SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model provides a feedway and letter sorting equipment to alleviate unable make full use of letter sorting equipment productivity among the prior art and influence technical problem such as letter sorting efficiency.
The utility model discloses a first aspect provides a feedway, include: a main supply line and a plurality of branch supply lines;
the discharge end of each feeding branch line is butted with the feeding main line, and the feeding branch lines are used for conveying the received goods to the feeding main line;
the discharge end of the feeding main line is arranged corresponding to the feed end of the sorting device, and the feeding main line is used for conveying the goods transferred from the feeding branch line to the sorting device.
Furthermore, the number of the two feeding branch lines is two, and the two feeding branch lines are symmetrically or arranged on two sides of the feeding direction of the feeding main line in a staggered mode.
Furthermore, the number of the two feeding branch lines is two, and the two feeding branch lines are arranged on the same side of the feeding main line at intervals along the feeding direction of the feeding main line.
Furthermore, an included angle between the feeding direction of the feeding branch line and the feeding direction of the feeding main line is an acute angle or an obtuse angle.
Furthermore, the feeding branch line comprises a first feeding mechanism and a sequencing position conveying mechanism which are sequentially arranged along the feeding direction of the feeding branch line;
the first feeding mechanism is used for conveying the loaded goods to the sorting position conveying mechanism;
the output end of the sorting position transmission mechanism is butted with the feeding main line, and the sorting position transmission mechanism is used for orderly conveying the goods to the feeding main line.
Furthermore, the feeding main line comprises a second feeding mechanism and a waiting position conveying mechanism which are sequentially arranged along the feeding direction of the feeding main line;
the second feeding mechanism is in butt joint with the output end of the sorting position conveying mechanism;
the output end of the waiting position conveying mechanism is arranged corresponding to the feeding end of the sorting device, and the waiting position conveying mechanism is used for conveying the goods conveyed from the second feeding mechanism to the feeding end of the sorting device in an orderly manner.
Further, the feeding device comprises a plurality of first detection elements, and each first detection element is electrically connected with the control device;
the sequencing position conveying mechanism, the waiting position conveying mechanism and the second feeding mechanism are correspondingly provided with first detection elements; the first detection element configured by the sorting position conveying mechanism is used for detecting the cargo condition at the sorting position conveying mechanism, the first detection element configured by the waiting position conveying mechanism is used for detecting the cargo condition at the waiting position conveying mechanism, and the first detection element configured by the second feeding mechanism is used for detecting the cargo condition at the position opposite to the sorting position conveying mechanism.
Furthermore, the feeding branch line comprises a third feeding mechanism, and the discharge end of the third feeding mechanism is butted with the feeding main line;
and a sorting area is arranged on the third feeding mechanism and close to the feeding main line, and the sorting area is used for goods to be sorted and wait at the sorting area.
Further, the feeding main line comprises a fourth feeding mechanism, and the discharging end of the fourth feeding mechanism is used for being arranged corresponding to the feeding device of the sorting device;
and the position of the fourth feeding mechanism close to the sorting device is provided with a waiting area, and the waiting area is used for waiting the goods to be conveyed to the sorting device.
Further, the feeding device comprises a plurality of second detection elements, and each second detection element is electrically connected with the control device;
the sorting area and the waiting area are both provided with second detection elements, the second detection elements arranged in the sorting area are used for detecting the cargo condition at the sorting area, and the second detection elements arranged in the waiting area are used for detecting the cargo condition at the waiting area.
The utility model discloses another aspect provides a sorting device, including sorting device and feedway, wherein, the sorting device includes the splendid attire container that can follow the sorting mechanism of predetermined path motion and be located below the sorting mechanism; the sorting mechanism comprises a plurality of sorting stations distributed along a preset path, each sorting station is arranged corresponding to a plurality of containers, each sorting station is provided with one or more discharge ports, and the containers arranged corresponding to each sorting station are used for containing goods delivered through the one or more discharge ports;
when the sorting mechanism moves to the discharge end of the feeding main line along a preset path and is aligned with one sorting station, the goods are transferred from the discharge end of the feeding main line to the sorting station.
