TWI733352B - Soft sheet material feeding equipment and feeding method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A soft sheet material feeding device and a feeding method thereof. The soft sheet material feeding device has a machine body including a feeding zone, a first transfer zone, a second transfer zone, and a reclaiming zone , The soft sheet feeding equipment is used to feed at least one stack of soft sheets from the feeding zone into the body, and the stack of soft sheets passes through a feeding device to the first transfer zone, and then a first The transfer device drives the stack of soft sheets to move in the second transfer zone, a second transfer device drives the stack of soft sheets into the reclaiming zone, and a reclaim device makes the stack of soft sheets Single or multiple soft sheets leave the body. This feeding equipment replaces manual sub-assembly, which helps to improve the efficiency of sub-assembly, save labor costs and improve the accuracy of the sub-assembly process.

Description

Soft sheet material feeding equipment and feeding method thereof

The present invention is related to feeding equipment; in particular, it refers to a device applied to feeding soft sheets.

The existing soft sheet production process will first cut and shape the material, then inspect the cut product, and then enter the packaging process. Take a mask as an example. During the production process, the mask will first enter a material cutting machine, and the mask body will be formed in the material cutting machine. The mask body will then enter an ear strap machine. Add two ear straps to the ear strap machine to form the Masks, after completing this link, these masks will undergo quality inspection.

Known masks with special functions, such as activated carbon masks or nano masks, these types of soft sheets are sold in single or multi-piece packages in addition to being sold in packages. In the prior art, most of these types of soft sheets enter the packaging process by manual slicing, that is, after these types of soft sheets are output in a stack in the manufacturing process, the packaging process will be manually After the whole stack of soft sheets is divided into single sheets, or 2 to 5 sheets of soft sheets, the single sheet or multiple sheets of soft sheets are packaged in the packaging mechanism. However, in this sub-assembly process, it is easy to cause huge labor costs and time-consuming, so the efficiency cannot be improved. In addition, manual sharding may also have calculation errors.

In view of this, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a flexible sheet material feeding device and a feeding method thereof, which can automatically divide a stack of flexible sheets into individual flexible sheets.

In order to achieve the above objective, the present invention provides a soft sheet material feeding device, which includes a feeding zone, a first transfer zone, a second transfer zone, and a reclaiming zone.

The soft sheet material feeding equipment includes a feeding device in the feeding area, the feeding device having a feeding space, and an inlet and an outlet respectively communicating with the feeding space, and the feeding space is provided for placing at least one stack Soft sheets, the at least one stack of soft sheets includes a first stack of soft sheets. The flexible sheet material feeding equipment includes a first transfer device in the first transfer area. The first transfer device includes a carrier and a driving module. The driving module drives the carrier on a first It moves back and forth between a position and a second position. The first position corresponds to the exit. The drive module drives the carrier to move to the first position to receive the first stack of soft sheets, and then to the second position.

The soft sheet material feeding equipment includes a second transfer device in the second transfer area, the second transfer device includes a first carrier board and a first drive module, and the first carrier board is located on the first carrier board. One side of the second position; when the carrier is in the second position, the first drive module drives the first carrier to penetrate between the first stack of soft sheets and the carrier, and then lifts the first carrier A stack of soft sheets is moved upward so that the top of the first stack of soft sheets is located at a picking position. The soft sheet material supply equipment includes a reclaiming device in the reclaiming area, the reclaiming device includes at least one reclaiming member, and the at least one reclaiming member can reciprocate between the reclaiming position and a discharging position Move, the at least one take-out member obtains a soft sheet on the top of the first stack of soft sheets from the take-off position, moves to the discharge position, and releases the soft sheet at the discharge position.

The feeding method of the soft sheet feeding equipment provided by the present invention includes the following steps: Move the carrier to a first position corresponding to the exit, and move the first stack of soft sheets from the feeding device to the carrier; move the carrier carrying the first stack of soft sheets Move to a second position; penetrate the first carrier plate between the first stack of soft sheets and the carrier, and then lift the first stack of soft sheets and move upward to make the first stack of soft sheets The top of the material is located at a reclaiming position; move a reclaiming member to the reclaiming position to obtain a soft sheet on the top of the first stack of soft sheets; after moving the reclaiming member to a discharging position Release the soft sheet.

The effect of the present invention is that the stack of soft sheets placed in the feeding space can be divided into single pieces for feeding, achieving the purpose of automatic slicing, not only can reduce labor costs, and improve the efficiency of slicing, compared with manual packing It can also improve the accuracy of single-piece soft sheet packaging.

