CN215885010U

CN215885010U - Sorting equipment

Info

Publication number: CN215885010U
Application number: CN202121881484.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 任乃胜; 刘燕宁; 李军; 丛强滋
Original assignee: Weihai Newbeiyang Zhengqi Robot Co ltd; Shandong New Beiyang Information Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Weihai Newbeiyang Zhengqi Robot Co ltd; Shandong New Beiyang Information Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-08-12
Filing date: 2021-08-12
Publication date: 2022-02-22
Anticipated expiration: 2031-08-12

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of logistics equipment, and particularly discloses sorting equipment. The sorting equipment comprises a packing device and a sorting device, wherein the sorting device comprises a sorting trolley moving along a set direction; the upper package device comprises an edge leaning machine and a cache conveyor, the edge leaning machine comprises a conveying assembly and a reference surface perpendicular to the moving direction of the sorting trolley, and the conveying assembly is used for driving the packages to move towards the reference surface and simultaneously move towards the cache conveyor; the buffer memory conveyer is used for receiving and temporarily storing the packages sent by the edge leaning machine and conveying the packages to the sorting trolley, and the conveying direction of the buffer memory conveyer, the conveying direction of the edge leaning machine and the moving direction of the sorting trolley are arranged at included angles. The sorting equipment provided by the utility model has the advantages that the placing posture is standard and can not be deflected when the packages are conveyed to the sorting trolley, the quantity of the sorting trolley occupied by the packages is small, and the problem of low sorting efficiency caused by the fact that the packages occupy a plurality of sorting trolleys due to deflection is solved.

Description

Sorting equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of logistics equipment, in particular to sorting equipment.

Background

With the upgrading of the consumption level of people, online shopping becomes a very common shopping mode, so that the logistics industry is rapidly developed, and people can shop without going out. The logistics enterprise needs to sort the packages after receiving the packages mailed by the users, the traditional sorting method is manpower intensive sorting, the demand cannot be met by the manpower intensive sorting along with the increase of the number of the packages, and automatic sorting equipment is produced at the right moment.

The sorting equipment in the related art adopts the packing device to perform operations such as single piece separation, information acquisition and the like on a plurality of packages, then sends the packages to the sorting trolley of the sorting device, and utilizes the sorting trolley to realize full-automatic sorting of the packages, thereby meeting the sorting requirements of large-batch packages. However, when the existing upper package device is arranged on the sorting trolley for conveying the packages to the sorting device, because the placing postures of the packages are not standard, one package occupies two or even a plurality of sorting trolleys, the utilization rate of the sorting trolleys is low, and the sorting efficiency is reduced.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to provide sorting equipment which is used for conveying packages to a sorting trolley and has standard placing postures so as to ensure the sorting efficiency.

Embodiments of the utility model may be implemented as follows:

the sorting equipment comprises a packing device and a sorting device, wherein the sorting device comprises a sorting trolley moving along a set direction; the upper package device comprises an edge leaning machine and a cache conveyor, the edge leaning machine comprises a conveying assembly and a reference surface perpendicular to the moving direction of the sorting trolley, and the conveying assembly is used for driving the packages to move towards the reference surface and simultaneously move towards the cache conveyor; the buffer memory conveyer is used for receiving and temporarily storing the parcels sent by the edge leaning machine and conveying the parcels to the sorting trolley, wherein the conveying direction of the buffer memory conveyer, the conveying direction of the edge leaning machine and the moving direction of the sorting trolley are arranged at included angles.

Optionally, an included angle between the conveying direction of the buffer conveyor and the moving direction of the sorting trolley is greater than or equal to 30 degrees and less than or equal to 45 degrees.

Optionally, the conveying assembly comprises a plurality of conveying rollers, the plurality of conveying rollers are arranged in parallel, an included angle is formed between the axis of each conveying roller and the reference plane, the plurality of conveying rollers form a conveying surface for supporting and conveying the packages, and the packages on the conveying surface can be driven to move towards the buffer conveyor while moving towards the reference plane when each conveying roller rotates.