Furthermore, the sorting equipment comprises container conveyors, wherein one container conveyor is arranged below each sorting station, and a plurality of containers which are arranged in a linear array are placed on the container conveyors;
the sorting station is provided with a first discharge port and a second discharge port, and the connecting line of the first discharge port and the second discharge port is the same as the arrangement direction of the corresponding containers;
the container conveyor can drive the containers to reciprocate along the direction of a connecting line of the first discharge port and the second discharge port, so that two of the containers are respectively aligned with the first discharge port and the second discharge port.
Further, the container conveyor comprises a reciprocating conveying mechanism and a carrying platform;
reciprocating type conveying mechanism's output is connected with the delivery platform, places a plurality of splendid attire containers on the delivery platform, and reciprocating type conveying mechanism can drive the direction reciprocating motion of splendid attire container along first discharge gate and second discharge gate line on delivery platform and the delivery platform.
Further, be provided with letter sorting conveying assembly on the letter sorting station, letter sorting conveying assembly can be to first discharge gate or the motion of second discharge gate direction, and letter sorting conveying assembly is used for carrying the goods to first discharge gate or second discharge gate.
The utility model provides a feeding device, include: a main supply line and a plurality of branch supply lines; the discharge end of each feeding branch line is butted with the feeding main line, and the feeding branch lines are used for conveying the received goods to the feeding main line; the discharge end of the feeding main line is arranged corresponding to the feed end of the sorting device, and the feeding main line is used for conveying the goods transferred from the feeding branch line to the sorting device. The utility model provides a feedway, because the goods on the feed thread is put in by a plurality of feed branch lines and is carried, has increaseed the goods conveying efficiency on the feed thread, has effectively satisfied sorting device's operational requirement, has alleviated because the feed thread is too late to the problem of the sorting device idle running who causes often to the sorting device feed, and then has improved the goods letter sorting efficiency of whole letter sorting equipment greatly.
The utility model provides a letter sorting equipment, including above-mentioned feedway, from this, technical advantage and effect that this letter sorting equipment reached include technical advantage and effect that above-mentioned feedway reached equally, and here is no longer repeated.
Detailed Description
The technical solution of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the following embodiments, and it should be understood that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
At present, the development of the logistics industry is leaps and bounds, and the logistics industry technology such as the mass germination of the bamboo shoots in spring after rain. Aiming at the gradual increase of the quantity of the logistics goods, the goods processing efficiency becomes an important index for the development of the logistics industry. To improve the efficiency of goods handling, some sorting machines are beginning to be widely used.
A sorting machine, also known as a sorting conveyor, is a special conveying device for sorting and conveying products. Generally, the usage of the sorting machine is to manually put the goods into the sorting machine, and the goods are conveyed after being sorted by the sorting machine. At present, some sorting machines that have now adopt single mode of throwing material more, the functioning speed of sorting machine is great relatively, and single delivery speed is less relatively, leads to the easy empty load operation of appearing of sorting machine and unable make full use of sorting machine's productivity from this, influences goods sorting efficiency.
In order to alleviate the above problems, the inventor developed a feeding device, which can be applied to the above sorting machine (sorting device), and can improve the cargo delivery efficiency and alleviate the problem of no-load operation of the sorting machine (device) by realizing that a plurality of persons deliver materials to the sorting machine. The structure of the feeding device will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings.
Referring to fig. 1, the present embodiment provides a feeding device, which includes: a main feed line 110 and a plurality of branch feed lines 120; the discharge end of each feeding branch line 120 is butted with the feeding main line 110, and the feeding branch lines 120 are used for conveying the received goods to the feeding main line 110; the discharge end of the main supply line 110 corresponds to the feed end of the sorting device, and the main supply line 110 is used for conveying the goods transferred from the branch supply line 120 to the sorting device.
