Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, the present invention is directed to a stacking and aligning apparatus, which can improve the efficiency of stacking and aligning workpieces.
In order to achieve the above objects, the present invention provides a stacking and aligning device for aligning a plurality of objects in a stacking area, the stacking and aligning device includes a base, a fixing column, a moving member, a linkage assembly, and an aligning member.
The fixing column is arranged on the base, and the long axis direction of the fixing column is vertical to a horizontal plane of the base; the moving member is connected to the fixed column and can move relative to the fixed column along the long axis direction of the fixed column under control, the moving member is provided with an extending table, and the extending table extends towards an extending direction perpendicular to the long axis direction of the fixed column.
The connecting rod mechanism set comprises a first moving assembly, a second moving assembly and a connecting rod, wherein the first moving assembly is parallel to the second moving assembly, the first moving assembly and the second moving assembly are pivoted on the extension table, and the connecting rod is connected with the first moving assembly and the second moving assembly. The linkage mechanism set can be operated and moved relative to the extension table. The aligning component is pivoted to the connecting rod mechanism set and is used for pushing one of the objects. When the link mechanism group acts, the alignment assembly is driven by the link mechanism group to synchronously move and is not driven by the link mechanism group to synchronously rotate.
The present invention also provides a method for aligning objects in the stacking and aligning apparatus, which comprises the following steps:
the first step is as follows: a first object is placed in a stacking area.
The second step is as follows: and placing a second object on the first object, wherein the projection outline and the projection area of the second object and the projection area of the first object in the stacking area are the same, but the projection of the second object is not completely overlapped with the projection of the first object.
The third step: and rotating the first moving assembly to enable the long axis of the first moving rod to be parallel to an alignment direction. The alignment direction is a turning angle of the alignment assembly and a straight line direction of a corner of the first object. When the first moving assembly rotates under the control of the operation, the first moving assembly drives the second moving assembly to synchronously rotate through the connecting rod;
the fourth step: and moving the first moving assembly, driving the second moving assembly to synchronously move in the same direction by the first moving assembly through the connecting rod, driving the aligning assembly by the first moving assembly and the second moving assembly, and then pushing the second object by the aligning assembly until the projection of the second object is completely overlapped with the projection of the first object.
The invention has the advantages that the connecting rod mechanism group drives the aligning component to move synchronously without changing the seat direction of the aligning component, and the connecting rod mechanism group can enable the aligning component to move obliquely, namely, two axial moving alignments are carried out simultaneously, so that the efficiency of aligning the plurality of objects is improved.
Detailed Description
In order to more clearly illustrate the present invention, preferred embodiments are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Referring to fig. 1, in a stacking and aligning apparatus 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, another stacking and aligning apparatus 100 'can be disposed at opposite corners of the stacking and aligning apparatus 100, and the two stacking and aligning apparatuses 100, 100' can clamp and push a plurality of objects 200, so that the plurality of objects 200 are stacked and aligned in a stacking area a. The stacking area a is located on a plane formed by a first axial direction Y and a second axial direction X, and the contour sides of the stacking area a include a first side a1 and a second side a2 which are perpendicular to each other, the first side a1 is parallel to the first axial direction Y, the second side a2 is parallel to the second axial direction X, and the first axial direction Y is perpendicular to the second axial direction X.
The objects 200 have the same plane shape and plane area, and after the objects 200 are neatly stacked in the stacking area a along a third axis Z, the projections of the objects 200 in the plane formed by the first axis Y and the second axis X are completely overlapped. Wherein the third axial direction Z is perpendicular to the first axial direction Y and the second axial direction X.
Referring to fig. 2 to 5, the stack alignment apparatus 100 will be described in detail since the structure and operation of the stack alignment apparatus 100 and the stack alignment apparatus 100' are the same. The stacking and aligning apparatus 100 includes a base 10, a fixing column 20, a moving member 30, a linkage assembly 40, and an aligning assembly 50. The base 10 has a plurality of legs 12, and the legs 12 form a horizontal plane 10a, and the horizontal plane 10a is parallel to a plane formed by the first axial direction Y and the second axial direction X. The fixed column 20 is disposed on the base 10, and a long axis direction of the fixed column 20 is perpendicular to the horizontal plane 10a of the base 10, two slide rails 22 and a screw 24 are disposed on the long axis direction of the fixed column 20, the two slide rails 22 are connected to the moving member 30 and are used as a track for the moving member 30 in the third axis direction Z, a transmission block 26 is disposed on the screw 24, and the transmission block 26 is disposed through the screw 24 and is combined with the moving member 30. In this embodiment, a first driving device 60 is further provided, the first driving device 60 is exemplified by a motor, the first driving device 60 is fixedly disposed on the fixing column 20, and a belt 62 connects the first driving device 60 and the screw 24. When the first driving device 60 operates, the first driving device 60 drives the belt 62 to operate, and the belt 62 drives the screw 24 to rotate, the rotating screw 24 drives the transmission block 26 to move up and down along the third axis Z, and the transmission block 26 drives the moving member 30 to move synchronously along the two sliding rails 22 of the fixed column 20. The moving member 30 has an extending platform 32, the extending platform 32 is formed by extending outward in an extending direction perpendicular to the long axial direction of the fixed column 20, the extending direction is parallel to the first axial direction Y, and the extending platform 32 has a first end 30a and a second end 30b opposite to each other, the first end 30a is closer to the fixed column 20 than the second end 30 b.