Optionally, the buffer conveyor comprises at least two first belt conveyors arranged in sequence, a first detection assembly is arranged between two adjacent first belt conveyors, and the first detection assembly is used for detecting whether a package passes through.

Optionally, the buffer conveyor further includes at least one second belt conveyor and a package information acquiring device, the second belt conveyor is located at the downstream of the first belt conveyor along the conveying direction of the buffer conveyor, and the second belt conveyor is used for receiving and conveying the package sent by the first belt conveyor; the parcel information acquisition device is used for acquiring information of parcels on the second belt conveyor, wherein the information of the parcels comprises at least one of weight information, size information and destination information of the parcels.

Optionally, the package information acquiring device includes a camera disposed above the second belt conveyor, and the camera is opposite to the second belt conveyor and is configured to acquire image information of the package conveyed by the second belt conveyor.

Optionally, the package information acquiring device includes a weighing sensor, and the weighing sensor is disposed at the bottom of a second belt conveyor and is used for acquiring weight information of packages conveyed by the second belt conveyor.

Optionally, the buffer conveyor includes two second belt conveyors, and the buffer conveyor further includes a second detection assembly, and the second detection assembly is disposed between the two second belt conveyors, and is configured to detect whether a package passes through.

Optionally, the buffer conveyor further comprises a third belt conveyor, the third belt conveyor is arranged at the downstream of the second belt conveyor along the conveying direction of the buffer conveyor, the third belt conveyor is used for receiving the packages sent by the second belt conveyor and conveying the packages to the sorting trolley, the third belt conveyor comprises a plurality of belt conveying assemblies arranged side by side, the starting ends of the plurality of belt conveying assemblies are parallel and level, and the tail ends of the plurality of belt conveying assemblies are sequentially arranged along the moving direction of the sorting trolley.

Optionally, the upper packaging device comprises two side supporting machines and two buffer conveyors, and the positions of the two side supporting machines and the positions of the two buffer conveyors are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner; the upper package device further comprises a balance wheel sorting machine, the balance wheel sorting machine is arranged at the upstream of the two side edge machines, the balance wheel sorting machine is provided with a first conveying direction and a second conveying direction, one of the two side edge machines is used for receiving the packages conveyed by the balance wheel sorting machine along the first conveying direction, and the other of the two side edge machines is used for receiving the packages conveyed by the balance wheel sorting machine along the second conveying direction.

The utility model has the beneficial effects that:

the sorting equipment provided by the embodiment of the utility model comprises a packing device and a sorting device, wherein the sorting device comprises a sorting trolley moving along a set direction; the upper package device comprises an edge leaning machine and a cache conveyor, wherein the edge leaning machine comprises a conveying assembly and a reference surface perpendicular to the moving direction of the sorting trolley, and the conveying assembly is used for driving the packages to move towards the reference surface and simultaneously move towards the cache conveyor; the buffer memory conveyer is used for receiving and temporarily storing the parcels sent by the edge leaning machine and conveying the parcels to the sorting trolley, wherein the conveying direction of the buffer memory conveyer, the conveying direction of the edge leaning machine and the moving direction of the sorting trolley are arranged at included angles. In the process that the parcel moves towards the reference surface by the driving of the edge machine, the parcel firstly contacts with the reference surface, one side surface of the parcel is gradually attached to the reference surface, for a cuboid parcel with four side surfaces, two side surfaces of the parcel are parallel to the reference surface, the other two side surfaces of the parcel are vertical to the reference surface, as the reference surface is vertical to the moving direction of the sorting trolley, two side surfaces of the parcel which are vertical to the reference surface are parallel to the moving direction of the sorting trolley, therefore, when the parcel is delivered to the sorting trolley by the parcel loading device, because four sides of the bottom surface of the parcel are respectively basically parallel to four sides of a rectangular conveying surface of the sorting trolley, the posture of the parcel on the conveying surface of the sorting trolley is standard, the quantity of the sorting trolley is small, and the occupation of a plurality of sorting trolleys due to the deflection of the parcel is avoided, the problem that results in letter sorting dolly utilization ratio to hang down has consequently improved letter sorting efficiency of letter sorting equipment, and in addition, the direction of delivery of buffer memory conveyer all is the contained angle setting with the direction of delivery of leaning on the limit machine and the moving direction of letter sorting dolly, has still reduced letter sorting equipment's area.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed 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 diagram of a sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a sorting trolley of the sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a structural plan view of a packing device of the sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an edge-approaching machine of the sorting equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a structural sectional view of a packing device of the sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a packing device of a sorting apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Icon:

