Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide an article discharge mechanism capable of discharging an article.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an article output mechanism, comprising a conveyor belt, a power unit having a driving shaft, a first driving wheel mounted on the driving shaft, a first driven wheel mounted on a first driven shaft, a first transmission belt sleeved on the first driving wheel and the first driven wheel, a second driving wheel mounted on the driving shaft, a second driven wheel mounted on a second driven shaft, a second transmission belt sleeved on the second driving wheel and the second driven wheel, a counting wheel mounted on the second driven shaft, and a counting sensor, the first transmission belt is provided with a push plate which can push out the articles on the transmission belt along the output direction, the counting wheel is provided with a counting induction gap, when the counting induction gap on the counting wheel rotates to the position corresponding to the counting sensor, the counting sensor can induce the counting induction gap on the counting wheel.
Further, article output mechanism still includes positioning sensor, and installs the locating wheel on the second driven shaft, be equipped with location response breach on the locating wheel, rotate to the position corresponding with positioning sensor when the location response breach of locating wheel, positioning sensor can sense location response breach.
Further, the counting sensor and the positioning sensor are both proximity switches.
Furthermore, the counting induction gaps and the positioning induction gaps are distributed at intervals along the circumferential direction of the second driven shaft.
Furthermore, the power unit comprises a motor and a speed reducer connected with the motor through a clutch, and the driving shaft is mounted on the speed reducer.
Further, article output mechanism still includes the detection sensor that targets in place, and when the conveyer belt drove article to remove to treating the output position, the detection sensor that targets in place can sense article.
Further, the in-place detection sensor is a photoelectric switch.
Furthermore, the conveyor belt can drive the articles to move in the front-back direction, and the number of the in-place detection sensors is two; when the conveyer belt drives the article and moves to the position of waiting to export, one of them detection sensor that targets in place can sense the upper surface or the lower surface of article, and another detection sensor that targets in place can sense the left surface or the right flank of article.
Further, the push plate can push the articles to move in the left-right direction.
Furthermore, the push plates are multiple, and all the push plates are distributed at intervals along the circumferential direction of the first transmission belt.
As described above, the article carrying mechanism according to the present invention has the following advantageous effects:
the working principle of the article output mechanism in the invention is as follows: the driving shaft of the first power unit rotates and drives the first driving wheel and the second driving wheel to synchronously rotate, the first driving wheel drives the first driving belt and the first driven wheel to rotate, the first driving belt drives the push plate to move, and the push plate pushes out articles on the conveying belt along the output direction, so that the article output mechanism has the function of outputting the articles; meanwhile, the second driving wheel drives the second driven wheel, the second driven shaft and the counting wheel to rotate through the second transmission belt, and when the counting induction notch on the counting wheel rotates to a position corresponding to the counting sensor, the counting sensor can sense the counting induction notch on the counting wheel and sequentially measure the rotation number of the counting wheel; when the counting wheel rotates for one circle, the first transmission belt rotates for a certain number of circles and drives the push plate to push out a certain number of articles along the output direction, so that the number of the pushed articles can be measured by measuring the number of the circles of the counting wheel; therefore, when the counting sensor detects that the number of the rotating cycles of the counting wheel reaches a set value, namely the push plate on the first transmission belt pushes out the set number of articles along the output direction, the driving shaft stops rotating, the article output mechanism stops outputting the articles, and the article output mechanism can output the required number of articles.
Detailed Description
The following description of the embodiments of the present invention is provided for illustrative purposes, and other advantages and effects of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the present disclosure.
It should be understood that the structures, ratios, sizes, and the like shown in the drawings are only used for matching the disclosure of the present disclosure, and are not used for limiting the conditions of the present disclosure, so that the present disclosure is not limited to the technical essence, and any modifications of the structures, changes of the ratios, or adjustments of the sizes, can still fall within the scope of the present disclosure without affecting the function and the achievable purpose of the present disclosure. In addition, the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "middle" and "one" used in the present specification are for convenience of description only, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and the relative relationship between the terms and the terms is not to be construed as a scope of the present invention unless otherwise specified.