As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the linkage assembly 40 includes a first moving element 42, a second moving element 44 and a linkage 46. The first moving assembly 42 and the second moving assembly 44 are always parallel to each other, and two ends of the connecting rod 46 are respectively pivoted to the first moving assembly 42 and the second moving assembly 44. The first moving assembly 42 has a first moving rod 422 and a first positioning element 424, the second moving assembly 44 has a second moving rod 442 and a second positioning element 444, the rod length of the first moving rod 422 is equal to the rod length of the second moving rod 442, the first moving rod 422 is a long straight rod and slidably penetrates through the first positioning element 424, the first positioning element 424 is pivotally connected to the first end 30a of the extension stage 32, the second moving rod 442 is a long straight rod and slidably penetrates through the second positioning element 444, and the second positioning element 444 is pivotally connected to the second end 30b of the extension stage 32 and can be controlled by the second moving rod 442 to rotate relative to the extension stage 32. The length of the link 46 is equal to the distance between the first end 30a and the second end 30b, and two ends of the link 46 are respectively pivoted to the first moving rod 422 and the second moving rod 442, so that the second moving rod 442 can be controlled to move relative to the second positioning member 444, and the long axis of the link 46 is parallel to the extending direction of the extending table 32, i.e. the long axis of the link 46 is parallel to the first axis Y.
The stacking alignment apparatus 100 further has a second driving device 70 and a third driving device 80. The second driving device 70 is disposed at a lower portion of the first end 30a of the extension stage 32 and corresponds to the first positioning element 424, and the second driving device 70 can control the first positioning element 424 to rotate relative to the extension stage 32. The third driving device 80 is disposed on the top of the first positioning element 424 and connected to the first moving rod 422 for controlling the first moving rod 422 to move relative to the first positioning element 424. More specifically, the third driving device 80 of the present embodiment is exemplified by a motor, and a rotating shaft of the third driving device 80 has a gear 80a, the gear 80a is engaged with a rack 422a of the first moving rod 422, when the third driving device 80 rotates, the rotating motion of the gear 80a controlled by the motor is converted into the linear motion of the rack 422a, and the first moving rod 422 moves relative to the first positioning element 424.
When the first positioning element 424 is controlled by the second driving device 70 to rotate relative to the extension stage 32, the first positioning element 424 drives the first moving rod 422 to rotate synchronously, and when the first moving rod 422 rotates, the first moving rod 422 drives the second moving rod 442 to rotate synchronously via the connecting rod 46, and then when the second moving rod 442 rotates, the second positioning element 444 is driven to rotate synchronously and simultaneously relative to the extension stage 32.
When the first moving rod 422 is controlled by the third driving device 80 to move along the long axis direction of the first moving rod 422, the first moving rod 422 drives the second moving rod 442 to move synchronously and in the same direction relative to the second positioning member 444 through the connecting rod 46.
The alignment assembly 50 is used to push one of the plurality of objects 200 and includes a first alignment plate 52 and a second alignment plate 54. As shown in fig. 5 and 7, a side of the first aligning plate 52 facing the plurality of articles 200 is a first aligning surface 52a, a side of the second aligning plate 54 facing the plurality of articles 200 is a second aligning surface 54a, the first aligning surface 52a is parallel to the first side a1 of the stacking area a, and the second aligning surface 54a is parallel to the second side a2 of the stacking area a. The aligning member 50 is pivotally connected to the link mechanism set 40, and more precisely, the first aligning plate 52 is pivotally connected to the first moving rod 422 and the second moving rod 442, the second aligning plate 54 is pivotally connected to one end of the first aligning plate 52, and a turning angle C1 is formed at a connection position of the first aligning plate 52 and the second aligning plate 54. When the first moving rod 422 and the second moving rod 442 move, the alignment assembly 50 is driven by the first moving rod 422 and the second moving rod 442 to move synchronously and is not driven by the first moving rod 422 and the second moving rod 442 to rotate synchronously.
