阅读说明：本技术 一种分拣装置及自动分拣系统 (Sorting device and automatic sorting system ) 是由 肖玉茗 安志奇 于 2020-06-11 设计创作，主要内容包括：本申请提供一种分拣装置,包括传输机构、至少一个分拣机构和多个分流组件；所述传输机构具有传送方向,用于传送待分拣货物；所述分拣机构设置于所述传输机构的下方,所述分拣机构包括第二滚动组件,所述第二滚动组件可与所述第一滚动组件接触摩擦,使得第一滚动组件可沿第一分流方向或第二分流方向转动,在所述传输机构上形成第一分流方向和第二分流方向,其中,所述第一分流方向和所述第二分流方向分别位于所述传送方向的两侧；所述多个分流组件分别沿所述第一分流方向和所述第二分流方向设置,每个所述分流组件均设有相对应的所述分拣机构。本申请中的分拣装置可实现待分拣货物的并排分拣,同时缩减了现有的分拣流程步骤,从而使分拣效率提高。(The application provides a sorting device, which comprises a transmission mechanism, at least one sorting mechanism and a plurality of shunting assemblies; the conveying mechanism is provided with a conveying direction and is used for conveying goods to be sorted; the sorting mechanism is arranged below the conveying mechanism and comprises a second rolling assembly, the second rolling assembly can be in contact friction with the first rolling assembly, so that the first rolling assembly can rotate along a first diversion direction or a second diversion direction, and the first diversion direction and the second diversion direction are formed on the conveying mechanism, wherein the first diversion direction and the second diversion direction are respectively positioned on two sides of the conveying direction; the plurality of flow distribution assemblies are arranged in the first flow distribution direction and the second flow distribution direction respectively, and each flow distribution assembly is provided with the corresponding sorting mechanism. Sorting device in this application can realize waiting to sort side by side of letter sorting goods, has reduced current letter sorting flow step simultaneously to make letter sorting efficiency improve.)

1. A sorting device is characterized by comprising a conveying mechanism, at least one sorting mechanism and a plurality of shunting assemblies;

the conveying mechanism comprises a module belt, a first rolling assembly and a first power mechanism, the first rolling assembly is arranged on the module belt, the conveying mechanism is provided with a conveying direction, and the first power mechanism drives the module belt to move along the conveying direction and is used for conveying goods to be sorted;

the sorting mechanism is arranged below the conveying mechanism and comprises a second rolling assembly, the second rolling assembly can be in contact friction with the first rolling assembly, so that the first rolling assembly can rotate along a first diversion direction or a second diversion direction, and the first diversion direction and the second diversion direction are formed on the conveying mechanism, wherein the first diversion direction and the second diversion direction are respectively positioned on two sides of the conveying direction;

the plurality of flow distribution assemblies are arranged in the first flow distribution direction and the second flow distribution direction respectively, and each flow distribution assembly is provided with the corresponding sorting mechanism.

2. The sorter of claim 1 wherein the sorting mechanism includes first and second sorting assemblies, each of the first and second sorting assemblies having a lift assembly and the second rolling assembly, the second rolling assembly on the first sorting assembly being frictionally contacted by the lift assembly with the first rolling assembly to move the goods on the module belt in the first diverting direction; the second rolling component on the second sorting component can perform contact friction action with the first rolling component through the lifting component, so that the goods on the module belt rotate along the second diversion direction, and the goods to be sorted above the module belt move along the second diversion direction, wherein the lifting component enables the second rolling component to ascend or descend, and therefore the second rolling component is controlled to perform contact friction or separation with the first rolling component.

3. The sorter of claim 2 wherein the sorter mechanism has first and second opposite ends along the conveying direction, the first and second ends being connected, the first and second ends each having the first and second sorting assemblies positioned side-by-side along the width of the modular belt and being staggered between first sorting assemblies at both ends, the first sorting assemblies at the first end being positioned proximate to the first diverting direction and the first sorting assemblies at the second end being positioned proximate to the second diverting direction.

4. The sorter according to claim 1 or 3 wherein the sorting mechanism includes a third sorting assembly, the third sorting assembly includes a swingable second rolling assembly, the layout direction of which is adjustable by a swing manner, the second rolling assembly on the third sorting assembly and the first rolling assembly make the first rolling assembly on the module belt rotatable in the first diversion direction or the second diversion direction by contact friction, so that the goods to be sorted above it are moved in the first diversion direction or the second diversion direction.

5. A sorter as in any of claims 1 to 3 wherein the first rolling assembly includes a plurality of first transfer rollers and the second rolling assembly includes a plurality of second transfer rollers, the plurality of first transfer rollers being arranged side by side along the width of the modular belt, the first transfer rollers being disposed parallel to the transfer direction, each of the second transfer rollers being disposed at an angle of between-90 ° and 90 ° to the transfer direction for contact friction with the first transfer rollers.

6. The sorter of claim 3 wherein the sorter mechanism further includes an intermediate section through which the first and second ends are connected, the intermediate section having the first sorting assembly and the second sorting assembly disposed side-by-side along the conveying direction.

7. The sorter of claim 4 wherein said sorting mechanism further includes an intermediate section, said first and second ends being connected by said intermediate section, said third sorting assembly being disposed in said intermediate section.

8. The sorter of claim 5 wherein each of said second transfer rollers on said first sorter assembly is angled from 30 ° to 60 ° with respect to said conveying direction and each of said second transfer rollers on said second sorter assembly is angled from-30 ° to-60 ° with respect to said conveying direction.

9. A sorting device according to claim 5, characterised in that the angle of each of the second conveying rollers on the third sorting assembly to the conveying direction is switchable between 0 °, α, β, where α is in the range-30 ° to-60 ° and β is in the range 30 ° to 60 °.

10. The sorting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the diversion assembly includes a diversion chute or a diversion conveyor or a diversion rack.

