阅读说明：本技术 一种柔性输送机 (Flexible conveyor ) 是由 闫吉祥 闫冰 于 2019-09-27 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及输送设备技术领域,提供了一种柔性输送机,包括导轨组件,导轨组件上设置有若干载物组件；导轨组件包括平行设置的且可在水平方向上按需求进行弯曲的两条柔性轨,且两柔性轨之间连接有若干支撑柱；导轨组件的两端分别设置有用于驱动载物组件移动的换向轮；载物组件包括载物架体,载物架体上设置有载物板,还设置有移动辊。借此,本发明通过可在水平方向上进行弯曲的柔性轨组成导轨组件,并在导轨组件上设置若干相互连接的载物组件；柔性轨可根据需要随时弯曲绕过障碍货堆,形成输送轨迹；且输送轨迹可按需变化,具有较好的机动性和灵活性。便于小批量多样化的货物输送,提高了多种类装/卸货的自动化程度。(The invention relates to the technical field of conveying equipment, and provides a flexible conveyor which comprises a guide rail assembly, wherein a plurality of loading assemblies are arranged on the guide rail assembly; the guide rail assembly comprises two flexible rails which are arranged in parallel and can be bent in the horizontal direction according to requirements, and a plurality of support columns are connected between the two flexible rails; two ends of the guide rail assembly are respectively provided with a reversing wheel for driving the loading assembly to move; the object carrying assembly comprises an object carrying frame body, an object carrying plate is arranged on the object carrying frame body, and a moving roller is further arranged. Therefore, the invention forms the guide rail assembly by the flexible rail which can be bent in the horizontal direction, and a plurality of mutually connected carrying assemblies are arranged on the guide rail assembly; the flexible rail can be bent at any time to pass around the obstacle cargo pile as required to form a conveying track; and the conveying track can be changed as required, and the device has better maneuverability and flexibility. The goods conveying device is convenient for conveying various goods in small batches, and the automation degree of various loading/unloading is improved.)

1. A flexible conveyor is characterized by comprising a guide rail assembly, wherein a plurality of circularly movable carrying assemblies are arranged on the guide rail assembly, and two adjacent carrying assemblies are connected by a flexible rope;

The guide rail assembly comprises two flexible rails which are arranged in parallel up and down and can be bent freely in the horizontal direction, and a plurality of support columns are connected between the two flexible rails;

two ends of the guide rail assembly are respectively provided with a reversing wheel which is used for driving the loading assembly to move and realizing the switching between the two flexible rails;

The carrying assembly comprises a carrying frame body, a carrying plate is arranged on the carrying frame body, and a moving roller which can roll on the flexible rail and is in surface contact with the flexible rail is also arranged on the carrying frame body;

The object carrying frame body is further provided with a limiting roller set, and the limiting roller set comprises limiting rollers which are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the flexible rail and used for being abutted against the flexible rail.

2. The flexible conveyor of claim 1, wherein the carrier assembly has two sets of stop rollers.

3. The flexible conveyor of claim 1, wherein the reversing wheel has a detent for engaging the moving roller.

4. the flexible conveyor of claim 1, wherein the cross-sectional shape of the flexible rail is circular or semi-circular.

5. The flexible conveyor of claim 4, wherein the flexible track has a raised structure; the carrying frame body is correspondingly provided with an auxiliary support; the auxiliary support abuts against the protruding structure.

6. The flexible conveyor of claim 1, wherein the flexible track is a wire rope, a resin rod, or a rubber rod of a predetermined diameter.

7. The flexible conveyor of claim 1, wherein the flexible rail includes a support bone and a plastic layer coated on an exterior of the support bone.

8. The flexible conveyor of claim 7, wherein the support bones are chains or wire ropes.

9. The flexible conveyor according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein a plurality of moving assemblies are further arranged on the guide rail assembly.

10. The flexible conveyor of claim 9, wherein the moving assembly comprises a support fixedly attached to the support column, and rollers are disposed on the bottom of the support.