〔this invention〕

100: Soft sheet feeding equipment

10: Body

11: Bracket

12: Feeding area

14: The first transfer area

16: The second transfer area

18: Reclaiming area

20: Feeding device

22: shell

22a: Feeding space

22b: entrance

22c: Exit

22d: Folded board

22e: side opening

24: partition

241: The first partition

241a: bearer segment

241b: abutment section

241c: Grooving

241d: positioning hole

242: second partition

26: supply parts

261: Support arm

262: positioning pin

263: positioning slot

28: Feeding drive module

29: blocking component

291: Block

292: Driver

30: The first transfer device

31: Stage

31a: bearing surface

311: Groove

311a: open end

311b: Upper slot section

311c: Lower slot section

32: drive module

33: Anti-roll plate

40: discharge parts

42: putter

44: pneumatic cylinder

50: Second transfer device

51: The first carrier board

51a: horizontal segment

51b: vertical segment

511: Tracking Sensor

53: The first drive module

531: first drive

531a: Motor

531b: Linear displacement unit

532: second drive

55: second carrier board

57: The second drive module

60: limit frame

60a: upper opening

60b: lower opening

60c: Folded board

60d: side opening

70: Reclaimer

72,72’: Reclaimer

721,721’: Nozzle

74: Reclaiming drive module

741: The first drive

742: second drive

76: Reclaiming sensor

800: a stack of soft sheets

801: The first stack of soft sheets

802: The second stack of soft sheets

900: control device

B: Conveyor belt

P0: initial position

P1: first position

P2: second position

Pa: blocking position

Pb: release position

Pc: Reclaiming position

Pd: discharge position

A1: First side

A2: second side

A3: Third side

A4: Fourth side

W: width

H1: first height

H2: second height

S: Step

S1 (S101~S104): Feeding step

S2 (S201~S203): The first transfer step

S3 (S301~S304): The second transfer step

S4 (S401~S404): Reclaiming step

Z: first axis

X: second axis

Y: third axis

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a flexible sheet feeding device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of Fig. 1 from another perspective.

Fig. 3 is a partial exploded view of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a flow chart of the feeding method of the flexible sheet feeding device of the above preferred embodiment.

Figure 5 is a top view of the flexible sheet feeding device of the above preferred embodiment.

Fig. 6 is a partial schematic diagram of the flexible sheet feeding device of the above preferred embodiment.

Fig. 7 is a partial exploded view of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is similar to Fig. 6 and illustrates the movement path of the feeding device and the first stack of soft sheets.

Fig. 9 is a partial cross-sectional view in the direction of 9-9 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 10 is a side view illustrating the movement path of the first stack of soft sheets in the first transfer area.

FIG. 11 shows the feeding step and the first transfer step of the feeding method of the above preferred embodiment.

Fig. 12 is a partial cross-sectional view in the direction 12-12 of Fig. 10, illustrating that the first carrier board and the second carrier board are both located in the initial position.

Fig. 13 shows the second transfer step of the feeding method of the above preferred embodiment.

Figure 14 is similar to Figure 12, illustrating that the first carrier board is located in the groove.

Fig. 15 is a partial cross-sectional view illustrating that the top of the first stack of soft sheets is located at the reclaiming position, and the reclaiming member moves down to the reclaiming position.

Fig. 16 is similar to Fig. 15 and illustrates that the reclaimer moves between the upper part of the reclaiming position and the upper part of the discharging position.

Figure 17 is similar to Figure 15, revealing that the reclaimer moves down to the discharge position.

Fig. 18 shows the reclaiming step of the feeding method of the above preferred embodiment.

Figure 19 is similar to Figure 14, illustrating that the first carrier plate drives the first stack of soft sheets to move upward, and the second carrier plate enters the groove and is located below the second stack of soft sheets.

Fig. 20 is similar to Fig. 14 and reveals that the first carrier board leaves the limit frame.

In order to explain the present invention more clearly, the preferred embodiments are described in detail in conjunction with the drawings as follows. Please refer to Figures 1 to 3, which is a preferred embodiment of the soft sheet feeding device 100 of the present invention. The soft sheet feeding device 100 includes a body 10, a feeding device 20, and a first moving device. Carrying device 30, a discharging member 40, a second transfer device 50, a limit frame 60 and a reclaiming device 70, the body 10 includes a feeding area 12, a first transfer area 14, a second Second transfer Zone 16 and a reclaiming zone 18, the feeding device 20 is arranged in the feeding zone 12, the first transfer device 30 is arranged in the first transfer zone 14, and the discharge member 40 is arranged in the first transfer zone. Next to the loading area 14, the second transfer device 50 and the limit frame 60 are installed in the second transfer area 16, and the material removal device 70 is installed in the reclaiming area 18.

The feeding device 20, the first transfer device 30, the discharge member 40, the second transfer device 50, and the reclaiming device 70 are electrically connected to a control device 900, and are controlled by the control device 900 to perform As shown in Fig. 4, the feeding method includes a feeding step S1, a first transferring step S2, a second transferring step S3, and a reclaiming step S4, wherein:

The feeding step S1: the feeding device 20 moves at least one stack of soft sheets 800 and a partition 24 located in the feeding area 12 to the first transfer area 14 to be transferred to the first transfer device 30; The separator 40 is discharged from the first transfer device 30 by the discharging member 40.

The first transfer step S2: the first transfer device 30 transfers at least one stack of soft sheets 800 to the second transfer area 16 to be transferred to the second transfer device 50.

The second transfer step S3: the second transfer device 50 moves at least one stack of soft sheets 800 into the limit frame 60, and the top of the at least one stack of soft sheets 800 is in the reclaiming area 18 A reclaiming position Pc (refer to Figure 3).

The reclaiming step S4: the reclaiming device 70 takes out at least one stack of soft sheets 800 located in the reclaiming area 18 one by one and places them at a discharge position Pd (refer to FIG. 3).

For ease of description, the structure of the flexible sheet feeding device 100 of the present embodiment and the steps of the feeding method thereof will be described later.