11. An automated sorting system, characterized in that the sorting system comprises separating means, identification means, conveying means, a central control unit, and sorting means according to any of claims 1 to 8;

the separation device separates stacked goods to be sorted and outputs the goods side by side;

the identity recognition device acquires identity information of goods to be sorted and transmits the identity information to the central control unit;

the central control unit defines that each shunting port corresponds to a different sorting address, gives sorting information of the goods according to the acquired identity information, and then transmits the sorting information of the goods to the conveying device and the sorting device;

the conveying device is arranged between the separating device and the sorting device, acquires the sorting information of the goods to be sorted, and asynchronously conveys the side-by-side goods which are output by the separating device and do not accord with the preset side-by-side sorting condition according to the sorting information, so that the goods to be sorted are pulled back and forth along the conveying direction by a certain distance, are not input into the sorting device side by side, are sorted according to a certain sequence, and are simultaneously conveyed to the sorting device side by side for sorting;

the sorting device obtains the sorting information of the goods to be sorted and sorts the goods to be sorted to the corresponding shunting ports.

12. The automated sortation system as claimed in claim 9, wherein said conveyor includes a plurality of narrow conveyors arranged side-by-side.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of goods sorting, in particular to a sorting device and an automatic sorting system.

Background

At present, a large number of automatic sorting devices are adopted in a logistics goods sorting production line, but the existing sorting devices are in a single-side sorting mode, namely, goods to be sorted must be rearranged in an automatic or manual mode before sorting, and generally, goods to be sorted output by a separation device are subjected to single-side edge leaning (or centered) so as to ensure that the goods pass through the sorting devices in a single-row arrangement mode, otherwise, the goods cannot be correctly sorted. For the centered sorting, goods are always transmitted at the center of a transmission line, and the single-row arrangement needs to be kept; for one-way side-by-side sorting, when the goods in single-row arrangement at the side are transmitted to the two-side pre-sorting integration module, the two-side pre-sorting integration module can only move the goods to be sorted in single-row arrangement towards one direction, and single-row arrangement is still needed, for example, the goods to be sorted are uniformly transmitted to the two-side pre-sorting integration module along the single-row arrangement above the module belt after passing through the one-way side-by side module and can only move the goods originally positioned above the module belt to the lower part of the module belt for sorting, the single-side sorting mode can only cause the goods to be sorted to be transmitted and sorted in single-row on the conveyer belt, the conveying area on the module belt is greatly wasted, and the sorting efficiency of the goods is low.

Disclosure of Invention

This application provides a sorting device on the one hand to solve current sorting device and can only list conveying and letter sorting and wait to sort the goods and lead to a large amount of areas on the conveyer belt to be wasted, problem that goods letter sorting is inefficient.

One aspect of the present application provides a sorting device, including a conveying mechanism, at least one sorting mechanism, and a plurality of flow dividing assemblies;

the conveying mechanism comprises a module belt, a first rolling assembly and a first power mechanism, the first rolling assembly is arranged on the module belt, the conveying mechanism is provided with a conveying direction, and the first power mechanism drives the module belt to move along the conveying direction and is used for conveying goods to be sorted;

the sorting mechanism is arranged below the conveying mechanism and comprises a second rolling assembly, the second rolling assembly can be in contact friction with the first rolling assembly, so that the first rolling assembly can rotate along a first diversion direction or a second diversion direction, and the first diversion direction and the second diversion direction are formed on the conveying mechanism, wherein the first diversion direction and the second diversion direction are respectively positioned on two sides of the conveying direction;

the plurality of flow distribution assemblies are arranged in the first flow distribution direction and the second flow distribution direction respectively, and each flow distribution assembly is provided with the corresponding sorting mechanism.

Optionally, the sorting mechanism comprises a first sorting assembly and a second sorting assembly, each of the first sorting assembly and the second sorting assembly has a lifting assembly and a second rolling assembly, the second rolling assembly on the first sorting assembly can perform contact friction with the first rolling assembly through the lifting assembly, so that the goods on the module belts move along the first diversion direction; the second rolling component on the second sorting component can perform contact friction action with the first rolling component through the lifting component, so that the goods on the module belt rotate along the second diversion direction, and the goods to be sorted above the module belt move along the second diversion direction, wherein the lifting component enables the second rolling component to ascend or descend, and therefore the second rolling component is controlled to perform contact friction or separation with the first rolling component.

Optionally, the sorting mechanism has opposite first and second ends along the conveying direction, the first and second ends are connected, the first and second ends are arranged side by side along the width direction of the module belt, and are distributed in a staggered manner between the first sorting components and between the second sorting components at two ends, the first sorting component at the first end is arranged near the first diversion direction, and the first sorting component at the second end is arranged near the second diversion direction.

Optionally, the sorting mechanism includes a third sorting assembly, the third sorting assembly includes a second rolling assembly capable of swinging, the layout direction of the second rolling assembly can be adjusted through a swinging mode, the second rolling assembly on the third sorting assembly and the first rolling assembly can enable the first rolling assembly on the module belt to rotate along the first diversion direction or the second diversion direction through contact friction, and therefore goods to be sorted above the first rolling assembly can move towards the first diversion direction or the second diversion direction.

Optionally, the first rolling assembly includes a plurality of first conveying rollers, the second rolling assembly includes a plurality of second conveying rollers, the plurality of first conveying rollers are distributed side by side along the width direction of the module belt, each first conveying roller is arranged parallel to the conveying direction, each second conveying roller forms an included angle with the conveying direction between-90 ° and 90 °, and contact friction can be achieved with the first conveying rollers.

Optionally, the sorting mechanism further comprises an intermediate section through which the first and second ends are connected, the intermediate section being arranged side by side along the conveying direction with the first and second sorting assemblies.

Optionally, the sorting mechanism further comprises an intermediate section through which the first and second ends are connected, the third sorting assembly being disposed in the intermediate section.

Optionally, each of the second conveying rollers on the first sorting assembly is angled in a range of 30 ° to 60 ° with respect to the conveying direction, and each of the second conveying rollers on the second sorting assembly is angled in a range of-30 ° to-60 ° with respect to the conveying direction.