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of conveying equipment, and particularly relates to a flexible conveyor.

Background

With the development of electronic commerce and personalized customization, the diversity of commodities is more and more abundant, which also brings new challenges to warehouse logistics.

different from the traditional batch storage and batch loading, each vehicle needs to load a plurality of small batches of goods, and then changes the storage mode of the warehouse. The goods are not placed at fixed points in batches, but multiple kinds of small-batch goods are placed according to needs. This makes the conventional fixed type freight rail impossible to lay, and means that the conventional automatic loading apparatus is difficult to use.

Because the variety of goods that carry is various, need get goods according to the list from a plurality of different goods piles when the vehicle is loaded for fixed storage equipment is difficult to use, the very big degree of difficulty that brings for the automation of storage commodity circulation.

In view of the above, the prior art is obviously inconvenient and disadvantageous in practical use, and needs to be improved.

disclosure of Invention

in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, an object of the present invention is to provide a flexible conveyor, in which a guide rail assembly is formed by flexible rails that can be bent in a horizontal direction, and a plurality of carrier assemblies connected to each other are disposed on the guide rail assembly; the flexible rail can be bent at any time to pass around the obstacle cargo pile as required to form a conveying track; and the conveying track can be changed as required, and the device has better maneuverability and flexibility. The goods conveying device is convenient for conveying various goods in small batches, and the automation degree of various loading/unloading is improved.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides a flexible conveyor which comprises a guide rail assembly, wherein a plurality of circularly movable carrying assemblies are arranged on the guide rail assembly, and two adjacent carrying assemblies are connected by a flexible rope;

The guide rail assembly comprises two flexible rails which are arranged in parallel up and down and can be bent in the horizontal direction as required, and a plurality of support columns are connected between the two flexible rails;

Two ends of the guide rail assembly are respectively provided with a reversing wheel which is used for driving the loading assembly to move and realizing the switching between the two flexible rails;

the carrying assembly comprises a carrying frame body, a carrying plate is arranged on the carrying frame body, and a moving roller which can roll on the flexible rail and is in surface contact with the flexible rail is also arranged on the carrying frame body;

The object carrying frame body is further provided with a limiting roller set, and the limiting roller set comprises limiting rollers which are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the flexible rail and used for being abutted against the flexible rail.

According to the flexible conveyor, the carrying assembly is provided with two groups of limiting roller sets.

According to the flexible conveyor, the reversing wheel is provided with a clamping groove used for clamping the moving roller.

According to the flexible conveyor of the invention, the cross-sectional shape of the flexible rail is circular or semicircular.

according to the flexible conveyor of the invention, the flexible rail is provided with a convex structure; the carrying frame body is correspondingly provided with an auxiliary support; the auxiliary support abuts against the protruding structure.

According to the flexible conveyor, the flexible rail is a steel wire rope with a preset diameter, a resin rod or a rubber rod.

According to the flexible conveyor, the flexible rail comprises a support bone and a plastic layer coated outside the support bone.

According to the flexible conveyor, the supporting framework is a chain or a steel wire rope.

according to the flexible conveyor, the guide rail assembly is also provided with a plurality of moving assemblies.

according to the flexible conveyor, the moving assembly comprises a support fixedly connected to the supporting column, and rollers are arranged at the bottom of the support.

The invention aims to provide a flexible conveyor, wherein a guide rail assembly is formed by flexible rails which can be bent in the horizontal direction, and a plurality of mutually connected carrying assemblies are arranged on the guide rail assembly; the flexible rail can be bent at any time to pass around the obstacle cargo pile as required to form a conveying track; and the conveying track can be changed as required, and the device has better maneuverability and flexibility. The goods conveying device is convenient for conveying various goods in small batches, and the automation degree of various loading/unloading is improved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a front view of the structure of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of the track assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the structure in the direction A-A of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a portion of the region of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a portion of the region of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the structure in the direction A of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural view of one embodiment of the flexible track of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural view of one embodiment of the flexible track of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of one embodiment of a flexible rail structure of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a top view of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural view of the reverser wheel of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of one embodiment of a flexible rail structure of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is an operational state diagram of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is an operational state diagram of the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a schematic structural view of one embodiment of the flexible track of the present invention;