The utility model provides an among the feedway, the goods on the feed thread 110 is put in by a plurality of feed branch lines 120 and is carried, has increaseed the goods conveying efficiency on the feed thread 110, realizes satisfying sorting device's operational requirement. Specifically, the goods are manually dropped into the supply branch line 120, the supply branch line 120 conveys the goods to the supply main line 110, and the supply main line 110 conveys the goods to the feeding end of the sorting device. Many feed branches 120 all lead to the feed thread 110, and the goods are put in to artifical throwing in on many feed branches 120, increase the frequency of putting in of goods, and these goods are transported to sorting device's pan feeding end through feed thread 110 for the speed of feed and sorting device's operating speed looks adaptation, compare with single delivery goods, have reduced sorting device's idle rate, have improved the work efficiency of whole letter sorting equipment.
In a real logistics warehouse, the stacking manner of the goods to be sorted may be very natural, and the position relationship with the sorting device cannot be fixed, so that the supply branch 120 is put on the goods by the staff conveniently, and the closer the positions of the supply branch 120 and the goods are, the better. In order to improve the work efficiency of the sorting device and efficiently release the goods, the structural relationship between the supply branch line 120 and the supply main line 110 of the supply device needs to be adjusted according to a specific application scenario, that is: the supply branch lines 120 are disposed at one side and both sides of the supply main line 110 in the supply direction, or the supply branch lines 120 are disposed at the end of the supply main line 110 in the supply direction, and the discharge end of each supply branch line 120 is butted against the supply main line 110 to transfer the goods on the supply branch lines 120 to the supply main line 110. When the goods are positioned at the left side and the right side of the feeding main line 110, the feeding devices with the feeding branch lines 120 arranged at the left side and the right side of the feeding main line 110 along the feeding direction are selected; when the goods are positioned at one side of the main supply line 110, a supply device with a supply branch line 120 arranged at one side of the main supply line 110 along the supply direction is selected; when the goods are far away from the sorting device, the feeding device with the feeding branch line 120 arranged at the end of the main feeding line 110 along the feeding direction is selected.
Further, when the plurality of feed branch lines 120 are respectively disposed at both sides of the feed main line 110 in the feeding direction, the number of the feed branch lines 120 at both sides may be the same or different. For example, the feeder device includes four feeder branches 120, and one feeder branch 120 may be disposed on one side, and three feeder branches 120 may be disposed on the other side; two feed branches 120 may be disposed on both sides. When two feed branch lines 120 are disposed on both sides, the feed branch lines 120 on both sides may be symmetrically disposed with respect to the feeding direction of the feed main line 110 in order to balance the influence of the feed branch lines 120 on the weight of the feed main line 110. In order to avoid that the goods on two opposite feed branch lines 120 collide with each other after entering the feed main line 110 at the same time and bring about transportation obstacles, the feed branch lines 120 on both sides may be arranged in a staggered manner with respect to the feed direction of the feed main line 110. In addition, in order to achieve the consistent delivery of the goods on each of the supply branches 120 and improve the familiarity of the operator to each of the supply branches 120, when two supply branches 120 are respectively disposed on both sides of the supply main line 110, the supply directions of the two supply branches 120 on each side are the same or parallel.
Further, when the plurality of supply branch lines 120 are all disposed on the same side of the supply main line 110 in the supply direction, a certain interval is set between two adjacent supply branch lines 120. For example, the feeding device includes four feeding branch lines 120 in total, and the four feeding branch lines 120 are arranged at intervals on the left or right side of the feeding main line 110 in the feeding direction. In addition, to achieve consistent delivery of the cargo on each feed branch 120 and to improve the familiarity of the operator with each feed branch 120, the feed directions of the four feed branches 120 may be the same or parallel.