Optionally, the angle between each second conveying roller on the third sorting assembly and the conveying direction may be switched between 0 °, α, β, where α is in the range of-30 ° to-60 ° and β is in the range of 30 ° to 60 °.

Optionally, the diversion assembly comprises a diversion chute or a diversion conveyor belt or a diversion rack.

Another aspect of the present application provides an automated sorting system comprising a separating apparatus, an identification apparatus, a conveying apparatus, a central control unit, and a sorting apparatus;

the separation device separates stacked goods to be sorted and outputs the goods side by side;

the identity recognition device acquires identity information of goods to be sorted and transmits the identity information to the central control unit;

the central control unit defines that each shunting port corresponds to a different sorting address, gives sorting information of the goods according to the acquired identity information, and then transmits the sorting information of the goods to the conveying device and the sorting device;

the conveying device is arranged between the separating device and the sorting device, acquires the sorting information of the goods to be sorted, and asynchronously conveys the side-by-side goods which are output by the separating device and do not accord with the preset side-by-side sorting condition according to the sorting information, so that the goods to be sorted are pulled back and forth along the conveying direction by a certain distance, are not input into the sorting device side by side, are sorted according to a certain sequence, and are simultaneously conveyed to the sorting device side by side for sorting;

the sorting device obtains the sorting information of the goods to be sorted and sorts the goods to be sorted to the corresponding shunting ports.

Optionally, the conveying means comprises a plurality of narrow conveying mechanisms arranged side by side.

According to the sorting device, the sorting mechanism is arranged below the conveying mechanism, and the second rolling assembly on the sorting mechanism is in contact friction with the first rolling assembly on the module belt, so that the first rolling assembly rotates along the first shunting direction and the second shunting direction, the first shunting direction and the second shunting direction are formed on the conveying mechanism, the goods to be sorted are conveyed and sorted side by side, and the sorting efficiency is improved; simultaneously, when using the sorting device letter sorting goods in this application, treat that the letter sorting goods need not carry out the unilateral and lean on the limit to arrange the process before sorting device, reduced current letter sorting flow step to further improve letter sorting efficiency.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an automated sorting system according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a sorting mechanism according to the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a sorting mechanism according to the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a sorting mechanism according to the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of an embodiment of a second rolling assembly and a conveying direction according to the present application;

fig. 6 is a diagram of the sorting efficiency of an automated sorting system of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be considered as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined as "first", "second", may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

In this application, the word "exemplary" is used to mean "serving as an example, instance, or illustration. Any embodiment described herein as "exemplary" is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments. The following description is presented to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the invention. In the following description, details are set forth for the purpose of explanation. It will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and processes are not shown in detail to avoid obscuring the description of the invention with unnecessary detail. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and features disclosed herein.

The embodiments of the present application provide a sorting apparatus, which will be described in detail below.

First, in an embodiment of the present application, a sorting apparatus is provided, which includes a conveying mechanism, at least one sorting mechanism, and a plurality of flow dividing assemblies; the conveying mechanism comprises a module belt, a first rolling assembly and a first power mechanism, wherein the first rolling assembly is arranged on the module belt, the conveying mechanism is provided with a conveying direction, and the first power mechanism drives the module belt to move along the conveying direction and is used for conveying goods to be sorted; the sorting mechanism is arranged below the conveying mechanism and comprises a second rolling assembly, the second rolling assembly can be in contact friction with the first rolling assembly, so that the first rolling assembly can rotate along a first shunting direction or a second shunting direction, and the first shunting direction and the second shunting direction are formed on the conveying mechanism, wherein the first shunting direction and the second shunting direction are respectively positioned on two sides of the conveying direction; a plurality of reposition of redundant personnel subassemblies set up along first reposition of redundant personnel direction and second reposition of redundant personnel direction respectively, and every reposition of redundant personnel subassembly all is equipped with corresponding letter sorting mechanism.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, in the present embodiment, a sorting apparatus 100 is provided, the sorting apparatus 100 includes a conveying mechanism, at least one sorting mechanism 120, and a plurality of diversion assemblies 130; the conveying mechanism comprises a module belt, a first rolling assembly and a first power mechanism, the first rolling assembly is arranged on the module belt, the conveying mechanism is provided with a conveying direction, and the first power mechanism drives the module belt to move along the conveying direction and is used for conveying goods to be sorted. The sorting mechanism is arranged below the conveying mechanism and comprises a second rolling assembly, the second rolling assembly can be in contact friction with the first rolling assembly, the first rolling assembly rotates along a first diversion direction or a second diversion direction, the first diversion direction and the second diversion direction are formed on the conveying mechanism, and the first diversion direction and the second diversion direction are respectively located on two sides of the conveying direction. A plurality of diverter assemblies 130 are respectively disposed along the first and second diverter directions, each diverter assembly being provided with a corresponding sorting mechanism 120. This application is through the first rolling subassembly contact friction that corresponds on second rolling subassembly and the module area in the letter sorting mechanism for first rolling subassembly rotates along first reposition of redundant personnel direction or second reposition of redundant personnel direction, thereby it realizes waiting conveying side by side and the letter sorting of letter sorting goods to form first reposition of redundant personnel direction and second reposition of redundant personnel direction on the transport mechanism, improves letter sorting efficiency.

Here, it should be noted that the conveying mechanism may be an existing module belt conveying line, the conveying mechanism includes a module belt and a first power mechanism, and the module belt may be a belt conveyor with a first rolling assembly, and includes a support assembly for supporting the first rolling assembly; the first power mechanism can be a motor, and the first power mechanism drives the module belt to move along the conveying direction so as to realize that goods on the module belt move along the conveying direction. Specifically, the first power mechanism may include a driving motor, a synchronous belt, a driving roller and a driven roller, the module belt 110 is wound on the driving roller and the driven roller, and the driving motor drives the driving roller to rotate through the synchronous belt, so that the module belt 110 and the goods to be sorted above the module belt move along the conveying direction.