010-a packing device; 020-sorting means; 030-pack; 201-a frame; 203-track; 205-first drop port; 207-second bag falling port; 209-sorting trolley; 211-a vehicle body; 213-an electric roller; 215-driven rollers; 217-a conveyor belt; 040-edge leaning machine; 050-buffer memory conveyor; 401-a transport assembly; 403-reference plane; 405-a base frame; 407-side plate; 409-conveying rollers; 501-a first belt conveyor; 503-a first detection assembly; 505 — a first gap; 507-a first sensor; 508-a second belt machine; 509-a camera; 511-a gantry; 513 — a second slit; 515-a load cell; 517-a second detection component; 519-a second sensor; 521-a third belt conveyor; 523-belt conveying assembly; 060-balance sorter; 601-a sorting table; 070-transition belt conveyer.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. The components of embodiments of the present invention generally described and illustrated in the figures herein may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations. Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the utility model, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the utility model. 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.

It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be further noted that, unless otherwise explicitly stated or limited, the terms "disposed," "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly and may include, for example, a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral 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.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, the present invention provides a sorting apparatus, which includes an upper packing device 010 and a sorting device 020, wherein the upper packing device 010 is used for feeding the parcels 030 to the sorting device 020 one by one, and the sorting device 020 is used for driving the parcels 030 to move and feeding the parcels 030 to a drop opening. Specifically, sorting device 020 includes frame 201 and the track 203 of setting on frame 201, and track 203 extends along setting for the direction, and one side of track 203 is equipped with a plurality of first package mouths 205 that fall, and the opposite side of track 203 is equipped with a plurality of second package mouths 207 that fall, and a plurality of first package mouths 205 that fall and a plurality of second package mouths 207 that fall set up one-to-one, and every first package mouth 205 that fall and every second package mouth 207 department that fall all are equipped with the container that is used for holding parcel 030, for example packing box or packing bag.

The sorting device 020 further comprises a plurality of sorting trolleys 209, the sorting trolleys 209 are sequentially arranged on the rail 203, and the sorting trolleys 209 move along the extending direction of the rail 203 and are used for receiving the packages 030 conveyed by the upper package device 010 and delivering the packages 030 to the first package falling opening 205 or the second package falling opening 207 on two sides of the rail 203. Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a sorting trolley 209 of the sorting equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention. Specifically, the sorting trolley 209 comprises a trolley body 211, an electric roller 213 and a driven roller 215 which are arranged on the trolley body 211 at intervals, and a conveying belt 217 sleeved on the electric roller 213 and the driven roller 215, wherein the conveying belt 217 positioned above the electric roller 213 and the driven roller 215 forms a conveying surface of the sorting trolley 209, the conveying surface is rectangular, a package 030 conveyed by the upper packaging device 010 falls on the conveying surface of the sorting trolley 209, and when the electric roller 213 rotates, the conveying belt 217 can be driven to convey the package 030 to the first package falling opening 205 or the second package falling opening 209; the conveyor belt 217 is able to support the packages 030 and move with the sorting carriages 209 along the extension of the rails 203 when the electric rollers 213 are not rotating.

