CN215247905U

CN215247905U - Vertical elevator

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Publication number: CN215247905U
Application number: CN202120909624.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 林海
Original assignee: Ningbo Jiade Light Industrial Machinery Co ltd
Current assignee: Ningbo Jiade Light Industrial Machinery Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-04-29
Filing date: 2021-04-29
Publication date: 2021-12-21
Anticipated expiration: 2031-04-29

Abstract

The application discloses a vertical elevator, which comprises an automatic transport vehicle, a lifting mechanism, a material supporting mechanism and two conveying mechanisms; one conveying mechanism is positioned at the upper right part of the other conveying mechanism and comprises a rack and a plurality of horizontal carrier rollers; the front end and the rear end of each horizontal carrier roller are rotatably arranged on the rack, and a gap is formed between every two adjacent horizontal carrier rollers; the front end of the frame and the positions corresponding to the intervals are provided with abdicating grooves in a penetrating way; the material supporting mechanism comprises a fixed frame and a plurality of supporting arms, and the fixed frame is connected to the upper end of the automatic transport vehicle through a lifting mechanism; one ends of the supporting arms are arranged on the fixed frame, and the other ends of the supporting arms are positioned on the outer side of the fixed frame; when the supporting arm passes through the spacing and abdicating groove from bottom to top, the box body on the horizontal supporting roller can be supported; when the bracket arm passes through the spacing and abdicating groove from top to bottom, the box body can be placed on the horizontal carrier roller. The novel multifunctional electric scooter is simple in structure, small in occupied space, low in cost, simple to operate and control, convenient to move and high in universality.

Description

Vertical elevator

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of lifting equipment, in particular to a vertical lifting machine.

Background

At present, in the transfer of processing and logistics storage of industrial products, goods such as boxes, pallets, bags, barrels and packages are often required to be transported between different operation surfaces. In order to effectively connect the transportation among different operation surfaces and realize the requirements of different loading and unloading operation surfaces, the goods can be carried to the required position by combining the manual and forklift carrying and goods elevator; or the goods are conveyed by adopting devices such as vertical lifting, spiral conveying and the like. Wherein, the manual carrying mode is adopted, the whole process always needs manual intervention, and the working efficiency is extremely low; the common vertical lifting or spiral automatic conveying equipment can carry out pure continuous conveying between two points.

However, the existing vertical elevator mainly has the following defects: 1. the structure is complex, the occupied space is large, and the early investment cost is high; 2. the control degree of difficulty is big, and removes inconveniently, and the use limitation is great.

Therefore, it is an urgent need for those skilled in the art to improve the conventional vertical elevator to overcome the above-mentioned shortcomings.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of this application is to provide a simple structure, and occupation space is little, and is with low costs, controls simply, is convenient for remove, and the perpendicular lifting machine that the commonality is strong.

In order to achieve the above purposes, the technical scheme adopted by the application is as follows: a vertical elevator comprises an automatic transport vehicle, a lifting mechanism, a material supporting mechanism and two conveying mechanisms; one conveying mechanism is positioned at the upper right part of the other conveying mechanism, and each conveying mechanism comprises a rack and a plurality of horizontal carrier rollers which are parallel to each other; the front end and the rear end of each horizontal carrier roller are rotatably arranged on the rack, and a gap is formed between every two adjacent horizontal carrier rollers; the positions at the front end of the rack and corresponding to the intervals are provided with abdicating grooves in a penetrating way; the material supporting mechanism comprises a fixed frame and a plurality of supporting arms which are parallel to each other, and the fixed frame is connected to the upper end of the automatic transport vehicle through the lifting mechanism; one ends of the supporting arms are arranged on the fixed frame, and the other ends of the supporting arms are positioned on the outer side of the fixed frame; when the supporting arm passes through the interval and the abdicating groove from bottom to top, the box body conveyed on the horizontal carrier roller is transferred to the supporting arm; when the supporting arm penetrates through the interval and the abdicating groove from top to bottom, the box body on the supporting arm is placed on the horizontal carrier roller for conveying.