A plurality of diverter assemblies 130 are respectively disposed along the first and second diverter directions, each diverter assembly being provided with a corresponding sorting mechanism 120. Wherein, every reposition of redundant personnel subassembly 130 all is equipped with corresponding letter sorting mechanism 120, can be that every reposition of redundant personnel subassembly all is equipped with a letter sorting mechanism, for example the reposition of redundant personnel subassembly includes first reposition of redundant personnel subassembly, second reposition of redundant personnel subassembly, the letter sorting mechanism includes first letter sorting mechanism, second letter sorting mechanism, the nth letter sorting mechanism, first letter sorting mechanism corresponds with first reposition of redundant personnel subassembly, the second letter sorting mechanism corresponds with the second reposition of redundant personnel subassembly, the nth letter sorting mechanism corresponds with the nth reposition of redundant personnel subassembly. Sorting mechanism can set up in corresponding reposition of redundant personnel subassembly's top, and sorting mechanism will wait to sort the goods and sort out in order to convey to the reposition of redundant personnel subassembly that corresponds.

In the embodiment of the present application, the sorting mechanism 120 is disposed below the module belt 110, so that the space below the module belt 110 can be effectively utilized, and the structure of the sorting device 100 is more compact and the appearance is better.

In the embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 4, the sorting mechanism 120 includes a first sorting assembly 121, a second sorting assembly 122 and a third sorting assembly 123. The first sorting unit 121 is capable of cooperating with the first rolling unit on the module belt 110, so that the goods to be sorted on the module belt 110 corresponding to the first sorting unit 121 can move in the conveying direction (i.e. the horizontal arrow direction) and the first diverting direction (i.e. the oblique downward arrow direction); the second sorting module 121 can cooperate with the first rolling module on the module belt 110 to move the goods to be sorted on the module belt 110 corresponding to the second sorting module 122 in the conveying direction (i.e. horizontal arrow direction) and the second diverting direction (i.e. oblique upward arrow direction); the third sorting module 123 cooperates with the first rolling module on the module belt 110, so that the goods to be sorted on the module belt 110 corresponding to the third sorting module 123 can move in the conveying direction (i.e. the horizontal arrow direction), the first diverting direction (i.e. the obliquely downward direction), and the second diverting direction (i.e. the obliquely upward arrow direction).

The first sorting assembly 121 and the second sorting assembly 122 are respectively provided with a lifting assembly and a second rolling assembly, the second rolling assembly on the first sorting assembly 121 and the second rolling assembly on the second sorting assembly 122 are respectively arranged at intervals with the first rolling assembly, and the lifting assembly controls the second rolling assembly to ascend or descend so as to control the second rolling assembly to contact, rub or separate with the first rolling assembly. The second rolling assemblies on the first sorting assembly 121 can make the goods on the module belt 110 move along the first diversion direction through contact friction with the first rolling assemblies, and the second rolling assemblies on the second sorting assembly 122 can make the goods on the module belt 110 rotate along the second diversion direction through contact friction with the first rolling assemblies, so that the goods to be sorted above the second diversion direction move along the second diversion direction. For example, when the goods a to be sorted move on the module belt 110 along the conveying direction, the goods a located on the module belt 110 and near one side of the first sorting direction need to be sorted to the next diverting assembly 130 located in the first diverting direction, when the goods a are conveyed to the position on the module belt corresponding to the corresponding first sorting assembly 121, the lifting assembly in the first sorting assembly 121 controls the second rolling assembly on the first sorting assembly 121 to lift to contact and rub with the first rolling assembly on the module belt 110, so that the first rolling assembly rotates toward the first diverting direction, and the goods a are diverted to the diverting assembly 130 in the first diverting direction. The principle of the second sorting assembly 122 cooperating with the modular belt 110 for sorting is similar to that of the first sorting assembly 121, and will not be repeated.

The third sorting assembly 123 has a second rolling assembly capable of performing a swing function, the second rolling assembly on the third sorting assembly 123 can swing on a plane parallel to the module belt 110, and the goods to be sorted on the position corresponding to the third sorting assembly 123 on the module belt 110 can move towards the conveying direction (for example, when the rolling direction of the second rolling assembly is perpendicular to the rolling direction of the first rolling assembly on the module belt) by adjusting the contact friction angle between the second rolling assembly on the third sorting assembly 123 and the first rolling assembly, the first diversion direction, and the second diversion direction. It should be noted that the second rolling assembly on the third sorting assembly 123 may be in constant frictional contact with the first rolling assembly on the module belt 110, and the lifting assembly may not be provided.

It should be noted that the second conveying rollers of the first sorting assembly 121 and the second sorting assembly 122 are fixedly disposed, that is, after the second conveying rollers of the first sorting assembly 121 and the second sorting assembly 122 are set according to a fixed layout angle with the conveying direction, in the process of sorting the goods, the relative angle between the second conveying rollers and the conveying direction cannot be adjusted any more, and the second rolling assemblies of the third sorting assembly 123 can adjust the relative angle between the second conveying rollers and the conveying direction by swinging in the process of sorting the goods, so as to cooperate with the first rollers of the module belt to realize that the goods to be sorted move towards the conveying direction, the first diversion direction, and the second diversion direction.

In the embodiment of the present application, the first rolling assembly includes a plurality of first conveying rollers, the second rolling assembly includes a plurality of second conveying rollers 124, each of the first conveying rollers is disposed parallel to the conveying direction, each of the second conveying rollers 124 forms an angle between-90 ° and 90 ° with the conveying direction, the second conveying rollers 124 contact and generate friction with the first conveying rollers on the module belt 110, and generate a friction component force along the left side or the right side of the conveying direction, and the friction component force drives the first conveying rollers to rotate towards the left side or the right side, so that the goods to be sorted on the corresponding module belt are turned along the left side or the right side. Of course, in other embodiments of the present invention, the first rolling assembly and the second rolling assembly may be balls.