Fig. 3 is a top view of a structure of a wrapping device 010 of the sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of an edge former 040 of the sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the upper packing device 010 includes an edge trimmer 040 and a buffer conveyor 050, wherein the edge trimmer 040 includes a conveyor assembly 401 and a reference surface 403 perpendicular to the moving direction of the sorting cart 209, and the conveyor assembly 401 is used for driving the parcel 030 to move towards the reference surface 403 and simultaneously move towards the buffer conveyor 050; the buffer conveyor 050 is used for receiving and temporarily storing the parcels 030 sent by the edge abutting machine 040 and is also used for conveying the parcels 030 to the sorting trolley 209, wherein the conveying direction of the buffer conveyor 050, the conveying direction of the edge abutting machine 040 and the moving direction of the sorting trolley 209 are arranged at included angles.

When the sorting equipment provided by the embodiment of the utility model works, the conveying assembly 401 of the edge leaning machine 040 drives the parcels 030 to move towards the reference surface 403 and simultaneously move towards the buffer conveyor 050, in the process, the parcels 030 firstly contact with the reference surface 403, one side surface of the parcels 030 is gradually attached to the reference surface 403 under the driving of the conveying assembly 401, for cuboid parcels 030 with four side surfaces, two side surfaces of the parcels are parallel to the reference surface, the other two side surfaces of the parcels 030 are perpendicular to the reference surface, as the reference surface is perpendicular to the moving direction of the sorting trolley, two side surfaces of the parcels 030 perpendicular to the reference surface are parallel to the moving direction of the sorting trolley, thus, the parcels 030 are limited by the reference surface 403 to have the standard placing posture, then the conveying assembly 401 drives the parcels 030 to move along the reference surface 403, after the parcels 030 are conveyed to the buffer conveyor 050, the parcels 030 keep the standard placing posture on the buffer conveyor 050 to continue moving, until the parcels are sent to the conveying belt 217 of the sorting trolley 209 by the buffer conveyor 050, four sides of the bottom surface of the parcels 030 on the rectangular conveying surface are respectively approximately parallel to four sides of the conveying surface, so that the placement postures of the parcels on the sorting trolley 209 are standard, the number of the occupied sorting trolleys 209 is small, and the parcels 030 are sent to the first bag dropping port 205 or the second bag dropping port 207 by the conveying belt 217 as the sorting trolley 209 moves along the extending direction of the rail 203.

In this embodiment, the conveying direction of the edge-approaching machine 040 is the extending direction of the reference surface 403, and therefore the conveying direction of the edge-approaching machine 040 is perpendicular to the moving direction of the sorting trolley 209, and the conveying direction of the buffer storage conveyor 050, the conveying direction of the edge-approaching machine 040 and the moving direction of the sorting trolley 209 are arranged at included angles, so that the conveying direction of the edge-approaching machine 040, the conveying direction of the buffer storage conveyor 050 and the moving direction of the sorting trolley 209 are arranged in a right triangle, and the conveying direction of the buffer storage conveyor 050 is a hypotenuse of the right triangle, which is beneficial to the buffer storage conveyor 050 to convey the parcel 030 to the conveying belt 217 of the sorting trolley 209 in a standard posture.

Optionally, the included angle θ between the conveying direction of the buffer conveyor 050 and the moving direction of the sorting trolley 209 is greater than or equal to 30 ° and less than or equal to 45 °. An included angle theta between the conveying direction of the buffer conveyor 050 and the moving direction of the sorting trolley 209 is 30-45 degrees, so that the posture of the packages 030 conveyed to the conveying belt 217 of the sorting trolley 209 by the buffer conveyor 050 is stable, and deflection can be avoided.