Further, in addition to the above two cases, the supply branch line 120 may be disposed at the end of the supply main line 110 in the supply direction, that is, a portion of the plurality of supply main lines 110 may be butted against the end of the supply main line 110, and another portion of the plurality of supply main lines 110 may be butted against at least one side of the supply main line 110.
It should be noted that the operation speed of the sorting device selected in this embodiment is 3000-3600 takt/hour, and the feeding speed of a single worker is generally 1200-1800 takt/hour. Considering the feeding speed of the staff member and the sorting speed of the sorting device together, the feeding device preferably comprises two feeding branches 120. Of course, the selection of the number of feed branches 120 in the feeder device is not limited to this case, and when different sorting devices are selected, the operating speed of the sorting devices is different, the required feeding speed is different, and the number of feed branches 120 required is changed accordingly. The manner of the two feed branches 120 will be explained in detail below with reference to fig. 2-7.
In an alternative embodiment of this embodiment, please refer to fig. 2-4, wherein the two supply branch lines 120 are symmetrically or alternatively disposed at two sides of the supply main line 110, or the two supply branch lines 120 are disposed at the same side of the supply main line 110. When the two branch supply lines 120 are symmetrically or alternatively arranged on two sides of the main supply line 110, two workers are respectively allocated on two sides of the main supply line 110, and the two workers respectively throw goods onto the two branch supply lines 120 and then convey the goods to the main supply line 110 through the branch supply lines 120 on the respective sides. When the two supply branch lines 120 are disposed on the same side of the supply main line 110, two workers respectively throw the goods to the two supply branch lines 120 on the same side, and then the goods are conveyed from one side to the supply main line 110.
It should be noted that, since the cargo on the supply branch line 120 has the first speed (the first speed is the same as the speed of the supply branch line 120) before reaching the supply main line 110 and the cargo has the second speed (the second speed is the same as the speed of the supply main line 110) after being conveyed to the supply main line 110, if the partial speed of the first speed is opposite to the partial speed of the second speed, the cargo is liable to fall, tumble or the like due to inertia, which is not favorable for conveying the cargo. Based on this, in the present embodiment, the included angle between the feeding speed of the feeding branch line 120 and the feeding speed of the feeding main line 110 is designed to be an acute angle or a right angle, so as to eliminate the situation that the branch speed of the feeding branch line 120 is opposite to the branch speed of the feeding main line 110; meanwhile, in order to meet the requirement of the supply branch line 120 and the supply main line 110 on the arrangement space, the included angle is preferably in the range of 30 ° to 80 °, including 30 °, 40 °, 50 °, 60 °, 70 °, 80 °, and the like. Through the design of the angle, before the goods on the feeding branch line 120 reach the feeding main line 110, the goods have the sub-speed along the feeding direction of the feeding main line 110, so that the goods are ensured not to topple and roll when reaching the feeding main line 110, the stability of goods conveying is ensured, and the normal conveying of the goods is realized.
In the actual cargo throwing process, since the plurality of supply branch lines 120 convey the cargo onto the supply main line 110, the cargo on the plurality of supply branch lines 120 easily collides with each other after entering the supply main line 110, and the transportation efficiency of the cargo is affected. In order to alleviate this problem, the inventor sets a cargo detecting element at the corresponding position of each branch feeding line 120 and main feeding line 110, detects the cargo condition on each branch feeding line 120 and main feeding line 110 in real time through these cargo detecting elements, and feeds the condition back to the control device, and the control device controls each branch feeding line 120 and main feeding line 110 to operate or stop, so as to ensure the ordered delivery of the cargo. The following will be explained in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
With continued reference to fig. 2-4, the feeding branch line 120 includes a first feeding mechanism 121 and a sorting position conveying mechanism 122 sequentially arranged along the feeding direction, wherein the first feeding mechanism 121 is configured to convey the loaded goods to the sorting position conveying mechanism 122; the output end of the sorting position conveying mechanism 122 is connected with the material supply main line 110 in an abutting mode, and the sorting position conveying mechanism 122 is used for conveying goods to the material supply main line 110 in an orderly mode. Specifically, the sorting level conveying mechanism 122 is connected between the first feeding mechanism 121 and the feeding main line 110, and the sorting level conveying mechanism 122 is used for sorting and waiting the goods.