Further, each second conveying roller 124 on the first sorting assembly 121 forms an angle with the conveying direction in the range of 30 ° to 60 °; each second transfer roller 124 of the second picking assembly 122 is disposed at an angle ranging from-30 ° to-60 ° with respect to the transfer direction, so that the first transfer roller rubbing against the second transfer roller 124 is subjected to a larger frictional driving force in the first and second directions. Specifically, the outer diameter of the first conveying roller is 10-30mm, preferably 20mm, the size of the second conveying roller may be the same as that of the first conveying roller, the included angle between each second conveying roller on the first sorting assembly 121 and the conveying direction may be 30 °, 45 ° and 60 °, that is, the included angle between each second conveying roller and each first conveying roller is 30 °, 45 ° and 60 °, the second conveying roller 124 on the first sorting assembly 121 contacts and generates friction with the first conveying roller on the module belt 110, and generates a friction component force in the right direction, and the friction component force drives the first conveying roller to rotate to the right; each second transfer roller 124 on the second sorting assembly 122 may be angled-30, -45, -60 from the conveying direction, and the second transfer roller 124 on the second sorting assembly 122 contacts and generates friction with the first transfer roller on the module belt 110 and generates a friction component in the left direction that drives the first transfer roller to rotate to the left. Note that 30 ° indicates a direction in which the conveying direction is rotated 30 ° to the right, and-30 ° indicates a direction in which the conveying direction is rotated 30 ° to the left.

Specifically, referring to fig. 5, an embodiment of the structure of the second conveying rollers 124 and the conveying direction in the embodiment of the present application is schematically illustrated, wherein an included angle between each second conveying roller 124 on the first sorting assembly 121 and the conveying direction (arrow line direction) is 45 °, and an included angle between each second conveying roller 124 on the second sorting assembly 122 and the conveying direction is-45 °.

In the present embodiment, the angle between each second conveying roller 124 on the third sorting assembly and the conveying direction can be switched between 0 °, α, β, where α ranges from-30 ° to-60 °, and β ranges from 30 ° to 60 °. When the included angle between each second conveying roller 124 on the third sorting assembly and the conveying direction is 0 degree, although the second conveying rollers 124 on the third sorting assembly are in contact with the first conveying rollers on the module belts and generate friction, because the direction of the friction force is parallel to the conveying direction, the first conveying rollers do not rotate, and the goods to be sorted on the corresponding module belts are still conveyed along the conveying direction; when the included angle between each second conveying roller on the third sorting assembly and the conveying direction is alpha, the second conveying rollers on the third sorting assembly are in contact with the first conveying rollers on the module belt to generate friction, and the friction component force along the left direction is provided, the friction component force drives the first conveying rollers to rotate towards the left side, and goods to be sorted on the corresponding module belt are turned along the left side (namely, the second diversion direction rotates); when the angle between each second conveying roller on the third sorting assembly and the conveying direction is beta, the second conveying rollers on the third sorting assembly contact with the first conveying rollers on the module belt and generate friction, and the friction component force along the right direction drives the first conveying rollers to rotate towards the right side (namely, the second diversion direction rotates).

The first sorting assembly, the second sorting assembly and the third sorting assembly can be used in combination, and the specific combination can be seen in fig. 2-4 (partially combined mode is shown), each sorting assembly can be controlled to realize whether to make contact friction with the first rolling assembly according to actual needs so as to cooperate together, and the combination achieves the effect of realizing the preset sorting purpose, which will be described in detail below.

In the present embodiment, the sorting mechanism 120 includes a first sorting assembly 121 and a second sorting assembly 122 arranged in parallel. Specifically, only one first sorting assembly 121 and one second sorting assembly 122 may be included and arranged in parallel, the sorting mechanism 120 sorts the goods to be sorted located on one side of the first diversion direction of the conveying mechanism to the diversion port corresponding to one side of the first diversion direction through the first sorting assembly 121, and moves the goods to be sorted located on one side of the second diversion direction of the conveying mechanism to the diversion port corresponding to one side of the second diversion direction through the second sorting assembly 122, so that the sorting device 100 in the present application realizes the side-by-side sorting of the goods to be sorted, and the sorting efficiency is improved. In addition, because the letter sorting mechanism 120 in this application can realize sorting side by side, consequently treat that the letter sorting goods need not carry out the unilateral and lean on the limit arrangement process before sorting device 100, reduced current letter sorting flow step, further improved the letter sorting efficiency of waiting to sort the goods.

In the embodiment of the present application, the first diversion direction and the second diversion direction correspond to the left direction and the right direction of the conveying mechanism, the first diversion direction and the second diversion direction are respectively perpendicular to the conveying direction, the diversion assemblies 130 are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the conveying mechanism, and one diversion assembly 130 is arranged on each of the left and right sides behind each sorting mechanism 120. The shunting assembly 130 comprises a shunting chute, a shunting port is arranged at the joint of the shunting chute and the transmission mechanism, and goods to be sorted enter the shunting chute through the shunting port.

Referring to fig. 2 to 4, in the embodiment of the present application, the sorting mechanism 120 includes a first sorting module 121 and a second sorting module 122 arranged in parallel. Specifically, the sorting mechanism 120 includes a plurality of first sorting assemblies 121 and a plurality of second sorting assemblies 122, the sorting mechanism 120 has a first end and a second end opposite to each other along the conveying direction of the module belt 110, the first end is located in front of the second end along the conveying direction, the first end and the second end are respectively provided with the first sorting assemblies 121 and the second sorting assemblies 122 side by side in the width direction of the module belt, and the first sorting assemblies at both ends and the second sorting assemblies are distributed in a staggered manner; the staggered distribution refers to the distribution of the connection lines between the first sorting components at both ends and the connection lines between the second sorting components at both ends in a cross structure, for example, the first sorting component 121 at the first end is disposed along the width direction of the module tape and close to the first shunting direction, and the first sorting component 121 at the second end is disposed along the width direction of the module tape and close to the second shunting direction; the second picking assembly 122 at the first end is disposed along the width of the modular belt and adjacent to the second diverting direction, and the second picking assembly 121 at the second end is disposed along the width of the modular belt and adjacent to the first diverting direction. In the present embodiment, the first sorting assembly 121 and the second sorting assembly 122 are disposed side by side at the first end and the second end of the sorting mechanism 120 in the width direction of the modular belt, so that the sorting device 100 in the present application is suitable for sorting more side by side goods, for example, sorting the goods to be sorted in the first diversion direction on the modular belt 110 to the diversion port in the first diversion direction or the second diversion direction, and sorting the goods to be sorted in the second diversion direction on the modular belt 110 to the diversion port in the first diversion direction or the second diversion direction.