As shown in FIG. 3, the feeding device 20 includes a housing 22, a plurality of partitions 24, a feeding member 26, a feeding driving module 28, and a blocking component 29. Wherein, the shell 22 has an inlet space 22a, and the inlet space 22a has an inlet 22b at the upper and lower ends opposite to each other. With an outlet 22c, the inlet 22b and the outlet 22c communicate with the feeding space 22a. A plurality of stacks of soft sheets 800 and the partitions 24 are placed in the feeding space 22a, and the partitions 24 and the stacks of soft sheets 800 are sequentially staggered and fill the feeding space 22a. In addition, the two sides of the housing 22 each have two folded plates 22d, and a side opening 22e is formed between the two folded plates 22d.

Please refer to FIGS. 5-7. In this embodiment, the plurality of stacks of flexible sheets 800 includes a plurality of first stacks of flexible sheets 801 and a plurality of second stacks of flexible sheets 802, and the partitions 24 include a plurality of first stacks. A partition 241 and a plurality of second partitions 242. Each first partition 241 carries a first stack of soft sheets 801, and each second partition 242 carries a second stack of soft sheets 802 and is placed in one On the first stack of soft sheets 801 (refer to FIG. 6). The structures of the partitions 24 are the same. The first partition 241 is described in detail below. The first partition 241 has a bearing section 241a, two abutting sections 241b, and two cut grooves 241c (refer to FIG. 7). Both ends of the segment 241a are respectively connected to the two abutting segments 241b, and each of the cutouts 241c is formed by shrinking inward along the short axis from the connection between the bearing segment 241a and the corresponding abutting segment 241b, and each abutting segment 241b There are two positioning holes 241d. In practice, it can also be at least one positioning hole 241d.

When the first partition 241 is lowered into the feeding space 22a from the inlet 22b of the housing 22, the bearing section 241a of the first partition 241 is located in the feeding space 22a, and each abutting section 241b extends from the housing Each side opening 22e of 22 protrudes outside. The two folded plates 22d on each side of the housing 22 respectively extend into the two cut grooves 241c to guide the first partition 241 to move downward stably. Then, a first stack of soft sheets 801 can be put into the feeding space 22a from the inlet 22b of the casing 22 and placed on the supporting section 241a of the first partition 241. After that, the second partition 242 and the second stack of soft sheets 802 can be inserted from the inlet 22b to form the plurality of stacks of soft sheets 800 placed in the feeding space 22a.

The feeding member 26 of the feeding device 20 includes two supporting arms 261, the two supporting arms 261 are for abutting against the bottom of the first partition 241, and each supporting arm 261 has two positioning pins 262, each of the positioning pins 262 corresponds to the positioning hole 241d of each abutting section 241b. Therefore, when each of the supporting arms 261 abuts against each of the abutting sections 241b of the first partition 241, each of the positioning pins 262 will be located in each of the positioning holes 241d. Each of the two supporting arms 261 is provided with a positioning groove 263, each of the positioning grooves 263 is located between the two positioning pins 262, and the opening of each of the positioning grooves 263 is upward and communicates with the inside and outside of each of the supporting arms 261.

The feeding drive module 28 is connected to the feeding member 26. The feeding drive module 28 takes an air cylinder as an example. The feeding drive module 28 is controlled by the control device 900 to drive the feeding member 26 in the first place. An axis Z moves between the outlet 22c of the feeding space 22a and a first position P1 (refer to FIGS. 6 and 8), and the first position P1 corresponds to the outlet 22c and is located below the outlet 22c.

The blocking assembly 29 includes two blocking members 291 and two driving members 292, the two blocking members 291 are respectively located on both sides of the outlet 22c, the two driving members 292 are respectively connected to the two blocking members 291 and the top is connected to the body 10, each The driving member 292 takes a pneumatic cylinder as an example. Each driving member 292 is controlled by the control device 900 to drive the two stoppers 291 on the second axis X at a blocking position Pa (refer to FIG. 8) and a release position Pb (FIG. 6 Refer to the movement between), the second axis X is perpendicular to the first axis Z. It is supplemented that, as shown in FIG. 8, the second stopper 291 at the blocking position Pa indicates that the second stopper 291 extends between the abutting section 241b of the first partition 241 and the feeding member 26 and is located In the positioning groove 263; as shown in FIG. 6, the second stopper 291 in the release position Pb indicates that the second stopper 291 leaves between the abutting section 241b of the first partition 241 and the supply member 26 and is self-positioning Withdraw from the slot 263.

As shown in FIGS. 7 to 10, the first transfer device 30 includes a carrier 31 and a driving module 32. The top of the carrier 31 is a carrying surface 31a, and the carrier 31 has a groove. 311. The groove 311 is formed recessed from the bearing surface 31a of the carrier 31, and opposite sides of the groove 311 are respectively an open end 311a, and the groove 311 has an upper groove section 311b and a lower groove section 311c The groove width of the lower groove section 311c is smaller than the groove width of the upper groove section 311b. The driving module 32 takes a pneumatic cylinder as an example and is connected to the lower side of the carrier 31. The driving module 32 is controlled by the control device 900 to drive the carrier 31 on the third axis Y at the first position P1. It moves back and forth between a second position P2, wherein the third axis Y is perpendicular to the first axis Z and the second axis X. In this embodiment, the second position P2 is located at the junction of the second transfer area 16 and the first transfer area 14 and directly below the reclaiming area 18.

