CN212944181U

CN212944181U - Battery sorting device

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Publication number: CN212944181U
Application number: CN202021552366.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈明中; 林春喜; 蔡羽; 廖益胜; 谢士金; 施杨钦; 归禄发
Original assignee: Huizhou Decent Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Huizhou Decent Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-07-30
Filing date: 2020-07-30
Publication date: 2021-04-13
Anticipated expiration: 2030-07-30

Abstract

A battery sorting device comprises a base, a feeding assembly, a sorting disc assembly and a transfer assembly, wherein the feeding assembly comprises a conveying belt and a feeding disc, the conveying belt is used for conveying the feeding disc, the sorting disc assembly comprises a jacking driving part, a jacking plate, a rotary disc and a plurality of sorting discs, the rotary disc is used for driving a specified sorting disc to move to the position above the jacking plate, so that when the jacking driving part drives the jacking plate to move up and down, the specified sorting disc can be driven to move up and down, the transfer assembly comprises a material moving part and an adsorption part, the material moving part is used for driving the adsorption part to pick and place batteries between the feeding disc and the jacking plate, the specified battery tray is selected by using the sorting disc assembly, the batteries of the feeding disc are sorted into the sorting discs according to grades by using the transfer assembly, the batteries of different grades are sorted, the problem that the batteries are mixed and placed can be avoided, and the battery sorting efficiency can be improved, the worker is not required to take and place each battery, so that the working strength of the worker can be reduced.

Description

Battery sorting device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a battery processing technology field especially relates to a battery sorting facilities.

Background

Batteries generally refer to small devices that can generate electrical energy. The battery is used for stably supplying energy to various electronic equipment so that the various electronic equipment can stably operate.

In actual production, due to slight differences in production processes, it is difficult to maintain the capacity of the produced batteries consistent, and even if the batteries are produced in the same batch, the capacity varies. When the battery is actually used, sometimes a plurality of single batteries need to be connected in series or in parallel to form a battery module for use, such as an electric vehicle, a mobile power supply and the like, and in order to improve the use effect of the battery module, electronic manufacturers often require that the single batteries with small capacity difference are combined for use; further, in response to the demands of the manufacturers of the home appliances, some batteries have a high capacity but a relatively high price, and some batteries have a low capacity but a relatively low price, so that the batteries are often produced and then sorted, and specifically, the batteries are classified into a plurality of grades according to the capacity, and then the batteries in the same grade are placed together.

In actual production, after batteries are subjected to a testing procedure, workers often manually classify and place the tested batteries to finish sorting, so that the problem that the batteries are mixed in different grades due to negligence of the workers is easily caused; furthermore, the manual sorting is time-consuming and labor-consuming, so that the efficiency is low, and the working strength of workers is greatly increased.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims at overcoming the weak point among the prior art, providing a battery sorting equipment, can select separately the operation to the battery automatically to can effectively avoid the problem that different grade batteries were put by mixing, can improve battery sorting efficiency moreover, reduce workman's working strength.

The purpose of the utility model is realized through the following technical scheme:

a battery sorting apparatus comprising:

a base;

the feeding assembly comprises a conveying belt and a feeding disc, the conveying belt is arranged on the base, and the feeding disc moves transversely on the conveying belt;

the tray selecting assembly comprises a jacking driving piece, a jacking plate, a rotary table and a plurality of material distribution trays, the rotary table is rotatably arranged on the base, the material distribution trays are arranged on the rotary table at intervals, the jacking driving piece is arranged on the base, the jacking plate is connected with an output shaft of the jacking driving piece, the jacking plate is positioned below the rotary table, and the jacking driving piece is used for driving the jacking plate to do lifting motion so that the jacking plate drives one of the material distribution trays to do lifting motion when driving the jacking plate to do lifting motion; and

the transfer assembly comprises a material moving part and an adsorption part, the material moving part is arranged on the base, the adsorption part is arranged on the material moving part, and the material moving part is used for driving the adsorption part to reciprocate between the jacking plate and the material incoming tray.