Specifically, the above has specifically described the situation that the sorting mechanism 120 sorts the goods to be sorted in the first diversion direction on the module belt 110 to the diversion port in the first diversion direction, and the following specifically describes the case that the sorting mechanism 120 sorts the goods to be sorted in the first diversion direction on the module belt 110 to the diversion port in the second diversion direction as an example. For example, when the goods to be sorted are transported on the module belt 110 along the transporting direction, and the goods a on the module belt 110 and near one side of the first diverting direction need to be sorted to the next diverting assembly 130 on the second diverting direction, the goods a is first transported to the module belt corresponding to the second diverting mechanism 122 at the second end of the sorting mechanism 120 corresponding to the diverting assembly 130, the lifting assembly in the second diverting mechanism 122 controls the second rolling assembly on the first diverting assembly 121 to contact and rub with the first rolling assembly on the module belt, so that the goods a is diverted towards the first diverting direction, and is transported to the module belt corresponding to the second sorting mechanism 122 at the first end of the sorting mechanism 120, at this time, the goods a has moved from one side of the first diverting direction to one side of the second diverting direction, at this time, the lifting assembly in the second sorting mechanism 122 at the first end controls the second rolling assembly on the second sorting mechanism 122 to contact and rub with the first rolling assembly on the module belt, the goods a continue to be diverted in the second diverting direction and sorted to the diverting assembly 130 corresponding to the second diverting direction.

In the embodiment of the present application, the first end and the second end may be spliced without a gap, or there may be a smaller gap, for example, the first end and the second end are spliced with a gap smaller than 1cm, or there may be an intermediate section between the first end and the second end, the intermediate section is provided with a plurality of first sorting assemblies 121, and/or second sorting assemblies 122, and/or third sorting assemblies 123, and on the same plane, there may be a smaller gap, for example, 0.5mm to 20mm, between the first sorting assemblies 121, the second sorting assemblies 122, and the third sorting assemblies 133. Sorting mechanism 120 is formed by modular sorting subassembly concatenation combination, and the modular design is favorable to assembling and maintaining sorting mechanism 120.

In the present embodiment, the sorting mechanism 120 has opposite first and second ends along the conveying direction of the module belt 110, the first and second ends being connected by the intermediate section, and the intermediate section is provided with the first sorting assembly 121 and the second sorting assembly 122 side by side along the conveying direction. Specifically, referring to fig. 2 and 3, two sorting mechanisms 120 according to the embodiment of the present invention are schematically shown, the sorting mechanism 120 includes 3 first sorting assemblies 121 and 3 second sorting assemblies 122, and the sorting mechanism 120 has a first end and a second end opposite to each other along the conveying direction of the module belt 110. On the first end and the second end, a first sorting module 121 and a second sorting module 122 are arranged side by side along the width direction of the module belt, the first sorting module 121 and the second sorting module 122 have equal length and width, for example, the sorting modules may be the same size, and the total width of the first sorting module 121 and the second sorting module 122 is slightly smaller than the width of the module belt 110 for convenient arrangement. The first sorting module 121 of the first end of the sorting mechanism 120 is disposed along the center line of the width direction of the module belt 110 and close to the first diverting direction, the first sorting module 121 of the second end of the sorting mechanism 120 is disposed along the center line of the width direction of the module belt 110 and close to the second diverting direction, that is, the first sorting module 121 and the second sorting module 122 are respectively disposed at the left and right sides of the center line of the width direction of the module belt 110, that is, the first sorting module 121 and the second sorting module 122 are disposed at the first end and the second end of the sorting mechanism 120 in parallel, wherein the first sorting module 121 and the second sorting module 122 are disposed in a diagonal direction between the first end and the second end, and further, the third first sorting module 121 and the third second sorting module 122 are disposed between the first end and the second end of the sorting mechanism 120, and one end of the third first sorting module 121 at the middle position of the width direction of the module belt 110 is disposed close to the first end of the sorting mechanism 120, the other end of the third first picking assembly 121 is disposed near one end of the third second picking assembly 122, and the other end of the third second picking assembly 122 is disposed near the second end of the picking mechanism 120. Of course, in the embodiment of the present application, the front and back positions of the third first sorting assembly 122 and the third second sorting assembly 121 along the conveying direction may be interchanged.