The carrier 31 has a first side A1 and a second side A2 opposite to each other in the direction from the first position P1 to the second position P2 (that is, on the third axis Y). The second axis X has a third side A3 and a fourth side A4 opposite to each other. The third side A3 is located on the right side of the carrier 31 in the third axis Y direction, and the fourth side A4 is located on the carrier 31 on the third axis. The left side in the Y direction, and the distance between the third side A3 and the fourth side A4 is a width W of the carrier 31. The first transfer device 30 includes an anti-tilt plate 33 coupled to the first side A1 of the stage 31 and for contacting the first stack of soft sheets 801.

The discharging member 40 includes a push rod 42 and a pneumatic cylinder 44. The push rod 42 is located in the pneumatic cylinder 44. The discharging member 40 is coupled to the body 10 and is located on one side of the first position P1. When the carrier 31 is located at the first position P1, the discharging member 40 corresponds to one of the open ends 311a of the groove 311. In this embodiment, when the carrier 31 is located at the first position P1, the discharging member 40 is located beside the third side A3 of the carrier 31. The control device 900 controls the pneumatic cylinder 44 to drive the push rod 42 to extend or retract along the second axis X.

Please cooperate with FIG. 11, the feeding step S1 of the feeding method of this embodiment includes the following steps. Here, the first stack of flexible sheets 801 and the first partition 241 are taken as examples:

Step S101: When the driving module 32 drives the carrier 31 to move to the first position P1, the feeding drive module 28 drives the feeding member 26 to move down to drive each of the first partitions 241 and each The first stack of soft sheets 801, each of the second partitions 242, and each of the second stack of soft sheets 802 move down. At the same time, the two driving members 292 drive the second stopper 291 to move to the blocking position Pa (refer to FIG. 8), which is located below the exit 22c of the housing 22, so that the second partition 242 and the second The stack of flexible sheets 802, the other partitions 24, and the other stacks of flexible sheets 800 are maintained in the feeding space 22a; the first partition 241 and the first stack of flexible sheets 801 on the feeding member 26 follow the feeding member 26 Move down.

Step S102: Since the distance between the two supporting arms 261 of the feeding member 26 is greater than the width W of the carrier 31, the two supporting arms 261 of the feeding member 26 can be lowered from both sides of the carrier 31 to be lower than At the first position P1 of the first transfer area 14, the first stack of soft sheets 801 is placed on the bearing surface 31a of the platform 31, and the first partition 241 falls into the groove 311 and abuts against On the groove surface of the upper groove section 311b of the groove 311, the positioning pin 262 of the feeding member 26 is separated from the positioning hole 241d of the first partition 241.

Step S103: the discharging member 40 pushes the first partition 241 away from the carrier 31. Please cooperate with FIG. 9, because the open end 311a of the third side A3 of the discharging member 40 extends into the junction of the upper groove section 311b and the lower groove section 311c of the groove 311, and the push rod 42 will The first partition 241 is pushed away from the carrier 31 from the open end 311a of the fourth side A4.

Step S104: The feeding driving module 28 drives the feeding member 26 to move up and back to the outlet 22c of the feeding space 22a. After the feeding member 26 moves up, the two support arms 261 abut against the The bottom of the two partitions 242, and the two driving members 292 drive the second blocking member 291 back to the release position Pb.

This completes the transfer of a stack of soft sheets. The above steps S101 to S104 are described by taking the transfer of the first partition 241 and the first stack of flexible sheets 801 as an example, and the manner of transferring the second partition 242 and the second stack of flexible sheets 802 is the same. Repeating steps S101 to S104 can sequentially move each stack of soft sheets 800 in the feeding space 22a onto the stage 31 of the first transfer device 30.

11, the first transfer step S2 is described by taking the first stack of flexible sheets 801 as an example, including: the drive module 32 drives the carrier 31 carrying the first stack of flexible sheets 801 to be moved by the first stack of flexible sheets 801 The position P1 moves to the second position P2 (refer to FIG. 10). Since the anti-tilt plate 33 is disposed on the first side A1 of the carrier 31, it can contact the first stack of soft sheets 801 and prevent the first stack of soft sheets 801 from falling over during the movement.

Please refer to FIG. 10 and FIG. 12, the second transfer device 50 includes a first carrier board 51, a first driving module 53, a second carrier board 55 and a second driving module 57. The first carrier board 51 and the second carrier board 55 are respectively connected to the first driving module 53 and the second driving module 57. The first driving module 53 includes a first driving part 531 and a second driving part 532. The first driving part 531 is fixed to the body 10, the second driving part 532 is disposed on the first driving part 531, and the first driving part 531 is fixed on the first driving part 531. The driving member 531 is controlled by the control device 900 to drive the second driving member 532 to move up and down along the first axis Z. The first carrier board 51 is connected to the second driving member 532, and the second driving member 532 is controlled by the control device 900. The first carrier board 51 is driven to move along the second axis X. In this embodiment, the first driving member 531 has a motor 531a and a linear displacement unit 531b. The motor 531a is connected to the linear displacement unit 531b. The linear displacement unit 531b is a single-axis robot (Single Axis Robot) as an example, but not limited to this, a lead screw can also be used. The second driving member 532 is an example of a pneumatic cylinder.