In one embodiment, the feeding assembly further comprises a limiting cylinder and a limiting rod, the limiting cylinder is arranged on the conveying belt, the limiting rod is arranged on an output shaft of the limiting cylinder, and the limiting cylinder is used for driving the limiting rod to be close to or far away from the feeding disc.

In one embodiment, the material moving part comprises a two-axis linear module and an adsorption cylinder, the two-axis linear module is arranged on the base, the adsorption cylinder is arranged on the two-axis linear module, the two-axis linear module is used for driving the adsorption cylinder to move transversely, the adsorption part is connected with an output shaft of the adsorption cylinder, and the adsorption cylinder is used for driving the adsorption part to move up and down.

In one embodiment, the number of the adsorption cylinders is two, the number of the adsorption pieces is two, the two adsorption cylinders are both arranged on the two-axis linear module, and the two adsorption pieces are connected with the output shafts of the two adsorption cylinders in a one-to-one correspondence mode.

In one embodiment, the transfer assembly further comprises a detection camera, and the detection camera is arranged on the two-axis linear module.

In one embodiment, the turntable is provided with a plurality of avoiding grooves, and the distributing disks are correspondingly arranged on the avoiding grooves one by one.

In one embodiment, the disc selecting assembly further comprises a plurality of guide rods, each guide rod is arranged on the base in a penetrating mode, and each guide rod is connected with the jacking plate.

In one embodiment, the disc selecting assembly further comprises a rotating motor and a divider, the rotating motor and the divider are both disposed on the base, an output shaft of the rotating motor is connected with the divider, and the rotating disc is disposed on the output shaft of the divider.

In one embodiment, a plurality of positioning blocks are arranged on the rotating disc, and a space is arranged between the positioning blocks.

In one embodiment, the lift drive is a cylinder.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses at least, following advantage has:

the utility model discloses a battery sorting device, which comprises a base, a feeding component, a tray selecting component and a transferring component, wherein the feeding component comprises a conveying belt and a tray, the conveying belt is arranged on the base, the tray moves transversely on the conveying belt, the tray selecting component comprises a jacking driving piece, a jacking plate, a rotary disc and a plurality of sub-trays, the rotary disc is rotationally arranged on the base, the sub-trays are arranged on the rotary disc at intervals, the jacking driving piece is arranged on the base, the jacking plate is connected with an output shaft of the jacking driving piece, the jacking plate is arranged below the rotary disc, when the jacking driving piece is used for driving the jacking plate to move up and down, the jacking plate drives one of the sub-trays to move up and down, the transferring component comprises a material moving piece and an adsorption piece, the material moving piece is arranged on the base, the adsorption piece is arranged on the moving piece, the moving piece is used for driving the adsorption piece to move back and forth between, through utilizing the selection dish subassembly to select appointed battery tray, utilize the transfer unit to select separately to installing each branch charging tray on the carousel the battery that comes the charging tray according to the grade to the realization is selected separately the battery, can avoid the problem that different grade batteries were put in mixture, can improve battery sorting efficiency moreover, does not need the workman to get to put the operation to every battery, thereby can reduce workman's working strength.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present invention, and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and for those skilled in the art, other related drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without inventive efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a battery sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a selector plate assembly of the battery sorting apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the transfer assembly of the battery sorting apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of a part of the structure of the battery sorting apparatus shown in fig. 1.

Detailed Description

In order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, the present invention will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. The preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings. The 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. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and do not represent the only embodiments.

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 herein in the description of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It is noted that as used herein, reference to an element being "connected" to another element also means that the element is "in communication" with the other element, and fluid can be in exchange communication between the two.