Further, the feeding main line 110 includes a second feeding mechanism 111 and a waiting position conveying mechanism 112 sequentially arranged along the feeding direction thereof, and the second feeding mechanism 111 is butted with the output end of the sequencing position conveying mechanism 122; the output end of the waiting position conveying mechanism 112 is arranged corresponding to the feeding end of the sorting device, and the waiting position conveying mechanism 112 is used for orderly conveying the goods conveyed from the second feeding mechanism 111 to the feeding end of the sorting device. The goods are waiting at the waiting-position transfer mechanism 112 to facilitate orderly transfer of the goods to the sorting device.
Further, the feeding device comprises a plurality of first detecting elements 130, and each first detecting element 130 is electrically connected with the control device; the sequencing position conveying mechanism 122, the waiting position conveying mechanism 112 and the second feeding mechanism 111 are respectively provided with a first detection element 130 correspondingly; the first detecting element 130 of the sequencing position conveying mechanism 122 is configured to detect the cargo condition at the sequencing position conveying mechanism 122, the first detecting element 130 of the waiting position conveying mechanism 112 is configured to detect the cargo condition at the waiting position conveying mechanism 112, and the first detecting element 130 of the second feeding mechanism 111 is configured to detect the cargo condition at the position of the second feeding mechanism 111 opposite to the sequencing position conveying mechanism 122.
Based on the above embodiment and fig. 2 to 4, the specific working principle of the feeding device provided in this embodiment is as follows:
the first detecting element 130 located at the waiting position transferring mechanism 112 detects whether there is cargo at the waiting position transferring mechanism 112 in real time. When the first detecting element 130 located at the waiting position transfer mechanism 112 detects that no goods are located at the waiting position transfer mechanism 112, the first detecting element 130 sends a signal to the control device that the waiting position transfer mechanism 112 needs goods; the control device controls the second feeding mechanism 111 to start and convey the goods on the second feeding mechanism to the waiting position conveying mechanism 112. Meanwhile, when the first detecting element 130 located at the waiting position conveying mechanism 112 detects that there is an article at the waiting position conveying mechanism 112, the control device controls the second feeding mechanism 111 to stop operating immediately or after a time delay.
The first detecting element 130 located at the sorting level transferring mechanism 122 detects whether there is goods at the sorting level transferring mechanism 122 in real time. As shown in fig. 2, the feed branches 120 are arranged in a symmetrical manner, in which case two feed branches 120 share an area on the feed main line 110. When the first detecting element 130 of the second feeding mechanism 111 detects that the area is not loaded with the goods, the control device controls the sequencing bit conveying mechanism 122 on one side to start, and the goods are conveyed to the area. When the first detecting element 130 of the second feeding mechanism detects that the area has goods, the control device controls the sequencing position transmission mechanism 122 to stop operating immediately or after delaying for a period of time. As shown in fig. 3, the supply branch lines 120 are arranged in a staggered manner, and the supply main line 110 has two areas for carrying cargo. When the first detecting element 130 configured on the second feeding mechanism 111 detects that no goods exist on the two regions, the control device controls one of the corresponding sorting level conveying mechanisms 122 to start, and conveys the goods to the corresponding region on the feeding main line 110; when the first detecting element 130 of the second feeding mechanism 111 detects that there are two pieces of goods on the two areas, the control device controls the corresponding sorting position transmitting mechanism 122 to stop operating immediately or after delaying for a period of time. As shown in fig. 4, the feed branch 120 is arranged in a same-side manner, and the feeding process is similar to the feeding principle of the staggered arrangement described above, and will not be described in detail here.