The first carrier board 51 is in an inverted L shape and has a horizontal section 51 a and a vertical section 51 b. The vertical section 51 b is connected to the second driving member 532. A tracking sensor 511 is provided on the first carrier board 51. In this embodiment, the tracking sensor 511 is a photoelectric detector. The tracking sensor 511 is disposed on the vertical section 51 b and connected to the control device 900. The tracking sensor 511 is used to detect whether the second stack of soft sheets 802 is located at the bottom of the horizontal section 51a, and the vertical section 51b is provided with a perforation (not shown) corresponding to the tracking sensor 511. The detected light can pass through the perforation and be received by the tracking sensor 511.

The second carrier board 55 has the same structure as the first carrier board 51. The second carrier board 55 also has a horizontal section and a vertical section. The vertical section of the second carrier board 55 is also provided with a tracking sensor. The second driving module 57 has the same structure as the first driving module 53, and the second driving module 57 also has a first driving component and a second driving component. The difference is that the second carrier board 55 and the second driving module 57, and the first carrier board 51 and the first driving module 53 are symmetrically arranged, which will not be repeated here.

The limit frame 60 is located on the moving path of the first carrier board 51 and the second carrier board 55 along the first axis Z. The limit frame 60 has an upper opening 60a and a lower opening 60b opposite to each other. The upper opening 60a Facing a reclaiming position Pc of the reclaiming area 18, the lower opening 60b faces the second position P2. The limit frame 60 has two folded plates 60c on the two opposite sides on the second axis X. One side opening 60d is formed between the two folded plates 60c on each side. The side openings 60d on both sides are provided for the first A carrier board 51 and a second carrier board 55 pass, and a side opening 60d on one side is shown in FIG. 10.

The reclaiming area 18 of the body 10 is provided with a reclaiming sensor 76 which faces the reclaiming position Pc. The reclaiming sensor 76 is connected to the control device 900. The reclaiming sensor 76 in the embodiment is a photoelectric detector, which is used to detect whether there is a soft sheet at the reclaiming position Pc.

With reference to FIG. 13, the second transfer step S3 of the feeding method of this embodiment includes the following steps:

Step S301: The first driving module 53 and the second driving module 57 drive the first carrier board 51 and the second carrier board 55, respectively, so that the first carrier board 51 and the second carrier board 55 are respectively located at an initial position P0 (Refer to FIG. 12), the two initial positions P0 are respectively located on two sides of the second position P2. When the carrier is in the second position, the first carrier 51 is close to the fourth side A4 of the carrier 31, and the second carrier 55 is close to the third side A3 of the carrier 31.

Step S302: When the driving module 32 drives the carrier 31 to move to the second position P2, the first driving module 53 drives the first carrier 51 to penetrate the first stack of flexible sheets 801 and the carrier Between 31 (refer to FIG. 14), in this embodiment, it penetrates into the groove 311, and then lifts up the first stack of soft sheets 801 and moves upward. Continuing to refer to FIG. 15, the first stack of soft sheets 801 enters the limit frame 60, and the first driving module 53 drives the first carrier board 51 so that the top of the first stack of soft sheets 801 is located at the reclaiming position Pc . The reclaiming sensor 76 detects that the top of the first stack of soft sheets 801 is located at the reclaiming position Pc, the control device 900 makes the first driving module 53 no longer move upwards; the reclaiming sensor 76 does not Detecting the top of the first stack of soft sheets 801 (that is, the single soft sheet at the picking position Pc is taken away by the picking device 70), the control device 900 causes the first drive module 53 to drive the first The carrier board 51 moves upward until the top of the first stack of soft sheets 801 is located at the picking position Pc again, whereby the soft sheets can be continuously supplied to the picking position Pc.

As shown in Figs. 15-17, the body includes a bracket 11, and the reclaiming device 70 includes two reclaiming members 72, 72' and a reclaiming drive module 74. The bracket 11 is erected on the fetching of the body 10 料区18。 Material area 18. The reclaiming driving module 74 includes a first driving member 741 and a second driving member 742. The first driving member 741 is disposed on the bracket 11, and the second driving member 742 is disposed on the first driving member 741. The first driving member 741 is controlled by the control device 900 to drive the second driving member 742 to move up and down along the first axis Z. The two reclaiming members 72, 72' are respectively connected to the second driving member 742 of the reclaiming drive module 74 and are located on opposite sides, one of the reclaiming members 72 is located above the reclaiming position Pc, and the other reclaiming member 72 is located above a discharge position Pd. The second driving member 742 can be controlled by the control device 900 to drive the two reclaiming members 72, 72' to move back and forth between the reclaiming position Pc and the discharging position Pd, the discharging position Pd is located outside the body 10 And on a conveyor belt B. In this embodiment, the first driving member 741 is a pneumatic cylinder, and the second driving member 742 is a rotary pneumatic cylinder and drives the two retrieving members 72, 72' between the retrieving position Pc and the discharging position Pd Reciprocating rotation movement. Each of the reclaimers 72 (72') includes at least one suction nozzle 721. In this embodiment, each of the reclaimers 72 (72') is two suction nozzles 721 (721'), and the control device 900 can control each of the reclaimers. The two suction nozzles 721 (721') of the piece 72 (72') simultaneously inhale or deflate.