Preferably, the fixing frame comprises a first fixing plate and a second fixing plate, the first fixing plate is arranged at the upper end of the lifting mechanism, and the second fixing plate is horizontally and rotatably arranged on the first fixing plate; the discharging mechanism and the supporting arm are arranged on the second fixing plate. The advantages are that: in narrow and small space, when the automatic transport vechicle can not realize turning to, the accessible rotates the regulation the second fixed plate to change the orientation of trailing arm, so that the adaptation sets up towards different directions conveying mechanism. In addition, under the condition that the space allows, the second fixing plate can be controlled to rotate, and the automatic transport vehicle can be controlled to steer at the same time, so that the steering efficiency is improved.

Preferably, the vertical elevator further comprises a driving motor, a transmission assembly, a rotating shaft and a deep groove ball bearing; the first fixing plate is provided with a mounting hole in a penetrating manner along the vertical direction, the rotating shaft is rotatably mounted in the mounting hole through the deep groove ball bearing, the upper end of the rotating shaft is fixed on the lower surface of the second fixing plate, and the lower end of the rotating shaft penetrates below the mounting hole; the driving motor is installed on the lower surface of the first fixing plate, and an output shaft of the driving motor is connected with the lower end of the rotating shaft through the transmission assembly. The advantages are that: the rotation of the rotating shaft (namely the second fixing plate) is automatically controlled by the driving motor and the transmission assembly, and the rotation resistance of the rotating shaft is reduced by the deep groove ball bearing.

Preferably, the vertical elevator further comprises a thrust ball bearing, the thrust ball bearing is arranged between the first fixing plate and the second fixing plate, and the axis of the thrust ball bearing coincides with the axis of the rotating shaft. The advantages are that: and the second fixing plate can be effectively supported under the action of the thrust ball bearing.

Preferably, the bracket arm is adapted to be slidably disposed on the second fixing plate, and a sliding direction of the bracket arm is perpendicular to a length direction of the bracket arm. The advantages are that: through sliding the bracket arms, the distance between two adjacent bracket arms is changed, so that the space with different widths can be adapted, and the universality is high.

Preferably, the upper surface of the second fixing plate is provided with a horizontal guide rail, the bracket arm is provided with a guide groove, the guide groove is connected to the horizontal guide rail in a sliding manner, and the guide groove is connected with a locking bolt for limiting the sliding of the guide groove. The advantages are that: the sliding precision of the guide groove is improved through the sliding limit between the guide groove and the horizontal guide rail; the guide groove can be effectively locked through the locking bolt, so that the guide groove is prevented from being artificially slid.

Preferably, the front side, the rear side and the right side of the rack below are provided with limit baffles. The advantages are that: the box body can be effectively limited through the limiting baffle, so that the box body is prevented from falling off in the conveying process on the horizontal carrier roller.

Preferably, the front side, the rear side and the left side of the rack above the rack are provided with limit baffles. The advantages are that: the box body can be effectively limited through the limiting baffle, so that the box body is prevented from falling off in the conveying process on the horizontal carrier roller.

Preferably, the lifting mechanism is a scissor type lifting mechanism. The advantages are that: the lifting mechanism with the structure is more compact and occupies small space.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effect of this application lies in: since one of the conveying mechanisms is positioned at the upper right of the other conveying mechanism, the lower conveying mechanism can be connected with the lower layer station, and the upper conveying mechanism can be connected with the upper layer station. When the horizontal carrier roller positioned below conveys the box body on the lower layer station to the right end of the rack positioned below, the automatic transport vehicle is controlled to move, the lifting mechanism is controlled to lift, so that the supporting arm moves to the position right below the interval and the abdicating groove, and then the lifting mechanism is controlled to drive the supporting arm to upwards pass through the interval and the abdicating groove, so that the box body conveyed on the horizontal carrier roller is supported by the supporting arm; and controlling the automatic transport vehicle to move again, so that the supporting arm moves to the upper right position right above the interval and the abdicating groove, and then controlling the lifting mechanism to drive the supporting arm to downwards penetrate through the interval and the abdicating groove, so that the box body on the supporting arm is placed on the horizontal supporting roller at the upper right position, and the box body is conveyed to the upper station.