As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the present invention provides an article output mechanism, which comprises a conveyor belt 1, a first power unit 2 having a driving shaft 21, a first driving wheel 31 mounted on the driving shaft 21, a first driven wheel 33 mounted on a first driven shaft 32, a first transmission belt 34 sleeved on the first driving wheel 31 and the first driven wheel 33, a second driving wheel 41 mounted on the driving shaft 21, a second driven wheel 43 mounted on the second driven shaft 42, a second transmission belt 44 sleeved on the second driving wheel 41 and the second driven wheel 43, a counting wheel 51 mounted on the second driven shaft 42, and a counting sensor 52, wherein a push plate 35 is mounted on the first transmission belt 34, the push plate 35 can push out an article 6 on the conveyor belt 1 along an output direction, the counting wheel 51 is provided with a counting sensing notch 511, when the counting sensing notch 511 on the counting wheel 51 rotates to a position corresponding to the counting sensor 52, the count sensor 52 can sense the count sensing notch 511 on the count wheel 51. The working principle of the article output mechanism in the invention is as follows: the driving shaft 21 of the first power unit 2 rotates and drives the first driving wheel 31 and the second driving wheel 41 to synchronously rotate, the first driving wheel 31 drives the first transmission belt 34 and the first driven wheel 33 to rotate, the first transmission belt 34 drives the push plate 35 to move, and the push plate 35 pushes out the articles 6 on the conveying belt 1 along the output direction, so that the article output mechanism has the function of outputting the articles 6; meanwhile, the second driving wheel 41 drives the second driven wheel 43, the second driven shaft 42 and the counting wheel 51 to rotate through the second transmission belt 44, and each time the counting sensing notch 511 on the counting wheel 51 rotates to a position corresponding to the counting sensor 52, the counting sensor 52 can sense the counting sensing notch 511 on the counting wheel 51 and sequentially measure the number of the rotation cycles of the counting wheel 51; and when the counting wheel 51 rotates for one circle, the first transmission belt 34 rotates for a certain number of circles and drives the push plate 35 to push out a certain number of articles 6 along the output direction, so that the number of pushed articles 6 can be measured by measuring the number of circles of the counting wheel 51; therefore, when the counting sensor 52 detects that the number of revolutions of the counting wheel 51 reaches the set value, that is, the push plate 35 on the first driving belt 34 pushes out the set number of articles 6 in the output direction, the driving shaft 21 stops rotating, and the article output mechanism stops outputting the articles 6, so that the article output mechanism can output the required number of articles 6.
As shown in fig. 2, fig. 3 and fig. 5, the article output mechanism in this embodiment further includes a positioning sensor 72 and a positioning wheel 71 mounted on the second driven shaft 42, a positioning sensing notch 711 is provided on the positioning wheel 71, and when the positioning sensing notch 711 of the positioning wheel 71 rotates to a position corresponding to the positioning sensor 72, the positioning sensor 72 can sense the positioning sensing notch 711. In the initial state, as shown in fig. 5, the positioning sensing notch 711 of the positioning wheel 71 corresponds to the position of the positioning sensor 72; when the second driven shaft 42 drives the counting wheel 51 to rotate, the positioning wheel 71 rotates synchronously with the counting wheel 51, and each time the positioning wheel 71 and the counting wheel 51 rotate completely for one circle, the positioning sensor 72 senses the positioning sensing notch 711 of the positioning wheel 71 again, and sequentially judges whether the positioning wheel 71, the counting wheel 51 and the first transmission belt 34 rotate to the proper position, and further judges whether the push plate 35 on the first transmission belt 34 pushes the article 6 out of the proper position. In this way, when the counting sensor 52 detects that the number of revolutions of the counting wheel 51 reaches the set value, and the positioning sensor 72 detects that the positioning wheel 71 rotates in place, that is, the push plate 35 on the first driving belt 34 pushes out the set number of articles 6 and pushes out the articles 6 to the set position, the driving shaft 21 of the first power unit 2 stops rotating, the article output mechanism stops outputting the articles 6, and the push plate 35 on the first driving belt 34 stops at the current position, so as to output the required number of articles 6 to the set position, and ensure that the push plate 35 stays at the set position at last.