The first detecting member 130 located at the sequencing position transfer mechanism 122 of the feed branch 120 detects whether there is any cargo at the corresponding position in real time. When it is detected that there is an article at the sorting position conveying mechanism 122 of only one of the feeding branch lines 120 and a cargo needs to be conveyed to the second feeding mechanism 111 at this time, the control device controls the starting of the sorting position conveying mechanism 122 of the feeding branch line 120 to convey the cargo to the feeding main line 110; when the articles are detected at the sorting level conveyors 122 of the two supply branches 120, the sorting level conveyors 122 of the supply branches 120 are activated according to the principle of priority rotation, that is, if the sorting level conveyor 122 of the first supply branch 120 is activated last time, the sorting level conveyor 122 of the second supply branch 120 is activated next time to deliver the goods to the supply main line 110. If the sequencing position transfer mechanism 122 of the second feed branch 120 is empty of product, then the sequencing position transfer mechanism 122 of the first feed branch 120 is considered to be activated to effect delivery of product to the second feed mechanism 111.
When the first detecting element 130 configured by the sorting position conveying mechanism 122 detects that no article exists at the sorting position conveying mechanism 122, the control device controls the first feeding mechanism 121 corresponding to the sorting position conveying mechanism 122 to be started so as to replenish the sorting position conveying mechanism 122 with goods; when the first detecting element 130 configured in the sorting position conveying mechanism 122 detects that there is a cargo at the sorting position conveying mechanism 122, the control device controls the corresponding first feeding mechanism 121 to stop operating immediately or after a period of time delay.
It should be noted that the first detecting element 130 in the present embodiment is preferably an optoelectronic switch, and the operation principle of the optoelectronic switch is not described in detail herein; the first feeding mechanism 121, the second feeding mechanism 111, the sorting position conveying mechanism 122, and the waiting position conveying mechanism 112 in this embodiment may adopt a conveying belt, a conveying roller, and the like, as long as goods can be conveyed, and the present invention is not limited thereto.
In another alternative embodiment of this embodiment, please refer to fig. 5-7, wherein the feeding branch line 120 includes a third feeding mechanism 123, and a discharging end of the third feeding mechanism 123 is butted with the feeding main line 110; also, the third feeding mechanism 123 has a sorting area 1231 at a position adjacent to the feeding main line 110, and the sorting area 1231 is used for the goods to be sorted and wait at the sorting area 1231. Specifically, the sorting area 1231 is located on the third feeding mechanism 123 near the feeding main line 110, and the goods are sorted and wait at the sorting area 1231.
Further, the feeding main line 110 includes a fourth feeding mechanism 113, and a discharging end of the fourth feeding mechanism 113 is arranged corresponding to a feeding end of the sorting device; also, the fourth feeding mechanism 113 has a waiting area 1131 at a position adjacent to the sorting device, and the waiting area 1131 is used for goods waiting to be conveyed to the sorting device. Specifically, the waiting area 1131 is located at a position where the fourth feeding mechanism 113 is adjacent to the sorting device, and the goods are waiting at the waiting area 1131.
Further, the feeding device comprises a plurality of second detecting elements 140, and each second detecting element 140 is electrically connected with the control device; the sequencing zone 1231 and the waiting zone 1131 are both configured with the second detecting element 140, the second detecting element 140 configured in the sequencing zone 1231 is used for detecting the cargo condition at the sequencing zone 1231, and the second detecting element 140 configured in the waiting zone 1131 is used for detecting the cargo condition at the waiting zone 1131.