Referring to fig. 1, a battery sorting apparatus 10 includes a base 100, a feeding assembly 200, a tray selection assembly 300 and a transfer assembly 400, wherein the feeding assembly 200, the tray selection assembly 300 and the transfer assembly 400 are all mounted on the base 100, the feeding assembly 200 is used for feeding batteries, the tray selection assembly 300 is used for selecting a designated battery tray, and the transfer assembly 400 is used for transferring the batteries on the feeding assembly 200 to the battery tray selected by the tray selection assembly 300.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the feeding assembly 200 includes a conveyor 210 and a feeding tray 220, the conveyor 210 is disposed on the base 100, and the feeding tray 220 moves transversely on the conveyor 210; the disc selecting assembly 300 comprises a jacking driving member 310, a jacking plate 320, a rotating disc 330 and a plurality of distributing discs 340, wherein the rotating disc 330 is rotatably arranged on the base 100, the distributing discs 340 are arranged on the rotating disc 330 at intervals, the jacking driving member 310 is arranged on the base 100, the jacking plate 320 is connected with an output shaft of the jacking driving member 310, the jacking plate 320 is positioned below the rotating disc 330, and when the jacking driving member 310 is used for driving the jacking plate 320 to do lifting motion, the jacking plate 320 drives one of the distributing discs 340 to do lifting motion; the transferring assembly 400 includes a material moving member 410 and an adsorbing member 420, wherein the material moving member 410 is disposed on the base 100, the adsorbing member 420 is disposed on the material moving member 410, and the material moving member 410 is configured to drive the adsorbing member 420 to reciprocate between the lifting plate 320 and the material receiving tray 220.

It should be noted that the conveyer belt 210 is installed on the base 100, the incoming tray 220 enters from one end of the conveyer belt 210, and then the conveyer belt 210 drives the incoming tray 220 to move to the other end, so that the incoming tray 220 can make a traverse motion on the conveyer belt 210, in an embodiment, the conveyer belt 210 is a conveying belt and is driven by a motor; further, a material distributing area is provided on the base 100 near the conveyor 210, then the lifting driver 310 is installed at the material distributing area, and the lifting plate 320 is installed on the output shaft of the lifting driver 310, the turntable 330 is installed on the base 100, the turntable 330 can rotate on the base 100, and the turntable 330 is located below the conveyor 210, and the lifting driver 310 and the lifting plate 320 are located below the turntable 330, specifically, the conveyor 210 is installed on the surface of the base 100, the turntable 330 is installed inside the base 100, so that the turntable 330 is located below the conveyor 210, and the material distributing area is lower than the body of the turntable 330, so that the lifting driver 310 and the lifting plate 320 are located below the turntable 330, then the material distributing discs 340 are installed on the turntable 330 at intervals, specifically, the material distributing discs 340 are distributed annularly on the turntable 330, and thus, when the turntable 330 rotates, any material distributing disc 340 can be rotated to the material distributing area, and then the jacking driving piece 310 arranged in the material distributing area drives the jacking plate 320 to do lifting motion, so that the jacking plate 320 can push and drive the material distributing disc 340 positioned in the material distributing area to do lifting motion, specifically, when the jacking plate 320 jacks the material distributing disc 340 positioned in the material distributing area, the material distributing disc 340 is far away from the rotating disc 330 and is transferred to the jacking plate 320, and then the material distributing disc 340 is jacked by the jacking plate 320 to be positioned on the same horizontal plane with the material incoming disc 220 of the conveying belt 210; further, the material moving member 410 is installed on the base, the adsorbing member 420 is installed on the material moving member 410, the material moving member 410 drives the adsorbing member 420 to reciprocate between the lifting plate 320 and the material receiving tray 220, specifically, because the lifting plate 320 lifts one of the material distribution trays 340 to a position on the same level as the material receiving tray 220, the material moving member 410 can drive the adsorbing member 420 to reciprocate between the material receiving tray 220 and the lifted material distribution tray 340, so that the adsorbing member 420 can adsorb and transfer the batteries in the material receiving tray 220 to the material distribution tray 340, it should be noted that, because a plurality of material distribution trays 340 are provided, that is, the batteries are provided with a plurality of grades according to capacity, and the batteries belonging to the same grade are placed in one material distribution tray 340, therefore, the adsorbing member 420 can transfer all the batteries belonging to the same grade in the material receiving tray 220 to the designated material distribution tray 340, the sorting tray assembly 300 can switch another material distribution tray 340 to continue sorting, in one embodiment, the jacking driving element 310 is an air cylinder, and the air cylinder pushes the jacking plate 320 to move up and down; in an embodiment, move material piece 410 and be the triaxial motion module, the triaxial motion module is a rectilinear motion module that can carry out X, Y and the three direction motion of Z, thus, when installing absorption piece 420 on the terminal output shaft of triaxial motion module, can make absorption piece 420 can move toward X, Y and the three direction motion of Z, thereby realize shifting the purpose of battery, thus, utilize selection dish subassembly 300 to select appointed battery tray, utilize transfer subassembly 400 to select the battery that is located charging tray 220 to installing in each minute charging tray 340 on carousel 330 according to the grade, in order to realize carrying out the purpose of sorting to the battery, can avoid the problem that different grades of batteries are put in mixture, and can improve battery sorting efficiency, do not need the workman to get and put the operation to every battery, thereby can reduce workman's working strength.

