阅读说明：本技术 一种单件分离设备 (Single piece separation equipment ) 是由 舒征 湛进 何龙 牛权 郑燕林 于 2021-09-15 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开一种单件分离设备,所述单件分离设备包括支架、皮带机组及位置识别器。所述皮带机组安装在所述支架内,所述皮带机组的数量至少有一列,所述一列皮带机组内包括多个所述皮带机组,多个所述皮带机组的排布方向与所述皮带机组的运行方向垂直,其中,每个所述皮带机组可单独运行；所述位置识别器安装在所述支架上,且位于所述皮带机组的上方,以用于采集物件的位置信息。本发明的单件分离设备,能够提高快递包裹的分拣效率,同时提高分拣的准确度。(The invention discloses single piece separating equipment which comprises a support, a belt unit and a position identifier. The belt units are arranged in the support, the number of the belt units is at least one row, the belt units in one row comprise a plurality of belt units, the arrangement direction of the belt units is vertical to the running direction of the belt units, and each belt unit can run independently; the position identifier is installed on the support and located above the belt unit so as to be used for collecting position information of the object. The single piece separating equipment can improve the sorting efficiency of express packages and improve the sorting accuracy.)

1. A single piece separating apparatus, comprising:

a support;

the belt units are arranged in the support, the number of the belt units is at least one row, the belt units in one row comprise a plurality of belt units, the arrangement direction of the belt units is vertical to the running direction of the belt units, and each belt unit can run independently; and

the position recognizer is installed on the support and located above the belt unit and used for collecting position information of the object.

2. The single piece separating apparatus of claim 1, wherein said belt assembly includes a housing, said housing including a left support plate and a right support plate, two said belt assemblies being arranged in a set, wherein the right support plate of one of said belt assemblies is fixedly connected to the right support plate of the other of said belt assemblies by a connecting member.

3. The piece separating apparatus of claim 2, wherein the belt assembly further comprises a drive assembly including a first pulley, a second pulley, and a belt, the first pulley and the second pulley being disposed on the housing, the first pulley and the second pulley being connected by the belt; and the first belt pulley, the second belt pulley and the belt of any one of the belt sets are positioned in the shell of the other belt set.

4. The singulator separation device of claim 3, wherein said drive assembly further includes a motor disposed on and within said housing, a motor shaft of said motor being connected to said first pulley.

5. A single piece separating apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the number of said belt assemblies is 3 to 6 rows and a plurality of said belt assemblies are arranged in the direction of travel of said belt assemblies.

6. The piece separating apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the belt assembly further comprises a driving wheel, a first rotating wheel, a second rotating wheel and a conveyor belt, the first rotating wheel is disposed at one end of the belt assembly, the second rotating wheel is disposed at the other end of the belt assembly, the driving wheel is disposed below the first rotating wheel and the second rotating wheel, and the driving wheel, the first rotating wheel and the second rotating wheel are connected through the conveyor belt.

7. The singulator separation device of claim 6, wherein said belt assembly further includes an adjustment wheel and an adjustment member, said adjustment wheel being in contact with said conveyor belt, said adjustment wheel being disposed between and below said first and second wheels and above said drive wheel; the number of regulating parts sets up to two, two the regulating part sets up respectively the both sides of regulating wheel to make the regulating wheel along the direction that the conveyer belt moved is portable.

8. The singulator separation device of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the number of said position identifiers is two, two of said position identifiers being provided on said support, said position identifiers being cameras.

9. The single piece separating apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 4 further comprising two baffles, said baffles being disposed on either side of the direction of travel of said belt assembly.

10. The piece of separating apparatus of any of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a host and a display, the host being disposed adjacent to the support, the host being connected to the display, the display being fixedly mounted on the support.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of logistics sorting, in particular to single piece separating equipment.

Background

Along with the rapid development of artificial intelligence, the number of people for online shopping is more and more, and therefore the number of express packages is gradually increased. In order to facilitate sorting of express packages, a large number of packages stacked together need to be separated before sorting of the packages, and then the separated packages are sorted. However, at present, the work of separating a large amount of parcels is mainly completed manually by workers, but the number of express parcels is huge, a large amount of time and manpower are needed to be spent for separating the express parcels, and the efficiency of separating single parcels is low.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide single piece separating equipment, and aims to improve the sorting efficiency of express packages and improve the sorting accuracy.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a single piece separating apparatus, which includes a support, a belt unit, and a position identifier. The belt units are arranged in the support, the number of the belt units is at least one row, the belt units in one row comprise a plurality of belt units, the arrangement direction of the belt units is vertical to the running direction of the belt units, and each belt unit can run independently; the position identifier is installed on the support and located above the belt unit so as to be used for collecting position information of the object.