Please cooperate with FIG. 18, the reclaiming step S4 of the feeding method of this embodiment includes the following steps:

Step S401: As shown in FIG. 15, when the reclaiming sensor 76 detects that the top of a stack of soft sheets (taking the first stack of soft sheets 801 as an example) is located at the reclaiming position Pc, the reclaiming drive The first driving member 741 of the module 74 drives the two retrieving members 72, 72' to move down to the retrieving position Pc and the discharging position Pd, and inhale the second suction nozzle 721 of the retrieving member 72 at the retrieving position Pc , To obtain a soft sheet on the top of the first stack of soft sheets 801. As described in step 302, the first carrier board 51 will move the first stack of soft sheets 801 up to the reclaiming position Pc for subsequent reclaiming.

Step S402: As shown in FIG. 16, the reclaiming driving module 74 drives the two reclaiming members 72, 72' to rise, and the second driving member 742 of the reclaiming driving module 74 drives the two reclaiming members 72, 72' exchange positions, the reclaimer 72 above the reclaiming position Pc in step S401 moves to above the discharging position Pd; the other reclaiming member 72' moves from above the discharging position Pd to above the reclaiming position Pc.

Step S403: As shown in FIG. 17, the reclaiming drive module 74 drives the reclaiming member 72 above the discharging position Pd in step S402 to move down to the discharging position Pd, and another reclaiming above the reclaiming position Pc The piece 72' moves down to the reclaiming position Pc, and the second suction nozzle 721' of the reclaiming piece 72 at the discharging position Pd is vented to release the soft sheet, and at the same time, the reclaiming piece at the reclaiming position Pc The 72bis suction nozzle 721 sucks in air to obtain the next soft sheet.

Repeat steps S402 to S403 to remove a stack of soft sheets 800 from the machine body 10 in a single-piece take from the take-out area 18, and then place it at the discharge position Pd on the conveyor belt B. , To achieve the purpose of dividing the stack of soft sheets 800 into pieces of soft sheets.

The above is the step of taking out the first stack of flexible sheets 800 in pieces in this embodiment. After the first carrier 51 lifts up the first stack of soft sheets 801 and moves upward, then the feeding step S1 and the first transfer step S2 are performed, so that the stage 31 moves the second stack of soft sheets 802 To the second position P2.

As shown in Fig. 13, then the step of supplying the second stack of soft sheets 802 to the reclaiming area 18 in the second transfer step S3 will be described:

Step S303: As shown in FIG. 19, the second driving module 57 drives the second carrier board 51 to penetrate between the second stack of flexible sheets 802 and the carrier 31. In this embodiment, it penetrates into the groove 311 Then, lift up the second stack of soft sheets 802 and move upward. Make the second stack of flexible sheets The material 802 is located below the horizontal section 51 a of the first carrier board 51, and the second driving module 57 drives the second carrier board 55 to follow the first carrier board 51 to move upward.

Step S304: As shown in FIG. 20, when the first carrier board 51, the first stack of soft sheets 801 above the first carrier board 51, and the second stack of soft sheets 802 below the first carrier board 51 When partially entering the limit frame 60, the first drive module 53 drives the first carrier board 51 to leave on the second axis X from the side opening 60d of the limit frame 60, and the first stack of soft sheets 801 and the second stack of soft sheets 800 are maintained in the limit frame 60. Then the second drive module 57 drives the second carrier board 55 to lift up the first stack of soft sheets 801 and the second stack of soft sheets 802 to move up, and continue to place the uppermost soft sheet on the Reclaiming position Pc.

In this embodiment, the second stack of soft sheets 802 has a first height H1 (refer to FIG. 19) immediately after being lifted by the second carrier board 55, and the second stack of soft sheets 802 lifts up the second stack of soft sheets. 802 and moving upward until the second stack of soft sheets 802 is located below the first carrier board 51 is divided into a first stage and a second stage of movement. In the first stage, the second driving mold The moving speed of the group 57 driving the second carrier board 55 is greater than the moving speed of the first driving module 53 driving the first carrier board 51. Thereby, the second stack of soft sheets 802 can be accelerated to move to the bottom of the horizontal section 51a of the first carrier board 51, and the tracking sensor 511 on the first carrier board 51 senses the second stack of soft sheets When the top of the material 802 is mounted, the control device 900 continues to allow the second driving module 57 to drive the second carrier board 55 to move at a speed greater than that of the first carrier board 51 for a predetermined period of time, thereby, as shown in FIG. 20 As shown, the second stack of flexible sheets 802 is squeezed by the second carrier board 55 and the first carrier board 51, so that the height of the second stack of flexible sheets 802 is squeezed to be slightly smaller than the first height H1 A second height H2.

After that, in the second stage, the second drive module 57 drives the second carrier board 55 to move at the same speed as the first drive module 53 drives the first carrier board 51 to move at the same speed. The second stack of soft sheets 802 maintains the second height H2 (that is, the second stack of soft sheets 802 is kept pressed). The purpose of the two stages is that during the upward movement of the second stack of flexible sheets 802 carried by the second carrier board 55, the second stack of flexible sheets 802 is supported by the first carrier board 51 and the second carrier board. 55 squeeze, can make the transportation process more stable, will not be scattered due to shaking. In addition, after the first carrier board 51 is pulled away from the limit frame 60, the height of the second stack of soft sheets 802 will rise to fill the vacancy after the horizontal section 51a of the first carrier board 51 leaves.