Based on the above embodiment and the accompanying fig. 5 to 7, the specific working principle of the feeding device provided in this embodiment is as follows:
when the second detecting element 140 disposed in the waiting area 1131 detects that there is no cargo in the waiting area 1131, the control device controls the third feeding mechanism 123 of one of the feeding branch lines 120 to start, so as to transport the cargo in the sorting area 1231 on the third feeding mechanism 123 of the one of the feeding branch lines 120 to the fourth feeding mechanism 113, and then to transport the cargo to the waiting area 1131 through the fourth feeding mechanism 113. When the feeding end of the sorting device is aligned with the discharging end of the feeding main line 110, the control device controls the fourth feeding mechanism 113 to directly convey the goods from the waiting area 1131 to the sorting device; when the feeding end of the sorting device is not aligned with the discharging end of the main feeding line 110, the control device controls the fourth feeding mechanism 113 to stop after the goods are conveyed to the waiting area 1131, and starts the fourth feeding mechanism 113 again after the goods are aligned, so as to ensure that the goods can be conveyed to the feeding end of the sorting device.
When the second detecting element 140 configured in the sequencing area 1231 detects that no goods exist in the sequencing area 1231 of any one of the feeding branch lines 120, the control device controls the alarm element to sound, so as to remind the corresponding staff to put the goods into the third feeding mechanism 123 in time; when the second detection element 140 detects the presence of cargo at the sequencing zone 1231, then the alarm element does not sound. Of course, whether goods exist in the above-mentioned detection sequencing area 1231 may also be determined by the staff through observation, and if not, the goods are released to the third feeding mechanism 123, and if so, the releasing is stopped.
It should be noted that the second detecting element 140 in the present embodiment is preferably an optoelectronic switch, and the operation principle of the optoelectronic switch is not described in detail herein; in addition, the third feeding mechanism 123 and the fourth feeding mechanism 113 may adopt a conveyor belt, a conveyor roller, etc., as long as the goods can be conveyed, and the present invention is not limited thereto.
In summary, the feeding device provided in this embodiment can receive the goods from multiple workers through multiple feeding branch lines 120, so as to realize a feeding mode with multiple people and multiple input ports, and compared with the feeding mode with a single person and a single input port in the prior art, the feeding device can increase the input number of the goods within the same time, thereby improving the goods input efficiency, and compared with the feeding mode with a single input port, the feeding device can effectively alleviate the phenomenon that the input position is occupied, and improve the input efficiency; furthermore, the materials are orderly fed to the feeding main line 110 through the plurality of feeding branch lines 120, so that the phenomenon of goods breakage on the feeding main line 110 can be avoided, the phenomenon of goods accumulation can not be caused, ordered goods delivery through the feeding main line 110 can be ensured, the goods can be continuously conveyed to the sorting device through the feeding main line 110, and further, the feeding efficiency of the feeding device to the sorting device can be greatly improved, therefore, the capacity of the whole sorting equipment can be fully utilized, and the capacity of the sorting equipment can be maximized.
In order to realize efficient transportation and efficient sorting of goods, the present embodiment provides a sorting apparatus, and please refer to fig. 1 to 8 specifically.
The sorting device provided by the embodiment comprises the feeding device 100 in the above embodiment, and further comprises a sorting device 200, wherein the sorting device 200 comprises a sorting mechanism 210 and a containing container 220 which move along a predetermined path, the sorting mechanism 210 comprises a plurality of sorting stations 211 arranged corresponding to the containing containers 220, each sorting station 211 is arranged corresponding to a plurality of containing containers 220, each sorting station 211 has one or more discharge ports, and the plurality of containing containers 220 arranged corresponding to each sorting station 211 are used for containing goods delivered through the one or more discharge ports; when the sorting mechanism 210 moves to the discharge end of the supply main line 110 along a predetermined path and the discharge end of the supply main line 110 is aligned with one of the sorting stations 211, the transfer of the goods from the discharge end of the supply main line 110 to the sorting station 211 is achieved.
In view of the automated delivery of the sorting device, the sorting device is also provided with a third detection element (preferably a photoelectric switch) for detecting in real time whether a good is present at the sorting station 211. When one of the sorting stations 211 moves to the third detecting element according to the predetermined path, the third detecting element detects the sorting station 211 and sends the detection result to the control device, so that the control device can realize the overall control of the whole equipment.