Referring to fig. 4, in an embodiment, the feeding assembly 200 further includes a limiting cylinder 230 and a limiting rod 240, the limiting cylinder 230 is disposed on the conveying belt 210, the limiting rod 240 is disposed on an output shaft of the limiting cylinder 230, and the limiting cylinder 230 is configured to drive the limiting rod 240 to approach or be away from the feeding tray 220.

It should be noted that, the limiting cylinder 230 is installed on the conveying belt 210, so that when the incoming tray 220 reaches a designated position, the limiting cylinder 230 drives the limiting rod 240 to ascend, so that the limiting rod 240 is supported against the edge of the incoming tray 220, and the incoming tray 220 is fixed, so that the material moving member 410 can accurately take up the battery in the incoming tray 220.

Referring to fig. 3 again, in an embodiment, the material moving member 410 includes a two-axis linear module 411 and an adsorption cylinder 412, the two-axis linear module 411 is disposed on the base 100, the adsorption cylinder 412 is disposed on the two-axis linear module 411, the two-axis linear module 411 is used for driving the adsorption cylinder 412 to move laterally, the adsorption member 420 is connected to an output shaft of the adsorption cylinder 412, and the adsorption cylinder 412 is used for driving the adsorption member 420 to move up and down.

It should be noted that, the two-axis linear module 411 is a linear module capable of moving horizontally, the adsorption cylinder 412 is installed on the output shaft at the end of the two-axis linear module 411, i.e. the adsorption cylinder 412 can move on the horizontal plane, and then the lifting motion of the adsorption cylinder 412 is utilized, so that the adsorption member 420 can move horizontally and also can move up and down, so that the battery in the incoming tray 220 can be taken up and placed in the incoming tray 220, so as to realize the sorting of the battery, in one embodiment, the adsorption member 420 is a vacuum suction nozzle, and is connected with a vacuum generator, so that negative pressure can be generated in the vacuum suction nozzle, and the battery can be sucked up or put down.

Referring to fig. 3 again, in one embodiment, there are two adsorption cylinders 412, there are two adsorption pieces 420, the two adsorption cylinders 412 are both disposed on the two-axis linear module 411, and the two adsorption pieces 420 are connected to the output shafts of the two adsorption cylinders 412 in a one-to-one correspondence. It should be noted that, two adsorption cylinders 412 are provided, and the two adsorption pieces 420 are respectively driven by the two adsorption cylinders 412, so that two batteries can be taken up at each time, and the battery sorting efficiency can be improved.

Referring to fig. 2 again, in one embodiment, the turntable 330 is provided with a plurality of avoiding grooves 331, and the material distribution discs 340 are correspondingly disposed on the avoiding grooves 331 one by one. It should be noted that, the lifting plate 320 is located below the turntable 330, and in order to enable the lifting plate 320 to smoothly lift the distribution tray 340 on the turntable 330, the turntable 330 is provided with an avoiding groove 331, so that the lifting plate 320 can pass through the avoiding groove 331 to push the distribution tray 340.

Referring to fig. 2 again, in one embodiment, the disc selecting assembly 300 further includes a plurality of guide rods 350, each guide rod 350 is disposed on the base 100, and each guide rod 350 is connected to the lifting plate 320. It should be noted that, one end of each guide rod 350 is fixed on the lifting plate 320, and then the other end of each guide rod 350 penetrates through the base 100, so that the stability of the lifting plate 320 during lifting movement can be improved, and the stability of the distribution tray 340 lifted by the lifting plate 320 is further improved, thereby effectively preventing the batteries of the distribution tray 340 from being disordered.