The above is the step of supplying the second stack of soft sheets 802 to the reclaiming area 18. After the first carrier 51 leaves the limit frame 60, the first drive module 53 drives the first carrier 51 back to its In the initial position P0, the second transfer step S3 is performed again, and the next first stack of soft sheets 801 is moved below the horizontal section of the second carrier board 55 and moves upward following the second carrier board 55. Thereby, the first carrier board 51 and the second carrier board 55 can be continuously connected to a stack of soft sheets 800 in the second transfer area 16 and supplied to the picking position Pc until there is no soft sheet. .

According to the above, the flexible sheet material feeding equipment and the material feeding method of the present invention can divide the entire stack of flexible sheets into single pieces for feeding, achieve the purpose of automatic slicing, and effectively improve the slicing efficiency of the flexible sheet.

The above are only the preferred and feasible embodiments of the present invention. Any equivalent changes made by applying the specification of the present invention and the scope of the patent application should be included in the patent scope of the present invention.

100: Soft sheet feeding equipment

10: Body

20: Feeding device

30: The first transfer device

40: discharge parts

50: Second transfer device

70: Reclaimer

76: Reclaiming sensor

900: control device

Z: first axis

X: second axis

Y: third axis

Claims (17)

A soft sheet material feeding equipment includes: a body including a feeding zone, a first transfer zone, a second transfer zone, and a reclaiming zone; a feeding device is arranged in the feeding zone, The feeding device has a feeding space, and an inlet and an outlet respectively connected to the feeding space, and the feeding space is used for placing at least one stack of soft sheets, and the at least one stack of soft sheets includes a first stack of soft sheets Material; a first transfer device, set in the first transfer area, the first transfer device includes a carrier and a drive module, the drive module drives the carrier in a first position and a first Move back and forth between the two positions. The first position corresponds to the exit. The drive module drives the carrier to move to the first position to receive the first stack of soft sheets, and then move to the second position; The carrier device is arranged in the second transfer area, the second transfer device includes a first carrier board and a first drive module, the first carrier board is located on one side of the second position; on the carrier platform When in the second position, the first drive module drives the first carrier board to penetrate between the first stack of soft sheets and the carrier, and then lifts up the first stack of soft sheets and moves upward to make The top of the first stack of soft sheets is located at a reclaiming position; a reclaiming device is arranged in the reclaiming area and includes at least one reclaiming member, the at least one reclaiming member can be positioned at the reclaiming position and an output Move back and forth between the material positions, the at least one take-out member obtains a soft sheet on the top of the first stack of soft sheets from the take-off position and then moves to the discharge position, and releases the sheet at the discharge position Soft sheet. The flexible sheet feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one stack of flexible sheets for placing in the feeding space includes a second stack of flexible sheets; the carrier is located at the second position and the first stack After a carrier plate lifts the first stack of soft sheets, the drive module drives the carrier to move to the first position to receive the second stack of soft sheets, and then move to the second position; The second transfer device includes a second carrier and a second driving module; when the carrier carrying the second stack of soft sheets is located at the second position, the second driving module drives the first The second carrier board penetrates between the second stack of soft sheets and the carrier, and then lifts the second stack of soft sheets and moves upward so that the second stack of soft sheets is located below the first carrier, and The second driving module drives the second carrier board to move upward following the first carrier board. The flexible sheet material feeding device according to claim 2, including a limit frame, which is arranged on the body and located on the moving path of the first carrier; when the second carrier moves upward following the first carrier, And when the first carrier board and the first stack of soft sheets above the first carrier board and the second stack of soft sheets below the first carrier board enter the limit frame, the first drive module drives the first carrier The board leaves the limit frame, and the first stack of soft sheets and the second stack of soft sheets are maintained in the limit frame. The soft sheet feeding device according to claim 3, wherein the second carrier plate lifts up the second stack of soft sheets and moves upward until the second stack of soft sheets is located below the first carrier plate. The movement is divided into a first stage and a second stage. In the first stage, the second driving module drives the second carrier board to move faster than the first driving module to drive the first carrier board. ; In the second stage, the second drive module drives the second carrier board to move at the same speed as the first drive module drives the first carrier board. The flexible sheet feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the feeding device includes a housing, at least one partition, at least one feeding member, and a feeding drive module, and the housing has the feeding space , The inlet and the outlet, and the outlet is located above the first position; the at least one partition is located in the feeding space, and the first stack of soft sheets is placed on the at least one partition; the feeding member abuts At the bottom of the at least one partition; the feeding drive module is connected to the feeding member to drive the feeding member to move between the outlet and the first position, and the at least one partition and the first stack The soft sheet is moved from the outlet to the carrier at the first position. The soft sheet feeding equipment according to claim 5, wherein the carrier includes a groove formed by recessing from a bearing surface of the carrier; opposite sides of the groove are respectively an open End; when the at least one partition and the first stack of soft sheets are located on the carrier, the at least one partition is located in the groove, and the first stack of soft sheets abuts against the bearing surface of the carrier; A discharging member is located on one side of the first position and facing one of the open ends. The discharging member extends from one of the open ends into the groove