According to the sorting equipment provided by the embodiment of the utility model, when the parcel 030 is conveyed to the sorting trolley 209 by the packing device 010, two side surfaces of the parcel 030 are parallel to the long edge of the rectangular conveying surface of the sorting trolley 209, and the other two side surfaces are parallel to the short edge of the conveying surface of the sorting trolley 209, so that the posture of the parcel 030 on the conveying belt 217 of the sorting trolley 209 is standard, the number of the occupied sorting trolleys 209 is small, the problem of low utilization rate of the sorting trolley 209 caused by the fact that a plurality of sorting trolleys 209 are occupied by the parcel in a skewed manner is solved, the sorting efficiency of the sorting equipment is improved, in addition, the conveying direction of the buffer conveyor 050, the conveying direction of the edge leaning machine 040 and the moving direction of the sorting trolleys 209 are arranged at included angles, and the occupied area of the sorting equipment is also reduced.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an edge-approaching machine 040 of the sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 4, in the present embodiment, the edge former 040 includes a base frame 405 and a side plate 407, and the reference surface 403 is provided on the side plate 407; the conveying assembly 401 is arranged on the base frame 405, the conveying assembly 401 comprises a conveying motor (not shown) and a plurality of conveying rollers 409, and the conveying motor is fixedly arranged on the base frame 405; the plurality of conveying rollers 409 are rotatably mounted on the base frame 405, the plurality of conveying rollers 409 are arranged in parallel, the axes of the plurality of conveying rollers 409 are arranged at included angles with the reference surface 403, the plurality of conveying rollers 409 form a conveying surface for supporting and conveying parcels 030, the plurality of conveying rollers 409 are in transmission connection with a conveying motor, the plurality of conveying rollers 409 can rotate under the driving of the conveying motor, and the parcels 030 on the conveying surface can be driven to move towards the buffer conveyor 050 while moving towards the reference surface 403 when the conveying rollers 409 rotate. Alternatively, the base frame 405 is fixedly attached to or integrally formed with the side panel 407.

In this embodiment, a plurality of conveying rollers 409 form a conveying surface that is supported by the edge-approaching machine 040 and conveys the parcel 030, the reference surface 403 is located above the conveying surface and is perpendicular to the conveying surface, and since the axis of each conveying roller 409 and the reference surface 403 are arranged at an included angle, each conveying roller 409 can drive the parcel 030 located on the conveying surface to move towards the reference surface 403 and towards the buffer conveyor 050 when rotating, until one side of the parcel 030 is attached to the reference surface 403, so that the placing posture of the parcel is standardized, and then the parcel 030 with the regular placing posture is conveyed to the buffer conveyor 050.

In other embodiments, the plurality of conveying rollers 409 are arranged in parallel and have axes perpendicular to the reference plane 403, the plurality of conveying rollers 409 form a conveying plane for supporting the edge former 040 and conveying the parcels 030, and the reference plane 403 is located above and perpendicular to the conveying plane; the conveying assembly 401 further comprises an alignment plate, the alignment plate is movably connected with the base frame 405 and located above the conveying surface, the alignment plate can be close to or far away from the reference surface 403 under the driving of power driving parts such as a motor and an electromagnet, and when the alignment plate is close to the reference surface 403, the alignment plate drives the package 030 located on the conveying surface to be close to the reference surface 403 until one side surface of the package 030 is attached to the reference surface 403, so that the placing posture of the package is standard.

In other embodiments, the edge-abutting machine 040 includes at least one limiting shaft, the limiting shaft extends in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the sorting trolley 209 and is located above the conveying surface of the edge-abutting machine 040, each conveying roller 409 drives the parcel 030 to approach the limiting shaft in a rotation manner until one side surface of the parcel 030 is attached to the limiting shaft, and at this time, the limiting shaft forms the reference surface 403, which can also standardize the placement posture of the parcel 030. The reference surface 403 is formed by the limiting shaft, when the parcel 030 moves along the reference surface 403, the parcel 030 slides relative to the limiting shaft, the contact area between the parcel 030 and the reference surface 403 is reduced, and the resistance to the movement of the parcel 030 is reduced, so that the load of a conveying motor is reduced.

The buffer conveyor 050 comprises at least two first belt conveyors 501 which are sequentially arranged, the starting end of the conveying surface of each first belt conveyor 501 is connected with the conveying surface of the edge abutting machine 040 in the conveying direction of the buffer conveyor 050, and a package 030 conveyed by the edge abutting machine 040 falls on the conveying surface of each first belt conveyor 501.