In other embodiments of the present application, the sorting mechanism 120 has first and second opposite ends along the direction of conveyance of the modular belt 110 with at least one third sorting assembly 123 disposed therebetween. The second rolling assemblies on the third sorting assembly 123 make the first rolling assemblies in contact with the third sorting assembly rotate in the first diversion direction or in the second diversion direction, so that the goods to be sorted on the corresponding module belts move in the first diversion direction or the second diversion direction. Specifically, referring to fig. 4, another possible sorting mechanism 120 provided by the embodiment of the present application includes 2 first sorting assemblies 121, 2 second sorting assemblies 122, and 1 third sorting assembly 123. The sorting mechanism 120 has opposite first and second ends in the conveying direction of the module belt 110. On the first end and the second end, a first sorting module 121 and a second sorting module 122 are arranged side by side along the width direction of the module belt, the first sorting module 121 and the second sorting module 122 have equal length and width, for example, the sorting modules may be the same size, and the total width of the first sorting module 121 and the second sorting module 122 is slightly smaller than the width of the module belt 110 for convenient arrangement. The first sorting module 121 of the first end of the sorting mechanism 120 is disposed along the center line of the module belt 110 in the width direction and close to the first diverging direction, the first sorting module 121 of the second end of the sorting mechanism 120 is disposed along the center line of the module belt 110 in the width direction and close to the second diverging direction, that is, the first sorting assembly 121 and the second sorting assembly 122 are respectively disposed at the left and right sides of the center line along the width direction of the module belt 110, that is, the first end and the second end of the sorting mechanism 120 are provided with the first sorting assembly 121 and the second sorting assembly 122 in parallel, wherein, the first sorting assembly 121 and the second sorting assembly 122 at the first and second ends are arranged along the diagonal direction, and in addition, one end of the third sorting assembly 123 is arranged near the first end of the sorting mechanism 120, the other end of the third sorting assembly 123 is arranged near the second end of the sorting mechanism 120, and the third sorting assembly 123 is located at the middle position of the module belt 110. In the embodiment of the present application, a third sorting component 123 is disposed between the first end and the second end of the sorting mechanism 120, since the third sorting component 123 can divert the goods at the corresponding position on the module belt toward the first diversion direction or the second diversion direction, when the same function is achieved, the third sorting component 123 can replace a set of the first sorting component 121 and the second sorting component 122 which are matched with each other, the number of the first sorting component 121 and the second sorting component 122 can be effectively reduced, and the size of the sorting mechanism 120 can be further reduced.

In other embodiments of the present application, the sorting mechanism 200 may also include only the third sorting mechanisms 123, at least some of the third sorting mechanisms 123 are arranged side by side along the width direction of the module belt 110, and cooperate with the module belt 110 to realize the sorting of the goods side by side on the module belt, and the principle of the side by side sorting is similar to that described above and will not be repeated.

The present application also provides an automatic sorting system, referring to fig. 1, which includes a separating device 200, an identification device 300, a conveying device 400, a central control unit (not shown), and a sorting device 100. The separating apparatus 200 separates stacked goods to be sorted and outputs the goods side by side. The identification device 300 acquires identification information of goods to be sorted and transmits the identification information to the central control unit. Each diversion assembly 130 is provided with a diversion port, the central control unit defines that each diversion port corresponds to a different sorting address, gives sorting information of the goods according to the acquired identity information, and then transmits the sorting information of the goods to the conveying device 400 and the sorting device 100; the conveying device 400 is arranged between the separating device 200 and the sorting device 100, the conveying device 400 acquires sorting information of goods to be sorted, and asynchronously conveys the goods which are output by the separating device 200 and do not accord with preset parallel sorting conditions according to the acquired sorting information, so that the goods are separated by a certain distance along the front and back of the conveying direction, are not input into the sorting device side by side, are sorted according to a certain sequence, and are conveyed to the sorting device 100 side by side for sorting; the sorting apparatus 100 acquires sorting information of the goods to be sorted, and sorts the goods to be sorted to the corresponding diversion ports. The sorting device in this application embodiment can realize the automatic sorting of goods in first reposition of redundant personnel direction and second reposition of redundant personnel direction, reduces the letter sorting cost of goods, improves letter sorting efficiency.

Specifically, the central control unit defines that the diversion port of each diversion assembly 130 corresponds to different sorting addresses, for example, the plurality of diversion ports respectively correspond to different sorting addresses where goods to be sorted need to be transported to beijing, tianjin, shanghai, guangzhou, and the like, and the central control unit designates the corresponding diversion port for the different sorting addresses. Goods to be sorted are generally stacked, the goods to be sorted in the stacked state are output side by side after passing through the separating device 200, it should be noted that the side by side output means that the separating device 200 outputs 2 goods to be sorted side by side at a time (a plurality of side by side output systems can be combined, of course), a proper distance needs to be kept between two goods to be output side by side at the previous time and two goods to be output side by side at the next time, the distance needs to meet the requirement that the transmission of adjacent goods on the module belt 110 is not influenced when one goods or goods to be sorted side by side, the separating device 200 can be a conveying belt conveyor and mechanical arms arranged on two sides of the conveying belt conveyor, the goods to be sorted in the stacked state are separated through the mechanical arms, and then the goods are put into corresponding positions of the conveying belt conveyor belt and output side by side, of course, the separating device 200 can also be other devices with similar functions. The goods to be sorted, which are output side by side, are transferred to the sorting apparatus 100 through the id recognition apparatus 300 and the transfer apparatus 400 in sequence. The central control unit gives the sorting information of the goods according to the acquired identity information of the goods to be sorted, for example, a diversion port of the goods to be sorted is specified, the sorting information is transmitted to the conveying device 400 and the sorting mechanism 120, the conveying device 400 judges whether the parallel sorting condition is met or not after receiving the sorting information of the goods to be sorted, the goods which are not met with the parallel sorting condition are pulled back and forth by a certain distance along the transmission direction through asynchronous transmission, the goods to be sorted which are originally arranged side by side are not transmitted to the sorting device 100 side by side any more, the goods to be sorted are subjected to single-row sorting on the sorting device 100, and the goods which are met with the parallel sorting condition are transmitted to the sorting device 100 side by side for sorting.

In some embodiments of the present application, the identification device 300 includes a scanner or visual identifier. For example, the scanner scans a barcode on the goods to be sorted to obtain identity information, which may include information such as a sorting address, a weight, a morphological feature, and the like of the goods to be sorted.

In some embodiments of the present application, the conveying device 400 includes a plurality of narrow conveying mechanisms (not shown) arranged side by side, each narrow conveying mechanism includes a conveying belt and a second power mechanism corresponding to the conveying belt, and the conveying speed of each narrow conveying mechanism is controlled by the second power mechanism to pull apart the side by side goods that cannot be sorted side by a certain distance, so that the goods are not conveyed side by side any more. Of course, in other embodiments of the present invention, the baffles may be disposed on the conveyor belt to pull the goods that cannot be sorted side by side back and forth along the conveying direction by a certain distance, so that the goods that are originally conveyed side by side are no longer conveyed side by side.