To sum up, the vertical elevator is simple in structure, small in occupied space, low in cost, simple to operate and control, convenient to move and high in universality.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a vertical lift according to the present application.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the conveying mechanism located at the lower left in fig. 1 provided in the present application.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of the box on the bracket arm being placed on the upper right horizontal idler.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the automatic transport vehicle, the lifting mechanism, and the material supporting mechanism in fig. 1 provided by the present application.

Fig. 5 is an exploded view of fig. 4 provided herein.

Fig. 6 is an exploded view of a portion of the structure of fig. 5 provided herein.

Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the structure of fig. 5, which is provided herein, illustrating a rotational mounting of the second fixing plate.

In the figure: 1. a conveying mechanism; 11. a frame; 12. a horizontal carrier roller; 13. a yielding groove; 14. a limit baffle; 2. an automatic transport vehicle; 3. a lifting mechanism; 4. a material supporting mechanism; 41. a fixed mount; 411. a first fixing plate; 4111. mounting holes; 412. a second fixing plate; 4121. a horizontal guide rail; 42. a bracket arm; 421. a guide groove; 100. a drive motor; 200. a transmission assembly; 300. a rotating shaft; 400. a deep groove ball bearing; 500. a thrust ball bearing; 600. and (4) a box body.

Detailed Description

The present application is further described below with reference to specific embodiments, and it should be noted that, without conflict, any combination between the embodiments or technical features described below may form a new embodiment.

In the description of the present application, it should be noted that, for the terms of orientation, such as "central", "lateral", "longitudinal", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", etc., it indicates that the orientation and positional relationship shown in the drawings are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, but does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be construed as limiting the specific scope of protection of the present application.

It is noted that the terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order.

The terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, in the description and claims of this application, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, an embodiment of the present application provides a vertical elevator, including an automatic transport vehicle 2, a lifting mechanism 3, a material supporting mechanism 4, and two conveying mechanisms 1; one conveying mechanism 1 is positioned at the upper right part of the other conveying mechanism 1, and each conveying mechanism 1 comprises a rack 11 and a plurality of horizontal carrier rollers 12 which are parallel to each other; the front end and the rear end of each horizontal carrier roller 12 are rotatably arranged on the frame 11, and a gap is formed between every two adjacent horizontal carrier rollers 12; the front end of the frame 11 and the positions corresponding to the intervals are all provided with abdicating grooves 13 in a penetrating way; the material supporting mechanism 4 comprises a fixed frame 41 and a plurality of supporting arms 42 which are parallel to each other, and the fixed frame 41 is connected to the upper end of the automatic transport vehicle 2 through the lifting mechanism 3; one end of each of the plurality of support arms 42 is disposed on the fixing frame 41, and the other end of each of the plurality of support arms 42 is disposed outside the fixing frame 41; when the supporting arm 42 passes through the spacing and abdicating groove 13 from bottom to top, the box body 600 conveyed on the horizontal carrier roller 12 is transferred to the supporting arm 42; when the bracket arm 42 passes through the spacing and avoiding groove 13 from top to bottom, the box body 600 on the bracket arm 42 can be placed on the horizontal carrier roller 12 for conveying.

During operation, as shown in fig. 1, the left end of one conveying mechanism 1 at the lower left is connected with the lower layer station, and the right end of one conveying mechanism 1 at the upper right is connected with the upper layer station. Placing the box body 600 subjected to the box sealing process on the conveying mechanism 1 at the lower left, and conveying the box body 600 from left to right through the horizontal carrier roller 12; when the box 600 is conveyed to the right end of the rack 11 below, the automatic transport vehicle 2 is controlled to move, and the lifting mechanism 3 is controlled to lift, so that the support arm 42 moves to the position right below the spacing and abdicating groove 13 (as shown in fig. 1), and then the lifting mechanism 3 is controlled to drive the support arm 42 to upwards pass through the spacing and abdicating groove 13, so that the box 600 conveyed on the horizontal support roller 12 is lifted up through the support arm 42; and controlling the automatic transport vehicle 2 to move again, so that the supporting arm 42 moves to the upper right space and right above the abdicating groove 13 (as shown in fig. 3), and then controlling the lifting mechanism 3 to drive the supporting arm 42 to downwards pass through the space and the abdicating groove 13, so that the box body 600 on the supporting arm 42 is placed on the horizontal carrier roller 12 on the conveying mechanism 1 at the upper right, and further the box body 600 can be conveyed to an upper station through the horizontal carrier roller 12. It should be noted that the automatic transport vehicle 2 itself, the control method thereof, and the rotatable installation method of the horizontal carrier roller 12 are all in the prior art, and detailed description thereof is omitted in this application.