Optionally, a first detection assembly 503 is disposed between two adjacent first belt conveyors 501, and the first detection assembly 503 is used to detect whether a package 030 passes through. Specifically, a first gap 505 is arranged between two adjacent first belt conveyors 501, the first detection assembly 503 includes a plurality of first sensors 507, and the plurality of first sensors 507 are arranged at intervals and are opposite to the first gap 505. When a parcel 030 passes through the first slit 505, the first sensors 507 corresponding to the parcel 030 output a first signal, the first sensors 507 not corresponding to the parcel 030 output a second signal, when no parcel 030 passes through the first slit 505, all the first sensors 507 output a second signal, and it can be determined that the parcel 030 passes through the first slit 505 according to the received signals output by the plurality of first sensors 507.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the buffer conveyor 050 includes three first belt conveyors 501 and two first detecting assemblies 503, the three first belt conveyors 501 form two first gaps 505, and the two first detecting assemblies 503 are respectively opposite to the two first gaps 505. According to the signals output by the two first detecting assemblies 503, any one of the three first belt conveyors 501 can be controlled to accelerate conveying, decelerate conveying and suspend conveying so as to pull apart the space between two adjacent parcels 030 and convey the parcels downstream one by one.

Optionally, the buffer conveyor 050 further includes at least one second belt conveyor 508 and a package information obtaining device, in the conveying direction of the buffer conveyor 050, the second belt conveyor 508 is located downstream of the first belt conveyor 501, the conveying surface of the second belt conveyor 508 and the conveying surface of the first belt conveyor 501 are located on the same plane, or the conveying surface of the second belt conveyor 508 is slightly lower than the conveying surface of the first belt conveyor 501, the second belt conveyor 508 is configured to receive and convey the package 030 sent by the first belt conveyor 501, since the second belt conveyor 508 and the first belt conveyor 501 are sequentially arranged along the conveying direction of the buffer conveyor 050, and the conveying surface of the second belt conveyor 508 and the conveying surface of the first belt conveyor 501 are located on the same plane, or the conveying surface of the second belt conveyor 508 is slightly lower than the conveying surface of the first belt conveyor 501, when the package 030 sent by the first belt conveyor 501 moves onto the conveying surface of the second belt conveyor 508, the standard placing posture is still kept, and the conveying is continued to the downstream in the posture.

The package information acquiring device is used for acquiring information of the package 030 on the second belt conveyor 508, wherein the information of the package 030 includes at least one of weight information, size information and destination information of the package 030.

Optionally, the package information acquiring device includes a camera 509 disposed above the second belt conveyor 508, and the camera 509 is opposite to the conveying surface of one second belt conveyor 508 and is used for acquiring the image information of the package 030 conveyed by the second belt conveyor 508. Specifically, the buffer conveyor 050 further includes a gantry 511, the gantry 511 is positioned above one second belt conveyor 508 and straddles over the second belt conveyor 508, a camera 509 is mounted on the gantry 511 and faces a conveying surface of the second belt conveyor 508, the camera 509 captures an image of the package 030 conveyed by the second belt conveyor 508, and based on the image captured by the camera 509, size information such as the length and width of the package 030 and information such as a destination and a recipient on a label affixed to the surface of the package 030 can be acquired. In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the buffer conveyor 050 includes three second belt conveyors 508 arranged in sequence, the gantry 511 spans the first second belt conveyor 508, and the camera 509 is opposite to the conveying surface of the first second belt conveyor 508.

Optionally, a second gap 513 is disposed between any two adjacent second belts 508, and three second belts 508 form two second gaps 513. The package information acquiring device further includes an image sensor (not shown) disposed below the second belt conveyor 508 and opposite to the second slit 513 for acquiring the image information at the bottom of the package 030. In this embodiment, the image sensor is opposed to the first second slit 513.

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a structure of a packing device 010 of a sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 5, in this embodiment, the package information acquiring device further includes a load cell 515, and the load cell 515 is disposed at the bottom of one second belt conveyor 508 and is used for acquiring the weight data of the package 030 conveyed by the second belt conveyor 508. In this embodiment, the load cell 515 is disposed at the bottom of the second belt conveyor 508 in the conveying direction of the buffer conveyor 050.