FIG. 16 is a schematic structural view of a portion of the region of FIG. 15;

In the figure: 1-carrying assembly, 11-carrying plate, 12-carrying frame body, 121-auxiliary support and 122-rolling wheel; 13-moving roller, 14-limiting roller; 2-guide rail assembly, 21-flexible rail, 211-chain, 212-plastic layer, 213-lead-in structure, 214-convex structure; 22-a support column; 3-a reversing wheel, 31-a clamping groove; 4-moving assembly, 41-bracket, 42-roller; 5-pile, 6-truck, 7-mechanical gripper.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention. The above-mentioned directions or positions of the upper, lower, left, right, etc. are referred to in this specification for better describing the technical solution in conjunction with the drawings, so that the reader can understand that the practical implementation includes but is not limited to this description.

Referring to fig. 1, the invention provides a flexible conveyor, which comprises a guide rail assembly 2, wherein a plurality of circularly movable carrying assemblies 1 are arranged on the guide rail assembly 2, and two adjacent carrying assemblies 1 are connected by flexible ropes; the flexible rope of the present invention is preferably a thin steel wire rope.

Referring to fig. 2, the guide rail assembly 2 includes two flexible rails 21 arranged in parallel up and down, and a plurality of support columns 22 are connected between the two flexible rails 21; the flexible rail 21 can be bent in the horizontal direction as desired. Any one or more of the support posts 22 may also be fixed as desired to achieve a predetermined curved trajectory.

two ends of the guide rail assembly 2 are respectively provided with a reversing wheel 3 for driving the movement of the loading assembly 1 and realizing the switching between the upper flexible rail 21 and the lower flexible rail 21. The reversing wheel 3 can be driven to rotate by adopting a motor as power.

referring to fig. 3, the carrier assembly 1 is wrapped on the flexible rails 21 and can move cyclically between the two flexible rails 21 along the track of the flexible rails 21.

Referring to fig. 4 again, the guide rail assembly 2 is further provided with a plurality of moving assemblies 4; the moving assembly 4 comprises a support 41 fixed to the support column 22. Preferably, rollers 42 are provided on the bottom of the frame 41 to allow the conveyor to be mobile, increasing its mobility and flexibility. Meanwhile, when in use, one or more brackets 41 can be fixed according to needs, so that the flexible rail 21 can be bent to present a preset track.

referring to fig. 5, the carrier assembly 1 includes a carrier body 12, a carrier plate 11 is disposed on the carrier body 12, and a moving roller 13 capable of rolling on the flexible rail 21 and in surface contact with the flexible rail 21 is further disposed; preferably, the moving roller 13 has a concave surface to match the surface shape of the flexible rail 21, thereby increasing the stability during transportation. For avoiding appearing the slope when carrying thing subassembly 1 and removing along flexible rail 21 and leading to the goods to drop, still be provided with spacing roller set on carrying thing support body 12, spacing roller set is including the spacing roller 14 of symmetry setting in flexible rail 21 both sides.

Referring to fig. 3 again, the limiting roller set and the moving roller 13 act together, so that the cargo carrying assembly 1 is guaranteed to move stably on the upper flexible rail 21 to convey cargos, the phenomenon that the cargo carrying assembly 1 inclines in the moving process is avoided, and the cargo carrying assembly 1 is prevented from falling off from the lower flexible rail 21 in the return stroke.

referring to fig. 6, in order to increase the stability of the carrier assembly 1 during movement, the carrier assembly 1 of the present invention has two sets of limiting roller sets.

referring to fig. 11, the reversing wheel 3 is provided with a clamping groove 31 for clamping the moving roller 13, the carrying assembly 1 is taken away from the original flexible rail 21 and is changed to another layer of flexible rail 21, and meanwhile, the other carrying assemblies 1 are driven to move through the transmission effect of the flexible ropes connected between the carrying assemblies 1.

referring to fig. 12, the end of the flexible rail 21 is provided with a lead-in structure 213 for smooth detachment or return of the carrier module 1.