In addition, the stacking alignment apparatus 100 further includes a fourth driving device 90, in this embodiment, the fourth driving device 90 is a motor, the fourth driving device 90 is disposed at the pivot of the second alignment plate 54, and the second alignment plate 54 can be controlled by the fourth driving device 90 to rotate between a transverse position Pa and a longitudinal position Pb. Said second alignment surface 54a is parallel to a second side a2 of said stacking area a when said second alignment plate 54 is in said lateral position Pa; with the second alignment plate 54 at the longitudinal position Pb, the plurality of articles 200 may enter and exit the stacking area a through the lateral position Pa. Wherein, the second aligning plate 54 is not limited to a specific position at the longitudinal position Pb, and does not block the plurality of objects 200 from entering or exiting the stacking area a; when the second alignment plate is in the longitudinal position, the second alignment plate can also be vertical to the stacking area, so that the uppermost object can not be interfered with the second alignment plate when entering or exiting the stacking area.
When the first moving bar 422 is operated by the third driving device 80 to move along the long axis direction of the first moving bar 422, the long axis direction of the first moving bar 422 is parallel to an alignment direction D. As shown in fig. 8, the alignment direction D passes through a turning angle C1 and a corner C2 of the object, the corner C2 of the object is the closest corner to the alignment assembly 50, and the angle of the corner C2 is equal to the angle formed by the first side a1 and the second side a 2. However, it is not excluded that in other embodiments, an end of the first moving rod is pivotally connected to the turning corner of the aligning member, such that when the first moving rod is controlled by the third driving device to move along the long axis direction of the first moving rod, the corner of the object is located on the long axis extension line of the first moving rod.
It should be noted that the extension table 32, the first moving rod 422, the second moving rod 442, and the connecting rod 46 form a parallelogram, and the length of the first moving rod 422 is equal to that of the second moving rod 442, wherein a first included angle θ 1 is defined between the first moving rod 422 and the connecting rod 46, a second included angle θ 2 is defined between the first moving rod 422 and the long axis of the first alignment plate 52, and the first included angle θ 1 is equal to the second included angle θ 2 (see fig. 9). Therefore, the long axis directions of the first alignment plate 52, the connecting rod 46, and the extension stage 32 of the alignment assembly 50 are constantly kept parallel. The alignment assembly 50 is controlled by the first moving rod 422 and the second moving rod 442 only to be displaced without rotating.
The moving member 30, the link mechanism set 40 and the aligning assembly 50 are controlled by the first driving device 60, the second driving device 70, the third driving device 80 and the fourth driving device 90 to perform the method for aligning objects as shown in fig. 6, the plurality of objects 200 acted by the stacking and aligning apparatus 100 comprises a first object 201 and a second object 202, and the method for aligning objects comprises the following steps:
first step S1: placing a first object 20 in the stacking area A;
second step S2: placing a second object 202 on the first object 201, wherein the projection outline and the projection area of the second object 202 and the first object 201 in the stacking area A are the same, but the projection of the second object 202 does not completely overlap with the projection of the first object 201;
third step S3: rotating the first moving assembly 42 to make the long axis of the first moving rod 442 parallel to the alignment direction D;
fourth step S4: when the first moving assembly 42 is moved, the first moving assembly 42 drives the second moving assembly 44 to synchronously move in the same direction through the connecting rod 46, the first moving assembly 42 and the second moving assembly 44 drive the aligning assembly 50, and then the aligning assembly 50 pushes the second object 202 until the projection of the second object 202 completely overlaps the projection of the first object 201.
In a first step S1, please refer to fig. 7, if the corner C2 of the first object 201 deviates from the corresponding corner of the stacking area a too much, the following operations are performed. Referring to fig. 8, the first positioning element 424 is controlled by the second driving device 70 to rotate, and the first positioning element 424 drives the first moving rod 422 of the first moving assembly 42 to synchronously rotate in the same direction, so that the long axis of the first moving rod 422 is parallel to the aligning direction D. When the first moving rod 422 rotates, the first moving rod 422 drives the second moving rod 442 of the second moving assembly 44 to synchronously rotate via the connecting rod 46, and when the second moving rod 442 rotates, the second moving rod 442 drives the second positioning member 444 of the second moving assembly 44 to synchronously rotate in the same direction. Then, the first moving rod 422 is operated by the third driving device 80 to move forward, the first moving rod 422 drives the second moving rod 442 to move synchronously in the same direction through the connecting rod 46, and the first moving rod 422 and the second moving rod 442 drive the aligning assembly 50. Referring again to fig. 9, the aligning member 50 pushes the first object 201 until the center of the first object 201 projected on the plane formed by the first axis Y and the second axis X completely overlaps the center of the stacking area a. More specifically, during the pushing of the first object 201 by the aligning member 50, the first aligning surface 52a of the aligning member 50 is attached to the edge of the corner C2 of the first object 201 corresponding to the first side a1, and the second aligning surface 54a is attached to the edge of the corner C2 of the first object 201 corresponding to the second side a 2.