Optionally, the buffer conveyor 050 further includes a second detection assembly 517, and the second detection assembly 517 is disposed between two adjacent second belt conveyors 508, and is used for detecting whether a package 030 passes through. Specifically, in this embodiment, the second detecting element 517 is opposite to the second gap 513, and the second detecting element 517 includes a plurality of second sensors 519, and the plurality of second sensors 519 are arranged at intervals and are all opposite to the second gap 513. When a parcel 030 passes through the second gap 513, the second sensors 519 which are opposite to the parcel 030 output a first signal, the second sensors 519 which are not opposite to the parcel 030 output a second signal, when no parcel 030 passes through the second gap 513, all the second sensors 519 output a second signal, and it can be determined that the parcel 030 passes through the second gap 513 according to the received signals output by the plurality of second sensors 519.

Optionally, the buffer conveyor 050 further includes a third belt conveyor 521, the third belt conveyor 521 is disposed downstream of the second belt conveyors 508 along the conveying direction of the buffer conveyor 050, the third belt conveyor 521 is configured to receive the parcels 030 conveyed by the second belt conveyors 508 and convey the parcels 030 to the sorting trolley 209, the third belt conveyor 521 includes a plurality of belt conveying assemblies 523 arranged side by side, starting ends of the plurality of belt conveying assemblies 523 are flush and are all opposite to and communicated with a tail end of the last second belt conveyor 508 for receiving the parcels 030 conveyed by the second belt conveyors 508, the tail ends of the plurality of belt conveying assemblies 523 are sequentially arranged along the moving direction of the sorting trolley 209, so that a conveying surface of the parcels 030 formed by the plurality of belt conveying assemblies 523 can be seamlessly engaged with a conveying surface of the sorting trolley 209, which carries the parcels 030, and the parcels smoothly transition from the conveying surface of the third belt conveyor 521 to the conveying surface of the sorting trolley 209, the parcel 030 can still keep the standard posture of putting when being positioned on the conveying surface of the sorting trolley 209, the number of the sorting trolleys 209 occupied by the parcel 030 is reduced, and the sorting efficiency and accuracy are improved.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the first belt conveyor 501, the second belt conveyor 508, and the third belt conveyor 521 are linearly arranged, which is beneficial for the parcels 030 conveyed by the edge closing machine 040 to always keep a standard placing posture, so as to ensure that the parcels 030 still keep the standard placing posture when being conveyed to the sorting trolley 209.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a packing device 010 of a sorting apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 6, in the present embodiment, the upper packaging device 010 includes two edge rollers 040 and two buffer conveyors 050, and the two edge rollers 040 and the two buffer conveyors 050 are disposed in one-to-one correspondence; the upper packaging device 010 further comprises a balance sorter 060, the balance sorter 060 being arranged upstream of the two edge rollers 040, the balance sorter 060 having a first conveying direction and a second conveying direction, one of the two edge rollers 040 being configured to receive the parcel 030 conveyed by the balance sorter 060 in the first conveying direction, the other of the two edge rollers 040 being configured to receive the parcel 030 conveyed by the balance sorter 060 in the second conveying direction; the two buffer conveyors 050 receive the packages 030 from the two edge rollers 040 and feed the packages 030 to the sorting carts 209 of the sorting apparatus 020.

Specifically, the balance wheel sorting machine 060 has a rectangular sorting table 601, one edge abutting machine 040 is opposite to and communicated with one side edge of the sorting table 601, the wrapping device 010 further includes a transition belt machine 070, one end of the transition belt machine 070 is opposite to and communicated with the other side edge of the sorting table 601, and the other end of the transition belt machine 070 is opposite to and communicated with the other edge abutting machine 040. Alternatively, two edge rollers 040 are provided in parallel spaced relation, and two buffer conveyors 050 are provided in parallel spaced relation.