Treat that the letter sorting goods is two and arrange when conveying and letter sorting on transmission device, mainly need solve the letter sorting problem to the goods side by side, use the condition that the goods of waiting to sort export side by side through separator 200 as the example below, further explain automatic sorting process of automatic sorting system in this application. Assuming that the goods 1 and 2 are output from the separating device 200 side by side, wherein the goods 1 corresponds to the position in the first diversion direction of the module belt 110 and the goods 2 corresponds to the position in the second diversion direction of the module belt 110, the following will discuss the situation in groups and give a sorting plan for the goods 1 and 2 side by side:

in case 1, assuming that the diversion port corresponding to the goods 1 is located in the first diversion direction and the diversion port corresponding to the goods 2 is located in the second diversion direction, the goods 1 and the goods 2 can reach the corresponding diversion ports for sorting under the cooperation of the module belt 110 and the sorting mechanism 120, and in this case, the goods can be sorted side by side;

in case 2, assuming that the diversion port corresponding to the cargo 1 is located in the first diversion direction, and the diversion port corresponding to the cargo 2 is also located in the first diversion direction, in this case, the first sub-case is that the diversion port corresponding to the cargo 1 is located in front of the diversion port corresponding to the cargo 2, that is, the cargo 1 is sorted to the corresponding diversion port before the cargo 2, at this time, the cargo 1 is conveyed to the diversion port by the module belt 110 and the sorting mechanism 120 in a matching manner and then the cargo 2 is conveyed to the diversion port corresponding to the first diversion direction by the module belt 110 and the other sorting mechanism 120 in a matching manner to be sorted, and the cargo can be sorted side by side; the second seed situation is that the diffluent mouth that goods 1 corresponds is located the rear of the diffluent mouth that goods 2 corresponds, under this condition, the goods is not conform to the condition of sorting side by side, can separate goods 1 and goods 2 side by side through conveyer 400, make it no longer convey to module area 110 side by side, can be goods 2 earlier through letter sorting mechanism 120 with take 110 cooperation to remove to the diffluent mouth that first shunting direction corresponds through the module and sort, goods 1 rethread module area 110 and letter sorting mechanism 120 are through the cooperation remove to the diffluent mouth that first shunting direction corresponds and sort.

And 3, assuming that the diversion port corresponding to the goods 1 is located in the second diversion direction and the diversion port corresponding to the goods 2 is located in the first diversion direction, under the condition, the side-by-side goods do not accord with the side-by-side sorting condition, the side-by-side goods 1 and the goods 2 can be separated through the conveying device 400 and are not conveyed to the module belt 110 side by side any more, the goods 2 can be sorted firstly through the sorting mechanism 120 and the diversion port corresponding to the first diversion direction through the matched movement of the module belt 110, and the goods 1 can be sorted through the diversion port corresponding to the second diversion direction through the matched movement of the module belt 110 and the sorting mechanism 120.

In case 4, assuming that the diversion port corresponding to the cargo 1 is located in the second diversion direction, and the diversion port corresponding to the cargo 2 is located in the second diversion direction, in this case, the first sub-case is that the diversion port corresponding to the cargo 1 is located behind the diversion port corresponding to the cargo 2, that is, the cargo 2 is sorted to the corresponding diversion port before the cargo 1, at this time, after the cargo 2 is cooperatively conveyed to the corresponding diversion port by the module belt 110 and the sorting mechanism 120 to be sorted, the cargo 1 is moved to the diversion port corresponding to the second diversion direction by the module belt 110 and the other sorting mechanism 120 to be sorted, and the cargo can be sorted side by side; the second sub-situation is that the diversion port corresponding to the cargo 1 is located in front of the diversion port corresponding to the cargo 2, in this case, the side-by-side cargo does not meet the side-by-side sorting condition, the cargo 1 and the cargo 2 can be separated by the conveying device 400 and not be in side-by-side, and the cargo 1 can be moved to the second diversion direction by the module belt 110 and the sorting mechanism 120, and then conveyed to the corresponding diversion port for sorting.

Since the probability of the above cases 1, 2, 3 and 4 occurring on the side-by-side goods 1 and 2 is equal, in order to further illustrate the sorting efficiency of the automatic sorting system in the present application, assuming that the sorting efficiency of the automatic single-row sorting is 1 and the total number of the branch ports is M, the sorting efficiency of each of the cases 1, 2, 3 and 4 is 1/4. In case 1, all the goods to be sorted side by side satisfy the side by side sorting condition, and the corresponding sorting efficiency is (1/4) × 2; in case 2, the first sub-case satisfies the side-by-side sorting condition, which corresponds to a sorting efficiency of 1/4 × 2 (M)²-M)/2M²+1/4*(M²+M)/2M²(ii) a In case 3, all the goods to be sorted side by side do not satisfy the side by side sorting condition, and the corresponding efficiency is 1/4; in case 4, the first sub-case satisfies the side-by-side sorting condition, which corresponds to a sorting efficiency of 1/4 × 2 (M)²-M)/2M²+1/4*(M²+M)/2M²Thus, the automated sorting system of the present application has a sorting efficiency of (1/4) × 2+1/4+1/4 × (M) 2 × (M)²-M)/2M²+1/4*(M²+M)/2M²+1/4*2*(M²-M)/2M²+1/4*(M²+M)/2M²＝0.75+(3M²-M)/8M²The curve of the number of the branch ports corresponding to the sorting efficiency is shown in fig. 6, and as can be seen from fig. 6, when the number of the branch ports is greater than 3, the sorting efficiency can be improved by more than 40%.

In the above embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment may refer to the above detailed descriptions of other embodiments, and are not described herein again.

The lifting device provided by the embodiment of the invention is described in detail, a specific example is applied in the description to explain the principle and the implementation of the invention, and the description of the embodiment is only used for helping to understand the method and the core idea of the invention; meanwhile, for those skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present invention, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present invention.