In the present embodiment, the counting sensor 52 and the positioning sensor 72 are proximity switches. As shown in fig. 5, in the present embodiment, by using the sensing characteristic of the proximity switch, when the counting sensing notch 511 of the counting wheel 51 rotates along the circumferential direction of the second driven shaft 42 to the position corresponding to the counting sensor 52, the counting sensor 52 can sense the counting sensing notch 511; when the positioning sensing notch 711 of the positioning wheel 71 rotates to a position corresponding to the positioning sensor 72 along the circumferential direction of the second driven shaft 42, the positioning sensor 72 can sense the positioning sensing notch 711. The positioning sensor 72 and the counting sensor 52 described above may also be referred to as a photo eye. The positioning wheel 71 and the counting wheel 51 are both disc-shaped, and the positioning wheel 71 and the counting wheel 51 are distributed at intervals along the front-rear direction. Meanwhile, as shown in fig. 5, in the present embodiment, the counting sensing notch 511 and the positioning sensing notch 711 are distributed at intervals along the circumferential direction of the second driven shaft 42, so that the counting sensing notch 511 and the positioning sensing notch 711 are staggered along the circumferential direction of the second driven shaft 42, and the counting sensing notch 511 and the positioning sensing notch 711 are prevented from simultaneously corresponding to the counting sensor 52 and the positioning sensor 72, thereby causing mutual interference between the sensing capabilities of the counting sensor 52 and the positioning sensor 72. In the present embodiment, the counting sensing notch 511 and the positioning sensing notch 711 are staggered by an angle of 90 degrees in the circumferential direction of the second driven shaft 42.
As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the first power unit 2 in the present embodiment includes a motor 24 and a speed reducer 23 connected to the motor 24 through a clutch 22, and the driving shaft 21 is mounted on the speed reducer 23, i.e., the driving shaft 21 is an output shaft of the speed reducer 23. When needed, the motor 24 is operated, and the clutch 22 is closed, the motor 24 drives the decelerator 23 to operate through the clutch 22, so as to drive the driving shaft 21 to rotate, and the set quantity of the articles 6 are output to the set position. The clutch 22 in the present embodiment is specifically an electromagnetic clutch brake.
As shown in fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 4, the article output mechanism in this embodiment further includes an in-place detection sensor 8, and when the conveyor belt 1 drives the article 6 to move to the position to be output, the in-place detection sensor 8 can sense the article 6, and accordingly determine whether the article 6 moves in place. When the first driving belt 34 drives the pushing plate 35 to move to a position corresponding to the to-be-output position of the article 6 and the in-place detection sensor 8 does not sense the article 6, it indicates that the corresponding article 6 does not move to the to-be-output position, at this time, the driving shaft 21 stops rotating, so that the first driving belt 34 and the pushing plate 35 stop moving until the in-place detection sensor 8 senses the corresponding article 6, it indicates that the article 6 has moved to the to-be-output position, the driving shaft 21 continues to rotate again, and drives the pushing plate 35 to move in the output direction and push out the article 6 in the output direction, thereby ensuring that the article output mechanism in this embodiment can smoothly output the article 6. Meanwhile, the in-position detection sensor 8 in this embodiment is a photoelectric switch.
As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 4, the conveyor belt 1 of the present embodiment can move the animal 6 forward and backward, and there are two in-place detection sensors 8; when the conveyer belt 1 drives the article 6 to move to the position to be output, one of the in-place detection sensors 8 can sense the upper surface or the lower surface of the article 6, and the other in-place detection sensor 8 can sense the left side surface or the right side surface of the article 6. In the embodiment, the two in-place detection sensors 8 are utilized, so that whether the article 6 is moved in place or not is effectively monitored more accurately. For example, as shown in fig. 4, if only one in-place detection sensor 8 senses the corresponding side of the article 6, and the other in-place detection sensor 8 does not sense the article 6, it indicates that the article 6 is not moved in place or moved in place in the set form, at this time, the article 6 may be inclined, and the like, the driving shaft 21 stops rotating, and the pushing plate 35 stops at the position corresponding to the position to be output, until the article 6 is corrected and moved in place in the set form, and the driving shaft 21 continues to rotate, and drives the pushing plate 35 to push out the article 6.