and opens the at least one partition from the other Push the end away from the carrier. The flexible sheet feeding equipment according to claim 6, wherein the first transfer device includes an anti-roll plate; the carrier has a first side opposite to the direction from the first position to the second position With a second side, the anti-roll board is combined with the first side and is for contacting the first stack of soft sheets. The flexible sheet feeding device according to claim 5, wherein the feeding member includes two supporting arms, the two supporting arms are for abutting against the bottom of the at least one partition, and the distance between the two supporting arms is greater than the distance between the two supporting arms. The width of the carrier; when the carrier is at the first position and the feeding member is lowered, the two support arms are respectively lowered from both sides of the carrier and the at least one partition and the first stack of soft sheets are displaced On the carrier. The flexible sheet feeding equipment according to claim 8, wherein the at least one partition includes two abutting sections and a bearing section, the bearing section is connected between the two abutting sections, and the first stack of soft sheets Each abutting section has a positioning hole; each supporting arm has a positioning pin; when each supporting arm abuts each abutting section, each positioning pin enters each positioning hole. The soft sheet feeding equipment according to claim 5, wherein the feeding device includes two stoppers and two driving members, the two stoppers are respectively located on both sides of the outlet, the two driving members are respectively connected to the two stoppers and Drive the two stoppers to move between a blocking position and a release position When in the blocking position, the two stoppers extend between the at least one partition and the feeding member, and when in the release position, the two stoppers leave between the at least one partition and the feeding member . A method for supplying soft sheets is applied to a soft sheet feeding device. The soft sheet feeding device includes a feeding device, a carrier, and a first carrier. The feeding device has an inlet The feed space, and an inlet and an outlet communicate with the feed space, where at least one stack of soft sheets is placed in the feed space, the at least one stack of soft sheets includes a first stack of soft sheets; the feeding method includes the following Steps: move the carrier to a first position corresponding to the exit, and move the first stack of soft sheets from the feeding device to the carrier; move the first stack of soft sheets on the carrier; The carrier is moved to a second position; the first carrier is inserted between the first stack of soft sheets and the carrier, and then the first stack of soft sheets is lifted and moved upward to make the first stack The top of the soft sheet is located at a take-out position; move a take-out part to the take-out position to obtain a piece of soft sheet at the top of the first stack of soft sheets; move the take-out part to a discharge Release the soft sheet after positioning. The method for supplying flexible sheets according to claim 11, wherein the at least one stack of flexible sheets for placing in the feeding space includes a second stack of flexible sheets; wherein when the first carrier plate lifts the first stack of flexible sheets When a stack of soft sheets moves upward, the carrier moves back to the first position, and the second stack of soft sheets is moved from the feeding device to the carrier; the second stack of soft sheets will be loaded The carrier is moved to the second position; a second carrier is inserted between the first stack of soft sheets and the carrier, and then the second stack of soft sheets is lifted and moved upward to make the first stack of soft sheets The top of the two stacks of soft sheets is located below the first carrier board, and the second carrier board moves upward following the first carrier board. The method for supplying a flexible sheet according to claim 12, wherein when the second carrier plate moves upward following the first carrier plate, and the second carrier plate and the first stack above the first carrier plate When the soft sheet and the second stack of soft sheets below enter a limit frame located on the moving path of the first carrier board, the first carrier board leaves the limit frame, and the first stack of soft sheets Maintained with the second stack of soft sheets in the limit frame, continued to lift the first stack of soft sheets and the second stack of soft sheets by the second carrier board, and continue to move upward toward the reclaiming position . The method for supplying a flexible sheet according to claim 12, wherein when the second carrier plate moves upward following the first carrier plate, it is divided into a first stage and a second stage of movement. In the first stage, the moving speed of the second carrier board is greater than the moving speed of the first carrier board; later, in the second stage, the moving speed of the second carrier board is the same as the moving speed of the first carrier board. The method for supplying soft sheets according to claim 14, wherein in the second stage, the second stack of soft sheets is squeezed by the second carrier board and the first carrier board. The method for supplying a flexible sheet according to claim 11, wherein when the first stack of flexible sheets is placed in the feeding space, it is placed on a partition; the first stack of flexible sheets is fed from the feeding space The step of moving the device to the carrier includes: pressing a feeding member against the bottom of the partition and moving the feeding member down to move the partition and the first stack of soft sheets to the first On the carrier in a position; push the partition away from the carrier through a discharging piece. The method for supplying soft sheets according to claim 12, wherein when the first stack of soft sheets and the second stack of soft sheets are placed in the feeding space, the first stack of soft sheets is placed in a On the first partition, the second stack of soft sheets is placed on a second partition, and the second partition is located above the first stack of soft sheets; the first stack of soft sheets is inserted from the The step of moving the material device to the carrier includes; A feeding member is pressed against the bottom of the first partition, and the feeding member is moved down to drive the first partition, the first stack of soft sheets, the second partition, and the second stack of soft The sheet is moved down, and the two stoppers are extended under the second partition, so that the second partition and the second stack of soft sheets are maintained in the feeding space; the first partition and the first The stack of soft sheets moves along with the feeding member to the carrier at the first position.

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