In a second step S2, when the second object 202 is placed on the first object 201, as shown in fig. 10, the moving member 30 is operated by the first driving device 60 to drive the link mechanism set 40 and the aligning assembly 50 to move upward along the long axis of the fixed post 20, so that the first aligning plate 52 and the second aligning plate 54 correspond to the second object 202 in the third axis Z.
In a third step S3, rotating the first moving assembly 42 means that the first positioning element 424 is rotated by the second driving device 70. Referring to fig. 11 and 12, the first positioning element 424 drives the first moving assembly 42 to rotate synchronously in the same direction, so that the long axis of the first moving rod 422 is parallel to the alignment direction D. More specifically, the alignment direction D passes through the turning angle C1, the corner C2 of the first object 201 and the corner C3 of the second object 202 to stop the rotation of the second driving device 70. When the first moving rod 422 rotates, the first moving rod 422 drives the second moving rod 442 of the second moving assembly 44 to synchronously rotate through the connecting rod 46, and when the second moving rod 442 rotates, the second moving rod 442 drives the second positioning member 444 of the second moving assembly 44 to synchronously rotate in the same direction.
In the fourth step S4, the first moving element 42 is moved forward by the third driving device 80, the first moving rod 422 drives the second moving rod 442 to move synchronously in the same direction through the connecting rod 46, the first moving rod 422 and the second moving rod 442 drive the aligning element 50, and referring to fig. 12, the aligning element 50 pushes the second object 202 until the projection of the second object 202 on the plane formed by the first axial direction Y and the second axial direction X completely overlaps the projection of the first object 201, i.e. the turning angle C1, the corner C2 of the first object 201, and the corner C3 of the second object 202 overlap to a point. More specifically, during the pushing of the second object 202 by the alignment assembly 50, the first alignment surface 52a of the alignment assembly 50 is attached to one side of the corner C3 of the second object 202, and the second alignment surface 54a is attached to the other side of the corner C3 of the second object 202.
Through the first step S1 to the fourth step S4, the remaining objects 200 are arranged in the stacking region a in order, and the projections of the objects 200 on the plane formed by the first axial direction Y and the second axial direction X are all overlapped, so as to achieve the alignment effect. It should be noted that each of the objects 200 may also be formed by a plurality of small elements, for example, four, six or eight small elements, and the small elements in each of the objects 200 are placed in the stacking area a in a manner of being close to each other through the first step S1 to the fourth step S4.
In addition, the method for aligning objects in the present embodiment may further optionally include the following steps:
fifth step S5: pivoting the second alignment plate 54 from a transverse position Pa to a longitudinal position Pb, referring to fig. 13, when the second alignment plate 54 is at the longitudinal position Pb, the first and second objects 201, 202 are controllably moved through the transverse position Pa of the second alignment plate 54, and the first and second objects 201, 202 are moved away from the stacking area a.
Accordingly, the stacking and aligning machine and the method for aligning objects of the present invention can stack a plurality of objects 200 having the same planar shape and planar area in the stacking area a in order, thereby achieving the effect of aligning the plurality of objects 200. The link mechanism set 40 drives the alignment assembly 50, so that the alignment assembly 50 can simultaneously perform the alignment action in the first axial direction Y and the second axial direction X, thereby effectively improving the efficiency of neatly arranging the plurality of objects 200.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and all equivalent changes and modifications to the present invention as described and claimed should be included in the scope of the present invention.
Description of the reference numerals
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100,100': stacking and aligning device
10: base seat
12: seat leg
10 a: horizontal plane
20: fixing column
22: sliding rail
24: screw rod
26: transmission block
30: moving part
32: extension table
30 a: first end
30 b: second end
40: link mechanism group
42: first moving assembly
422: first movable rod
422 a: rack bar
424: first positioning piece
44: second moving assembly
442: second movable rod
444: second positioning piece
46: connecting rod
50: aligning assembly
52: first aligning plate
52 a: first flush surface
54: second aligning plate
54 a: second flush noodle
60: first driving device
62: leather belt
70: second driving device
80: third driving device
80 a: gear wheel
90: fourth driving device
200: article
201: first article
202: second object
S1-S5: step (ii) of
Y: first axial direction
X: second axial direction
Z: third axial direction
A: stack area
a 1: first side
a 2: second side
θ 1: first included angle
θ 2: second included angle
Pa: lateral position
Pb: longitudinal position
C1: turning angle
C2, C3: corner
D: direction of alignment