Optionally, the belt unit includes the casing, the casing includes left branch fagging and right branch fagging, two the belt feeder group sets up to a set of, wherein, a set of one in the belt unit the right branch fagging of belt unit, with another the right branch fagging of belt unit passes through connecting piece fixed connection together.

Optionally, the belt unit further includes a driving assembly, the driving assembly includes a first belt pulley, a second belt pulley and a belt, the first belt pulley and the second belt pulley are disposed on the housing, and the first belt pulley and the second belt pulley are connected through the belt; and the first belt pulley, the second belt pulley and the belt of any one of the belt sets are positioned in the shell of the other belt set.

Optionally, the driving assembly further includes a motor disposed on and in the housing, and a motor shaft of the motor is connected to the first pulley.

Optionally, the number of the belt units is 3-6, and the belt units are arranged in multiple rows along the running direction of the belt units.

Optionally, the belt unit still includes action wheel, first runner, second runner and conveyer belt, first runner sets up the one end of belt unit, the second runner sets up the other end of belt unit, the action wheel sets up first runner with the below of second runner, the action wheel first runner with pass through between the second runner the conveyer belt is connected.

Optionally, the belt unit further includes an adjusting wheel and an adjusting member, the adjusting wheel is in contact with the conveyor belt, and the adjusting wheel is disposed between the first rotating wheel and the second rotating wheel, below the first rotating wheel and the second rotating wheel, and above the driving wheel; the number of regulating parts sets up to two, two the regulating part sets up respectively the both sides of regulating wheel to make the regulating wheel along the direction that the conveyer belt moved is portable.

Optionally, the number of the position identifiers is two, the two position identifiers are arranged on the bracket, and the position identifier is a camera.

Optionally, the single piece separating device further comprises two baffle plates, and the two baffle plates are arranged on two sides of the running direction of the belt unit.

Optionally, the piece separating device further comprises a host and a display, the host and the support are arranged adjacently, the host is connected with the display, and the display is fixedly mounted on the support.

According to the technical scheme, at least one row of belt units are arranged in the support, the belt units comprise a plurality of belt units, the operation of each belt unit is independent and is not influenced by other belt units, and when a large number of messy and disordered express parcels are accumulated on or reach the inlet of each belt unit, one or more belt units are controlled to operate, so that the object flows out through the belt units. As for the position recognizer, then be used for judging the positional information of express delivery parcel on the belt unit. Through this single splitter, can realize orderly the outflow behind a large amount of unordered articles of thing through this single splitter to this improves the letter sorting efficiency of express delivery parcel.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of a single piece separating apparatus of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the structure of FIG. 1 from another perspective;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the belt assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the belt assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view taken at A in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic illustration of a set of belt assemblies of FIG. 1;

fig. 7 is an enlarged view at B in fig. 6.

The reference numbers illustrate:

reference numerals	Name (R)	Reference numerals	Name (R)
				10	Support frame	24	First rotary wheel
20	Belt unit	25	Second rotating wheel
				21	Shell body	26	Conveyor belt
211	Left support plate	27	Regulating wheel
				212	Right support plate	28	Adjusting part
22	Drive assembly	29	Connecting piece
				221	Electric machine	30	Position recognizer
222	First belt pulley	40	Baffle plate
				223	Second belt pulley	50	Main unit
224	Leather belt	60	Display device
				23	Driving wheel

The implementation, functional features and advantages of the objects of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.

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.

It should be noted that, if directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, and back … …) are involved in the embodiment of the present invention, the directional indications are only used to explain the relative positional relationship between the components, the movement situation, and the like in a specific posture (as shown in the drawing), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indications are changed accordingly.