Referring to fig. 5 to 7, in some embodiments of the present application, the fixing frame 41 includes a first fixing plate 411 and a second fixing plate 412, the first fixing plate 411 is disposed at an upper end of the lifting mechanism 3, and the second fixing plate 412 is horizontally and rotatably disposed on the first fixing plate 411; the discharging mechanism and the bracket arm 42 are both disposed on the second fixing plate 412. In a narrow space, when the automatic transport vehicle 2 cannot achieve steering, the second fixing plate 412 can be adjusted by rotation, so that the orientation of the bracket arm 42 is changed, and the conveying mechanism 1 is arranged in different directions. In addition, when the space allows, the second fixing plate 412 can be controlled to rotate, and the automatic transport vehicle 2 can be controlled to steer at the same time, so that the steering efficiency can be improved.

Referring to fig. 6-7, in some embodiments of the present application, the vertical lift further includes a driving motor 100, a transmission assembly 200, a rotation shaft 300, and a deep groove ball bearing 400; a mounting hole 4111 penetrates through the first fixing plate 411 in the vertical direction, the rotating shaft 300 is rotatably mounted in the mounting hole 4111 through a deep groove ball bearing 400, the upper end of the rotating shaft 300 is fixed to the lower surface of the second fixing plate 412, and the lower end of the rotating shaft 300 penetrates below the mounting hole 4111; the driving motor 100 is mounted on the lower surface of the first fixing plate 411, and an output shaft of the driving motor 100 is connected to the lower end of the rotation shaft 300 through the transmission assembly 200. The rotation of the rotating shaft 300 (i.e., the second fixing plate 412) is automatically controlled by the driving motor 100 and the transmission assembly 200, and the rotation resistance of the rotating shaft 300 is reduced by the deep groove ball bearing 400. It should be noted that, the driving motor 100 and the transmission assembly 200 are all in the prior art, wherein the transmission assembly 200 may adopt a transmission mechanism such as a gear, a belt, etc., and will not be described in detail herein.

Referring to fig. 7, in some embodiments of the present application, the vertical lift further includes a thrust ball bearing 500, the thrust ball bearing 500 is disposed between the first fixing plate 411 and the second fixing plate 412, and an axis of the thrust ball bearing 500 coincides with an axis of the rotating shaft 300. Under the action of the thrust ball bearing 500, the second fixing plate 412 can be effectively supported without influencing the rotation of the second fixing plate 412.

Referring to fig. 4-6, in some embodiments of the present application, the bracket arm 42 is adapted to be slidably disposed on the second fixing plate 412, and the sliding direction of the bracket arm 42 is perpendicular to the length direction of the bracket arm 42. Through the sliding bracket arms 42, the distance between two adjacent bracket arms 42 can be changed, so that the space with different widths can be adapted, and the universality is high.

Referring to fig. 4-6, in some embodiments of the present application, the upper surface of the second fixing plate 412 is provided with a horizontal guide rail 4121, the bracket arm 42 is provided with a guide groove 421, the guide groove 421 is slidably connected to the horizontal guide rail 4121, and a locking bolt (the locking bolt is not shown in the drawings) for limiting the sliding of the guide groove 421 is connected to the guide groove 421. The sliding precision of the guide groove 421 can be improved by the sliding limit between the guide groove 421 and the horizontal guide rail 4121; the guide groove 421 is effectively locked by the locking bolt, so that the guide groove 421 is prevented from being unintentionally slid.

Referring to fig. 2, in some embodiments of the present application, the front and rear sides and the right side of the lower frame 11 are provided with limit baffles 14. The box body 600 is effectively limited by the limit baffle 14, so that the box body 600 is prevented from falling off in the conveying process on the horizontal carrier roller 12.