The cross-sectional shape of the flexible rail 21 is preferably circular. Corresponding variations can be made by those skilled in the art, such as a semi-circular shape as shown in fig. 7 or a shape as shown in fig. 8.

Referring to fig. 15, preferably, the flexible rail 21 has a raised structure 214; carry and correspond on the thing support body 12 and be equipped with auxiliary stay 121, auxiliary stay 121 butt protruding structure 214 for it is more stable to carry thing subassembly 1, can not appear the slope in transportation process. Referring to fig. 16, further, the auxiliary support 121 has a rolling wheel 122 for facilitating sliding along the projection structure 214 while ensuring stability.

The flexible rail 21 of the present invention is required to have good bending performance in the horizontal plane while having sufficient load-bearing capacity in the vertical direction. And the presence of the support columns 22 further enhances the load bearing capacity. Preferably, the support posts 22 are equally spaced. The spacing between two adjacent support columns 22 is different according to the structure of the flexible rail 21 and the load-bearing requirements. The distance of the invention is 0.5-2 meters.

As an example, the flexible rail 21 may be a steel wire rope, a resin rod or a rubber rod with a diameter meeting the requirement; the distance between two adjacent support columns 22 can be designed to be smaller, for example, 0.5-1 meter, because the load-bearing capacity in the vertical direction is slightly weaker.

As an example, referring to fig. 9, the flexible rail 21 includes a supporting bone and a plastic layer 212 coated outside the supporting bone; the plastic layer 212 is made of resin or rubber, and increases the friction force between the plastic layer and the moving roller 13 while ensuring the bearing strength, so as to avoid slipping.

The supporting ribs can be steel cables, and compared with the steel cables which are independently adopted, the embodiment enhances the bearing capacity in the vertical direction while keeping the bending angle in the horizontal direction large. Accordingly, the distance between two adjacent support columns 22 can be set to 0.5-1.5 m.

Further, the supporting bone is preferably a chain 211; in use, and with reference again to fig. 10, the chain 211 effects bending of the flexible track 21 in the horizontal direction, while having excellent load bearing capacity in the vertical direction. Accordingly, the distance between two adjacent support pillars 22 can be designed to be larger, such as 1-2 meters.

The person skilled in the art may choose the known techniques to achieve the coating of the plastic layer 212; for example, the flexible rail 21 is formed by coating the molten resin or rubber on the outer surface of the supporting bone and cooling the resin or rubber to a predetermined shape.

Referring to fig. 13, when the flexible conveyor of the present invention is used, two ends of the flexible conveyor are respectively fixed to the truck 6 and the target pile 5, and the guide rail assembly 2 is bent to pass over the other piles 5 to form a conveying track, so as to complete the conveying of the goods. Meanwhile, the target cargo pile 5 and the loading place can be changed as required, the conveying track can be conveniently changed by the guide rail assembly 2, and the device has better maneuverability and flexibility.

referring to fig. 14, the flexible conveyor of the present invention can also make large angle turns as desired. The loading/unloading automation can also be realized by matching with the existing storage equipment such as a mechanical gripper 7 and the like.

In summary, the present invention provides a flexible conveyor, wherein a guide rail assembly is formed by flexible rails capable of bending in a horizontal direction, and a plurality of carrier assemblies connected with each other are arranged on the guide rail assembly; the flexible rail can be bent at any time to pass around the obstacle cargo pile as required to form a conveying track; and the conveying track can be changed as required, and the device has better maneuverability and flexibility. The goods conveying device is convenient for conveying various goods in small batches, and the automation degree of various loading/unloading is improved.

the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, and it should be understood that various changes and modifications can be effected therein by one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.