Further, in order to enable the goods on the sorting stations 211 to smoothly enter the corresponding containers 220, in the embodiment, preferably, a sorting conveying assembly is arranged on each sorting station 211, and the goods on the sorting stations 211 are discharged through a discharge port by the sorting conveying assembly and fall into the corresponding containers 220. Further, the sorting assembly is any one of a partition-free conveying belt, a partition conveying belt, a conveying roller, a tipping tray and a tipping bucket, and the specific implementation mode is not limited as long as the goods are conveyed to the container 220.
It should be noted that, in order to improve the sorting efficiency of the goods so that different containers 220 correspond to the sorting station 211, a container conveyor 230 for moving the containers 220 is added in the present embodiment. One container conveyor may be disposed below each sorting station. Specifically, the container conveyor 230 includes a reciprocating conveying mechanism and a carrying platform, the reciprocating conveying mechanism has a linear reciprocating motion capability, and an output end of the reciprocating conveying mechanism is in transmission connection with the carrying platform and is used for driving the carrying platform to realize the linear reciprocating motion. Wherein, be a plurality of splendid attire containers 220 of linear array arrangement on the carrying platform, sorting station 211 has first discharge gate 2111 and second discharge gate 2112, and the line of first discharge gate 2111 and second discharge gate 2112 is the same with the direction of arranging of a plurality of corresponding splendid attire containers 220 that are arranged in linear array, a plurality of splendid attire containers 220 that are arranged in linear array can make reciprocating motion in sorting station 211 below along with the carrying platform, thereby adjust wherein the position of two splendid attire containers 220 and first discharge gate 2111, the position of second discharge gate 2112 aligns respectively, namely, realize the cooperation letter sorting between first discharge gate 2111, second discharge gate 2112 and a plurality of splendid attire containers 220, the letter sorting efficiency of goods has been improved greatly. It should be noted here that the output end of the reciprocating conveying mechanism is connected with the carrying platform to drive the carrying platform to reciprocate, and the specific connection mode is not limited.
In this embodiment, considering the overall layout of the equipment and the sorting efficiency, the predetermined path of the sorting mechanism 210 may be preferably configured in a linear shape or a curved shape, such as an L shape, a U shape, a linear shape, etc., and may be configured in a closed loop shape, such as a circular, rectangular or other irregular closed loop. Compared with an open linear structure, the closed rotary circulating structure can realize continuous circulating flow sorting of the goods, keep a continuous motion state, avoid stopping of the goods, improve sorting efficiency and save equipment installation space.
The specific working principle of the sorting equipment is as follows:
a plurality of workers respectively put goods on each feeding branch line 120 according to actual operation requirements, each feeding branch line 120 orderly conveys the goods to the feeding main line 110, and then orderly conveys the goods to the sorting device 200 through the feeding main line 110, specifically, when a third detection element detects that no goods exist on a sorting station 211 aligned with the feeding main line 110, the control device controls the feeding main line 110 to start, the goods are conveyed to the sorting station 211, and when a third detection element detects that goods exist on the sorting station 211 aligned with the feeding main line 110, the control device controls the feeding main line 110 to stop running; further, the goods conveyed to the sorting station 211 are discharged through the first discharge port 2111 or the second discharge port 2112, and fall into the container 220 corresponding to the sorting station 211, thereby completing the sorting of the goods; and, the sorting mechanism 210 can also move along a predetermined path to switch different sorting stations 211 to align with the discharging end of the main feeding line 110, thereby realizing the sorting of different goods.
The sorting equipment that this embodiment provided can be through feedway 100 in order, carry the goods to sorting device 200 high-efficiently to distributing the goods through sorting device 200 high-efficiently, having realized the make full use of sorting equipment productivity, improved sorting equipment's work efficiency.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit the same; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.