In the present embodiment, the balance wheel sorting machine 060, the two edge rollers 040, and the two buffer conveyors 050 are provided, so that the packages 030 can be simultaneously conveyed to two sorting carts 209 of the plurality of sorting carts 209 that move in the set direction, thereby improving the sorting efficiency of the sorting apparatus.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The sorting equipment is characterized by comprising a packing device and a sorting device, wherein the sorting device comprises a sorting trolley moving along a set direction; the bag loading device comprises an edge leaning machine and a cache conveyor, the edge leaning machine comprises a conveying assembly and a reference surface perpendicular to the moving direction of the sorting trolley, and the conveying assembly is used for driving the packages to move towards the reference surface and simultaneously move towards the cache conveyor; the buffer memory conveyer is used for receiving and temporarily storing the packages sent by the edge leaning machine and conveying the packages to the sorting trolley, wherein the conveying direction of the buffer memory conveyer, the conveying direction of the edge leaning machine and the moving direction of the sorting trolley form included angles.

2. Sorting plant according to claim 1, characterised in that the angle between the conveying direction of the buffer conveyor and the direction of movement of the sorting carriages is greater than or equal to 30 ° and less than or equal to 45 °.

3. The sorting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the conveying assembly includes a plurality of conveying rollers, the plurality of conveying rollers are arranged in parallel, an axis of each conveying roller is arranged at an angle with respect to the reference surface, the plurality of conveying rollers form a conveying surface for supporting and conveying the packages, and each conveying roller can drive the packages on the conveying surface to move toward the buffer conveyor while moving toward the reference surface when rotating.

4. The sorting equipment according to claim 1, wherein the buffer conveyor comprises at least two first belt conveyors arranged in sequence, and a first detection assembly is arranged between every two adjacent first belt conveyors and is used for detecting whether packages pass through or not.

5. The sorting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the buffer conveyor further comprises at least one second belt conveyor and a package information acquiring device, the second belt conveyor is located downstream of the first belt conveyor in the conveying direction of the buffer conveyor, and the second belt conveyor is used for receiving and conveying the packages sent by the first belt conveyor; the package information acquisition device is used for acquiring information of packages on the second belt conveyor, wherein the information of the packages comprises at least one of weight information, size information and destination information of the packages.

6. A sorting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the package information acquiring means includes a camera provided above the second belt conveyor, the camera being opposed to the second belt conveyor for acquiring image information of the package conveyed by the second belt conveyor.

7. A sorting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the package information acquiring means includes a load cell provided at a bottom of one of the second belts for acquiring weight information of the packages conveyed by the second belt.

8. A sorting device according to claim 5, characterised in that the buffer conveyor comprises two second belt conveyors, the buffer conveyor further comprising a second detection assembly arranged between the two second belt conveyors for detecting whether a package has passed.

9. The sorting equipment according to claim 5, wherein the buffer conveyor further comprises a third belt conveyor, the third belt conveyor is arranged at the downstream of the second belt conveyor along the conveying direction of the buffer conveyor, the third belt conveyor is used for receiving the packages sent by the second belt conveyor and conveying the packages to the sorting trolley, the third belt conveyor comprises a plurality of belt conveying assemblies arranged side by side, the starting ends of the plurality of belt conveying assemblies are flush, and the tail ends of the plurality of belt conveying assemblies are sequentially arranged along the moving direction of the sorting trolley.

10. The sorting equipment according to claim 1, wherein the packing device comprises two side-approaching machines and two buffer conveyors, and the positions of the two side-approaching machines and the positions of the two buffer conveyors are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner; the upper package device further comprises a balance wheel sorting machine, the balance wheel sorting machine is arranged at the upstream of the two side edge machines, the balance wheel sorting machine is provided with a first conveying direction and a second conveying direction, one of the two side edge machines is used for receiving the packages conveyed by the balance wheel sorting machine along the first conveying direction, and the other of the two side edge machines is used for receiving the packages conveyed by the balance wheel sorting machine along the second conveying direction.