In addition, if there is a description of "first", "second", etc. in an embodiment of the present invention, the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, if appearing throughout the text, "and/or" is meant to include three juxtaposed aspects, taking "A and/or B" as an example, including either the A aspect, or the B aspect, or both A and B satisfied aspects. In addition, technical solutions between various embodiments may be combined with each other, but must be realized by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in an embodiment of the present invention, the single piece separating apparatus includes a support 10, a belt assembly 20, and a position identifier 30. The belt units 20 are installed in the support 10, the number of the belt units 20 is at least one row, one row of the belt units 20 comprises a plurality of belt units 20, the arrangement direction of the plurality of belt units 20 is vertical to the running direction of the belt units 20, and each belt unit 20 can run independently; the position identifier 30 is mounted on the stand 10 and located above the belt unit 20 for collecting position information of the object.

Specifically, the material of the bracket 10 is a hard material, and as for the type of the hard material, the hard material may be a hard material such as ABS, HIPS, PP, PC, or the like, or a metal or alloy material, and the like, and there is no specific limitation here. As for the number of the belt units 20, at least one row of the belt units 20 is installed at the bottom of the frame 10, and the row of the belt units 20 is arranged in a direction perpendicular to the running direction of the belt units 20. This piece splitter is mainly applied to express delivery commodity circulation letter sorting, the article is the express delivery parcel usually, when a large amount of unordered express delivery parcels pile up or reach belt unit 20's entry, because every belt unit 20 can move alone, so a certain one or more belt unit 20 in a belt unit 20 move, an express delivery parcel in a large amount of unordered express delivery parcels separates through belt unit 20, repeat the above-mentioned operation, can make a large amount of unordered express delivery parcels flow out through this piece splitter orderly follow this piece splitter after sorting, improve the letter sorting efficiency of express delivery parcel with this.

The position recognizer 30 is further arranged on the support 10, when express parcels are located on the belt unit 20, the position recognizer 30 located above the belt unit 20 continuously photographs the express parcels and uploads the express parcels to the host 50 of the single piece separation equipment, specific position information of the express parcels on the belt unit 20 is determined, and a plurality of disorderly and disorderly express parcels flowing in are enabled to flow out orderly after passing through the single piece separation equipment through operation of the belt unit 20.

According to the technical scheme, at least one row of belt units 20 are arranged in the support 10, the belt units 20 in the row comprise a plurality of belt units 20, the operation of each belt unit 20 is independent and is not influenced by other belt units 20, and when a large number of disorderly express parcels are accumulated on or reach the inlet of the belt unit 20, one or more belt units 20 are controlled to operate, so that the object can flow out through the belt unit 20. As for the position identifier 30, it is used to determine the position information of the express parcel on the belt unit 20. Through this single splitter, can realize orderly the outflow behind a large amount of unordered articles of thing through this single splitter to this improves the letter sorting efficiency of express delivery parcel.

Referring to fig. 3, 6 and 7, in an embodiment, the belt assembly 20 includes a housing 21, the housing 21 includes a left support plate 211 and a right support plate 212, and the two belt assemblies 20 are arranged in a group, wherein the right support plate 212 of one belt assembly 20 of the group of belt assemblies 20 is fixedly connected with the right support plate 212 of the other belt assembly 20 by a connecting member 29.

Specifically, the material of the housing 21 is a hard material, and as for the type of the hard material, there may be mentioned hard materials such as ABS, HIPS, PP, PC, etc., or a metal or alloy material, etc., and there is no particular limitation. The left support plate 211 and the right support plate 212 are mainly used for connecting and fixing other parts in the belt units, the two belt units 20 are set as a group, when a user needs to replace or maintain the parts in a certain belt unit 20 in the using process, the user can take out a group of belt units 20 from the support 10 at one time, and then the user can operate the parts in the belt unit 20 which need to be replaced or maintained without replacing or maintaining the parts of the belt unit 20 by detaching the support 10 or other methods.

Meanwhile, the two belt units 20 are fixedly connected together through the connecting piece 29, at the moment, the right support plates 212 of the two belt units 20 are attached together, the distance between the two belt units 20 can be further reduced, express parcels with small sizes or shapes cannot fall out from the gap between the two belt units 20 in the running process of the belt units 20, furthermore, when the multiple groups of belt units 20 in one row of belt units 20 are installed in the support, the shells 21 of each group of belt units 20 are in mutual contact, the distance between each belt unit 20 in the single piece separating device can be further reduced, express parcels cannot fall out from the gap between the two adjacent belt units 20, and the transportation efficiency of the single piece separating device is further improved.