Referring to fig. 2 again, in one embodiment, the disc selecting assembly 300 further includes a rotating motor 360 and a divider 370, the rotating motor 360 and the divider 370 are both disposed on the base 100, an output shaft of the rotating motor 360 is connected to the divider 370, and the rotating disc 330 is disposed on an output shaft of the divider 370. It should be noted that the divider 370 is a transmission device capable of sequentially rotating a certain angle, and is driven by the rotating motor 360, and the rotating disc 330 is mounted on the output shaft of the divider 370, so that the rotating disc 330 can rotate at a certain angle, in an embodiment, the divider 370 is a six-station divider, that is, the rotating disc 330 rotates 60 degrees each time, accordingly, six material distribution discs 340 are provided, and six material avoidance grooves 331 are provided.

Referring to fig. 2 again, in an embodiment, the turntable 330 is provided with a plurality of positioning blocks 332, and a space is provided between the positioning blocks 332. It should be noted that the distribution tray 340 needs to be located right above the avoiding groove 331 so that the lifting plate 320 can accurately push the distribution tray 340, and the positioning blocks 332 are arranged on the turntable 330 so that the positioning blocks 332 can limit and fix the distribution tray 340, and can prevent the distribution tray 340 from being misplaced on the turntable 330.

Referring to fig. 3 again, in one embodiment, the transfer assembly 400 further includes a detection camera 430, and the detection camera 430 is disposed on the two-axis linear module 411. It should be noted that the detection camera 430 is installed on the output shaft at the end of the two-axis linear module 411, and the detection camera 430 is disposed adjacent to the adsorption cylinder 412, so that the detection camera 430 can be used to perform code scanning detection on the incoming material tray 220 and the material distribution tray 340 jacked up by the jacking plate 320, and thus the accurate position of each battery can be accurately obtained during sorting.

The above-mentioned embodiments only represent some embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is specific and detailed, but not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the present invention, several variations and modifications can be made, which are within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A battery sorting apparatus, comprising:

a base;

2. The battery sorting device according to claim 1, wherein the feeding assembly further comprises a limiting cylinder and a limiting rod, the limiting cylinder is arranged on the conveying belt, the limiting rod is arranged on an output shaft of the limiting cylinder, and the limiting cylinder is used for driving the limiting rod to be close to or far away from the feeding plate.

3. The battery sorting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the material moving member includes a two-axis linear module and an adsorption cylinder, the two-axis linear module is disposed on the base, the adsorption cylinder is disposed on the two-axis linear module, the two-axis linear module is configured to drive the adsorption cylinder to move laterally, the adsorption member is connected to an output shaft of the adsorption cylinder, and the adsorption cylinder is configured to drive the adsorption member to move up and down.

4. The battery sorting equipment according to claim 3, wherein the number of the adsorption cylinders is two, the number of the adsorption pieces is two, the two adsorption cylinders are both arranged on the two-axis linear module, and the two adsorption pieces are connected with output shafts of the two adsorption cylinders in a one-to-one correspondence manner.

5. The battery sorting apparatus of claim 3, wherein the transfer assembly further comprises a detection camera disposed on the two-axis linear module.

6. The battery sorting device according to claim 1, wherein the turntable is provided with a plurality of avoiding grooves, and the distributing disks are correspondingly arranged on the avoiding grooves one by one.

7. The battery sorting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the tray assembly further comprises a plurality of guide rods, each guide rod is disposed through the base, and each guide rod is connected to the lift plate.

8. The battery sorting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the tray assembly further includes a rotating motor and a divider, the rotating motor and the divider are disposed on the base, an output shaft of the rotating motor is connected to the divider, and the turntable is disposed on the output shaft of the divider.

9. The battery sorting apparatus of claim 1, wherein a plurality of positioning blocks are provided on the turntable, and a space is provided between the positioning blocks.

10. The battery sorting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the jacking drive is a cylinder.