As shown in fig. 1 and 4, the push plate 35 of the present embodiment can push the article 6 to move in the left-right direction. In this embodiment, the conveyer belt 1 can drive the article 6 to move backward, and the push plate 35 can push the article 6 to move rightward, i.e. in the above-mentioned output direction. In this embodiment, the conveyer belt 1 is a belt conveyer, and the conveyer belt 1 includes a frame 11, a belt mounted on the frame 11, and a second power unit for driving the belt to rotate. The above-mentioned position to be output is located at the rear end of the conveyor belt 1. And the rear end of the frame 11 is further provided with a fixed mount 12, the first driven shaft 32 and the second driven shaft 42 are both mounted on the fixed mount 12 through bearings, and the reducer 23 is mounted on the fixed mount 12. The two in-place detection sensors 8 are mounted at the rear end of the rack 11, one in-place detection sensor 8 is located above the position to be output, the other in-place detection sensor 8 is located on the left side of the position to be output, and when the article 6 moves to the position to be output in a normal form, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the two in-place detection sensors 8 can respectively sense the upper surface and the left side surface of the article 6. The above-mentioned counting sensor 52 and the positioning sensor 72 are both mounted at the rear end of the frame 11, the counting sensor 52 and the positioning sensor 72 correspond to the above-mentioned counting wheel 51 and the positioning wheel 71, respectively, in the front-rear direction, and the counting sensor 52 and the positioning sensor 72 are located at the same height. In addition, in the present embodiment, the first transmission belt 34 and the second transmission belt 44 are both belts.
As shown in fig. 1, the push plate 35 in this embodiment has a plurality of push plates 35, and all the push plates 35 are spaced apart in the circumferential direction of the first belt 34. In this way, during one rotation of the first conveyor belt 34, the push plates 35 push the articles 6 on the conveyor belt 1 one by one to the right. In this embodiment, the first driving belt 34 is specifically provided with 3 push plates 35, and the 3 push plates 35 are a first push plate 351, a second push plate 352, and a third push plate 353, respectively. In the process of one rotation of the first conveyor belt 34, the 3 pushing plates 35 push out the 3 articles 6 on the conveyor belt 1 one by one to the right. In an initial state, as shown in fig. 1, the first pushing plate 351 is located at the left side of the to-be-output position, and when the first belt 34 is operated, the first pushing plate 351 will first push the article 6 located at the to-be-output position to the right.
As shown in fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 4, a rollgang 9 is provided on the right side of the rear end of the conveyor belt 1 in this embodiment, that is, the rollgang 9 is located on the right side of the position to be output. The first driving belt 34 drives the push plate 35 to move until the push plate 35 pushes the article 6 to the right onto the conveying roller way 9, that is, the article output mechanism in this embodiment can output the article 6 on the conveying belt 1 onto the conveying roller way 9, so as to continuously convey the article 6 to a corresponding position along the left-right direction by using the conveying roller way 9.
The article output mechanism in this embodiment is specifically used for automatic sorting of cigarette sticks in a cigarette logistics center, and is used for realizing automatic cigarette discharging, automatic counting and the like. The article 6 is a tobacco rod 61 in this embodiment. The motor 24, the clutch 22, the count sensor 52, and the position sensor 72 are all electrically connected to the controller. Meanwhile, the second power unit of the conveyor belt 1 is also electrically connected with the controller. As shown in fig. 2 to 4, the conveyor belt 1 includes a plurality of article 6, i.e., tobacco rods 61, which are sequentially distributed in the front-rear direction, and includes a first tobacco rod 611, second tobacco rods 612, …, and an nth tobacco rod in this order from the rear to the front. The specific working process of the article output mechanism in this embodiment is as follows: when the controller sends a starting signal to the second power unit, the conveyor belt 1 operates, the conveyor belt 1 drives the plurality of tobacco strips 61 to move backwards, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, when the two in-place detection sensors 8 respectively sense the upper surface and the left side surface of the first tobacco strip 611, that is, when the two in-place detection sensors 8 both sense the first tobacco strip 611, it is described that the first tobacco strip 611 has moved to the position to be output and has not inclined, the two in-place detection sensors 8 both feed back an in-place signal to the controller, the controller sends a pick-up instruction to the clutch 22, and before that, the controller sends a starting signal to the motor 24, that is, the motor 24 is powered on and is in an operating state, at this time, the motor 24 drives the reducer 23 to