanism 12 under the action of its own weight.
The post-processing unit 4 is used for collecting articles on the conveying unit 1. Optionally, the post-processing unit 4 includes a shift mechanism, a second sterilization and disinfection device 41, a code spraying module, and a collecting mechanism 42, where the shift mechanism is used to shift off overlapped articles, the second sterilization and disinfection device 41 is used to sterilize and disinfect the articles, the code spraying module is used to spray codes on the articles one by one, and the collecting mechanism 42 is used to collect the articles. The shifting mechanism comprises a limiting shifting rod, the surface of the limiting shifting rod and the surface of the conveying unit 1 are spaced by a preset height, and under the height limiting effect of the limiting shifting rod, overlapped articles can pass through the limiting shifting rod one by one conveniently, so that the articles can be counted conveniently and subsequently. The structure of the second sterilizing device 41 is the same as that of the first sterilizing device 22 and will not be described in detail. The code spraying module is used for spraying codes to the articles, so that subsequent tracing is facilitated, and the articles after code spraying are collected through the collecting mechanism 42.
As shown in fig. 6 and 7, optionally, the collecting mechanism 42 includes a transition bin 421, a lifting assembly 422 and a collecting bin 423, the transition bin 421 is used for receiving the articles at the end of the conveying unit 1, and the lifting assembly 422 is used for lifting the articles in the transition bin 421 to the collecting bin 423. The transition bin 421 is preferably funnel-shaped to facilitate smooth sliding of the articles to the bottom of the transition bin 421. The lifting assembly 422 comprises a frame 4221, a conveying passage 4222 and a conveying belt 4223, wherein the conveying passage 4222 is arranged on the frame 4221, the conveying belt 4223 is arranged in the conveying passage 4222, one end of the conveying passage 4222 is communicated with the transition bin 421, and the other end of the conveying passage 4222 is higher than the collection bin 423. The conveyer belt 4223 is provided with a plurality of baffle plates 42231 at intervals, and the articles fall into a space between two adjacent baffle plates 42231, are conveyed from one end to the other end of the conveying passage 4222 through the conveyer belt 4223, and then fall into the collecting bin 423. The bottom of the frame 4221 may be provided with universal wheels 42211 to adjust the position of the frame 4221.
The work flow of the automatic unpacking device provided by the embodiment is roughly as follows: first, the box 100 is conveyed to the conveying unit 1 by the feeding mechanism 21, the box 100 is carried and conveyed by the conveying unit 1, the bar code on the box 100 is scanned by the bar code scanning module, the box 100 is sterilized and disinfected by the first sterilizing device 22, then the band bundled outside the box 100 is cut by the band cutting mechanism 31, the upper cover of the box 100 is removed by the cover removing mechanism 32, the box 100 is turned over by the turning mechanism 33, the lower cover of the box 100 is removed by the cover removing mechanism 34, so that the articles in the box 100 are dumped on the conveying unit 1, and finally, the articles on the conveying unit 1 are collected by the post-processing unit 4.
The automatic unpacking device provided by the embodiment carries the box body 100 to the conveying unit 1 through the feeding mechanism 21, carries and conveys the box body 100 through the conveying unit 1, scans the bar code on the box body 100 through the code scanning module, sterilizes and sterilizes the box body 100 through the first sterilization and disinfection device 22, cuts the binding tape bound outside the box body 100 through the binding tape shearing mechanism 31, removes the upper cover of the box body 100 through the upper cover removing mechanism 32, overturns the box body 100 through the overturning mechanism 33, removes the lower cover of the box body 100 through the cover removing mechanism 34, so that the objects in the box body 100 are dumped on the conveying unit 1, collects the objects on the conveying unit 1 through the post-processing unit 4, has high automation degree and high unpacking efficiency, does not need manual direct contact and participation in the whole unpacking operation process, strictly sterilizes and sterilizes the box body 100, reduces the propagation risk of bacteria and viruses attached to the box body 100, thereby avoiding the potential safety hazard caused by the staff opening the box body 100.
It is to be noted that the foregoing is only illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention and the technical principles employed. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the particular embodiments illustrated herein, but is capable of various obvious changes, rearrangements and substitutions as will now become apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention. Therefore, although the present invention has been described in greater detail by the above embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and may include other equivalent embodiments without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is determined by the scope of the appended claims.