Referring to fig. 1 and 3, in some embodiments of the present application, the front, rear, left and right sides of the upper frame 11 are provided with limit baffles 14. The box body 600 is effectively limited by the limit baffle 14, so that the box body 600 is prevented from falling off in the conveying process on the horizontal carrier roller 12.

Referring to fig. 5, in some embodiments of the present application, the lifting mechanism 3 is a scissor lift mechanism 3. The lifting mechanism 3 with the structure is more compact and occupies small space. It should be noted that the scissor lift mechanism 3 itself and the installation control manner thereof are all the prior art, and detailed description thereof is omitted here.

To sum up, this vertical elevator's simple structure, occupation space is little, and is with low costs, controls simply, is convenient for remove, and the commonality is strong. Note that the vertical lift mechanism is not limited to the transport case 600, and may be used to transport goods such as pallets, bags, pails, and packages. Obviously, the vertical lifting mechanism can also be used for conveying goods on the upper layer station to the lower layer station.

The foregoing has described the general principles, essential features, and advantages of the application. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present application is not limited to the embodiments described above, which are merely illustrative of the principles of the application, but that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the application, and these changes and modifications are intended to be within the scope of the application as claimed. The scope of protection claimed by this application is defined by the following claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A vertical elevator is characterized by comprising an automatic transport vehicle, a lifting mechanism, a material supporting mechanism and two conveying mechanisms; one conveying mechanism is positioned at the upper right part of the other conveying mechanism, and each conveying mechanism comprises a rack and a plurality of horizontal carrier rollers which are parallel to each other; the front end and the rear end of each horizontal carrier roller are rotatably arranged on the rack, and a gap is formed between every two adjacent horizontal carrier rollers; the positions at the front end of the rack and corresponding to the intervals are provided with abdicating grooves in a penetrating way; the material supporting mechanism comprises a fixed frame and a plurality of supporting arms which are parallel to each other, and the fixed frame is connected to the upper end of the automatic transport vehicle through the lifting mechanism; one ends of the supporting arms are arranged on the fixed frame, and the other ends of the supporting arms are positioned on the outer side of the fixed frame; when the supporting arm passes through the interval and the abdicating groove from bottom to top, the box body conveyed on the horizontal carrier roller is transferred to the supporting arm; when the supporting arm penetrates through the interval and the abdicating groove from top to bottom, the box body on the supporting arm is placed on the horizontal carrier roller for conveying.

2. The vertical hoist as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fixing frame includes a first fixing plate provided at an upper end of the elevating mechanism and a second fixing plate horizontally rotatably provided on the first fixing plate; the discharging mechanism and the supporting arm are arranged on the second fixing plate.

3. The vertical lift as recited in claim 2, further comprising a drive motor, a transmission assembly, a spindle, and deep groove ball bearings; the first fixing plate is provided with a mounting hole in a penetrating manner along the vertical direction, the rotating shaft is rotatably mounted in the mounting hole through the deep groove ball bearing, the upper end of the rotating shaft is fixed on the lower surface of the second fixing plate, and the lower end of the rotating shaft penetrates below the mounting hole; the driving motor is installed on the lower surface of the first fixing plate, and an output shaft of the driving motor is connected with the lower end of the rotating shaft through the transmission assembly.

4. The vertical hoist as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a thrust ball bearing disposed between the first fixing plate and the second fixing plate, and having an axis coincident with an axis of the rotating shaft.

5. The vertical lift machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein said bracket is adapted to be slidably disposed on said second fixing plate, and a sliding direction of said bracket is perpendicular to a length direction of said bracket.

6. The vertical lifter according to claim 5, wherein a horizontal guide rail is provided on an upper surface of the second fixing plate, a guide groove is provided on the bracket arm, the guide groove is slidably coupled to the horizontal guide rail, and a locking bolt for limiting sliding of the guide groove is coupled to the guide groove.

7. The vertical hoist as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the lower frame is provided with limit stoppers on both the front and rear sides and on the right side.

8. The vertical hoist as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the upper frame is provided with limit stoppers on both the front and rear sides and on the left side thereof.

9. The vertical lift machine as recited in any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the lifting mechanism is a scissor lift mechanism.