Further, the belt unit 20 further includes a driving assembly 22, the driving assembly 22 includes a first pulley 222, a second pulley 223 and a belt 224, the first pulley 222 and the second pulley 223 are disposed on the housing 21, and the first pulley 222 and the second pulley 223 are connected by the belt 224; the first pulley 222, the second pulley 223 and the belt 224 of any one of the belt assemblies 20 in one of the belt assemblies 20 are located within the housing 21 of the other belt assembly 20.

Specifically, the first pulley 222 and the second pulley 223 are disposed on the right support plate 212 of the belt unit 20, and are located outside the housing 21 of the belt unit 20. The first pulley 222 and the second pulley 223 are connected by a belt 224, and when any one of the pulleys between the first pulley 222 and the second pulley 223 starts to rotate, the other pulley is driven to rotate. One set of the belt assemblies 20 includes two belt assemblies 20, and the two belt assemblies 20 are fixedly connected together by the connecting member 29, in this case, since the first pulley 222, the second pulley 223 and the belt 224 of the belt assembly 20 are located outside the housing 21 of the belt assembly 20, the first pulley 222, the second pulley 223 and the belt 224 of any one belt assembly 20 of the two sets of the belt assemblies 20 are located inside the housing 21 of the other belt assembly 20.

Referring to fig. 4, in an embodiment, the driving assembly 22 further includes a motor 221, the motor 221 is disposed on the housing 21 and located in the housing 21, and a motor shaft of the motor 221 is connected to the first pulley 222.

Specifically, when the motor 221 works, the motor shaft of the motor 221 rotates to drive the first belt pulley 222 to rotate, and since the first belt pulley 222 is connected with the second belt pulley 223 through the belt 224, the first belt pulley 222 rotates to drive the second belt pulley 223 to rotate, at this time, the driving wheel 23 connected with the second belt pulley 223 also rotates together with the second belt pulley 223, and then the conveying belt 26 is driven to rotate, so as to transport the express parcels on the conveying belt 26.

As for the number of the belt units 20, the number of the belt units 20 may be 3 to 6 rows, and the plurality of rows of the belt units 20 are arranged along the running direction of the belt units 20. Specifically, the length of the belt unit 20 may have different specifications, so that the number of rows of the belt unit 20 may be selected according to actual needs in the actual selection process. Specifically, in the present embodiment, the number of the belt assemblies 20 is set to 4 rows, each row of the belt assemblies 20 includes 5 groups and 10 belt assemblies 20, and the single-piece separating apparatus includes 40 belt assemblies 20. 4 row belt unit 20 can all be in the in-process of operation, can all operate an express delivery parcel on every row belt unit 20, and 4 row belt unit 20 are easily controlled, transmit the effectual of express delivery parcel.

Referring to fig. 4, in an embodiment, the belt unit 20 further includes a driving wheel 23, a first rotating wheel 24, a second rotating wheel 25 and a conveyor belt 26, the first rotating wheel 24 is disposed at one end of the belt unit 20, the second rotating wheel 25 is disposed at the other end of the belt unit 20, the driving wheel 23 is disposed below the first rotating wheel 24 and the second rotating wheel 25, and the driving wheel 23, the first rotating wheel 24 and the second rotating wheel 25 are connected through the conveyor belt 26.

Specifically, the first rotating wheel 24 and the second rotating wheel 25 are respectively located at two ends of the belt assembly 20, and a conveyor belt plate is further disposed between the first rotating wheel 24 and the second rotating wheel 25, and can support the conveyor belt 26 to support the articles on the conveyor belt 26 to move. The driving wheel 23 mainly powers the movement of the conveyor belt 26, and the first and second rotating wheels 24 and 25 support the conveyor belt 26 and also define the direction of movement of the conveyor belt 26. Because the rotation of action wheel 23 passes through the motor 221 drive, consequently, when motor 221 is direct to be connected with first runner 24 or second runner 25, the size of motor 221 is too big, and motor 221 mounted position is close to belt unit 20 upper portion, influence the assembly between a plurality of belt unit 20, also can further increase the space that belt unit 20 occupy simultaneously, consequently, the selection sets up an action wheel 23 in the below of first runner 24 and second runner 25, this action wheel 23 is located casing 21, drive action wheel 23 through drive assembly 22 drives first runner 24 and second runner 25 and rotates, thereby make conveyer belt 26 move, play the effect of transporting express delivery parcel.