operate through the clutch 22, the driving shaft 21 rotates and drives the first driving wheel 31 and the second driving wheel 41 to rotate synchronously, the first driving wheel 31 drives the first driving belt 34 and the push plate 35 to operate, the first pushing plate 351 moves rightwards and pushes the first cigarette strip 611 to move rightwards, meanwhile, the second driving wheel 41 drives the second driven wheel 43, the counting wheel 51 and the positioning wheel 71 to rotate through the second transmission belt 44, when the counting sensing notch 511 of the counting wheel 51 rotates to a position corresponding to the counting sensor 52, the counting sensor 52 senses the counting sensing notch 511 and feeds back a counting signal to the controller, and as shown in fig. 5, when the positioning sensing notch 711 of the positioning wheel 71 rotates to a position corresponding to the positioning sensor 72 again, it indicates that the positioning wheel 71 and the counting wheel 51 have completely rotated for one circle, at this time, the first pushing plate 351 has pushed the first cigarette strip 611 rightwards to a set position on the conveying roller table 9, and the second pushing plate 352 just moves to an initial position of the first pushing plate 351; circulating in sequence; until the counting signal fed back by the counting sensor 52 to the controller reaches the number requirement of the order, and the positioning sensing notch 711 of the positioning wheel 71 rotates to a position corresponding to the positioning sensor 72, the positioning sensor 72 feeds back a position signal to the controller, the controller sends a separation instruction to the clutch 22, the clutch 22 is separated, at this time, the motor 24 cannot continue to drive the reducer 23 to operate, and because the clutch 22 in this embodiment adopts an electromagnetic clutch brake, the clutch 22 can brake the reducer 23 and the driving shaft 21 and stop the driving shaft 21 from rotating, so that the positioning wheel 71, the counting wheel 51 and the push plate 35 stop at the current position, at this time, the article output mechanism stops outputting the tobacco strips 61, and at this time, the article output mechanism outputs the required number of tobacco strips 61 to the conveying roller table 9 according to the order requirement.
In the embodiment, every time the counting wheel 51 rotates once, the first driving belt 34 will rotate 1/3 cycles and push out one cigarette rod 61 to the set position, so the counting sensor 52 can detect the number of the pushed-out cigarette rods 61 by detecting the number of the rotation cycles of the counting wheel 51. The above-mentioned in-place detection sensors 8 can also be called light eyes, the cigarette strip 61 is conveyed to the cigarette discharging position, namely the above-mentioned to-be-output position, by the conveyer belt 1, and after 2 in-place detection sensors 8 simultaneously detect the cigarette strip 61, the cigarette strip 61 is ready. Before the cigarette needs to be discharged, the controller controls the motor 24 to be electrified in advance, the motor 24 starts to operate, and at the moment, because the clutch 22 is not closed yet, the first transmission belt 34 cannot move, and the cigarette strip 61 cannot be discharged. The article output mechanism in this embodiment can realize continuous cigarette output. When the controller obtains order information of X cigarettes needing a certain standard, the controller can control the clutch 22 to suck, the rotation of the motor 24 is transmitted to the speed reducer 23, the driving shaft 21 rotates and drives the first driving wheel 31 and the second driving wheel 41 to rotate, the first driving belt 34 drives the push plate 35 to rotate, the push plate 35 pushes the cigarette strips 61 at the cigarette outlet position to the right, and the counting sensor 52 feeds back 1 cigarette strip 61 to the controller; the conveyor belt 1 continuously conveys the cigarette strips 61 to the cigarette discharging position, the motor 24 and the speed reducer 23 continuously rotate, the push plate 35 on the first conveyor belt 34 continuously pushes out the cigarette strips 61, when the counting signal fed back by the counting sensor 52 to the controller reaches the required X strips and the positioning sensor 72 feeds back the in-place signal to the controller, the controller controls the clutch 22 to be disconnected, the first conveyor belt 34 stops running, and the article output mechanism stops cigarette discharging.
In addition, the article output mechanism can be used for automatically sorting boxed articles in the fields of medicine, cosmetics and the like.
In conclusion, the present invention effectively overcomes various disadvantages of the prior art and has high industrial utilization value.
The foregoing embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles and utilities of the present invention and are not intended to limit the invention. Any person skilled in the art can modify or change the above-mentioned embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, it is intended that all equivalent modifications or changes which can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and technical spirit of the present invention be covered by the claims of the present invention.