Further, both ends of the first and second pulleys 24 and 25 are provided with slopes. In particular, the diameters of the middle parts of the first rotating wheel 24 and the second rotating wheel 25 are large, and the diameters of the two end parts are small, so that the conveyor belt 26 is not easy to deviate in the process of moving on the first rotating wheel 24 and the second rotating wheel 25, and deviates from the rotating directions of the first rotating wheel 24 and the second rotating wheel 25, so that the situation that the conveyor belt 26 deviates to cause the single piece separating equipment to be in fault and influence the use of the single piece separating equipment is avoided.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, in an embodiment, the belt assembly 20 further includes an adjusting wheel 27 and an adjusting member 28, the adjusting wheel 27 is in contact with the conveyor belt 26, and the adjusting wheel 27 is disposed between the first rotating wheel 24 and the second rotating wheel 25, below the first rotating wheel 24 and the second rotating wheel 25, and above the driving wheel 23; the number of the regulating members 28 is set to two, and the two regulating members 28 are respectively provided on both sides of the regulating wheel 27 so that the regulating wheel 27 is movable in the direction in which the conveyor belt 26 moves.

Specifically, the regulating wheel 27 is disposed outside the conveyor belt 26 and is in contact with the conveyor belt 26. The adjusting wheel 27 is mainly used for adjusting the tightness of the transmission belt 26, so that the tightness of the transmission belt 26 can be adapted to the requirements of the belt unit 20. The adjusting wheel 27 is arranged between the first rotating wheel 24 and the second rotating wheel 25, is positioned below the first rotating wheel 24 and the second rotating wheel 25 and is positioned above the driving wheel 23, and can adjust the tightness of the conveying belt 26. When the conveyor belt 26 installed on the belt unit 20 is too loose, the conveyor belt 26 may slip during the operation of the belt unit 20, and the contact effect of the conveyor belt 26 with the first rotating wheel 24, the second rotating wheel 25 and the driving wheel 23 is not good, so that the effect of the belt unit 20 in transporting express parcels is not good. When the belt 26 installed in the belt unit 20 is too tight, the belt 26 is always in a highly tight state, and in this state, the belt 26 may be broken or even broken during long-term operation, which may affect the use of the belt unit 20, and therefore, the degree of tightness of the belt 26 needs to be adjusted by the adjusting wheel 27.

Two adjusting pieces 28 are arranged on two sides of the adjusting wheel 27, and when the tightness of the conveying belt 26 needs to be adjusted, the adjusting wheel 27 can move along the moving direction of the conveying belt 26 by rotating the adjusting pieces 28, so that the conveying belt 26 is adjusted to be tight or loose, and the conveying belt 26 is prevented from being damaged.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the number of the position identifiers 30 may be one or more (the plurality includes two or more) with respect to the number of the position identifiers 30. In the present embodiment, the specific number of the position identifiers 30 is two, two position identifiers 30 are provided on the carriage 10, and the position identifiers 30 are specifically cameras. Two position recognition ware 30 fixed mounting are on support 10, and are located a plurality of belt unit 20's top, and two position recognition ware 30 are arranged along the direction of a plurality of belt unit 40 operation, and two position recognition ware 30 are located the both sides of this single piece splitter intermediate position to this position information of gathering express delivery parcel in the operation on belt unit 20 better. This position recognizer 30 specifically sets up to the camera, and when the express delivery parcel moved on a plurality of belt unit 20, two cameras were through constantly shooing the express delivery parcel and upload to the host computer 50 of single piece splitter to this confirms express delivery parcel concrete positional information on a plurality of belt unit 20, and through the operation of a plurality of belt unit 20, make a plurality of unordered express delivery parcels of inflow orderly outflow behind this single piece splitter orderly behind the unordered express delivery parcel of unordered make

Referring to fig. 1, it is considered that, when express parcels move on a plurality of belt units 20, due to the fact that the inflow directions of a large number of express parcels before flowing into the plurality of belt units 20 are different and the shapes and sizes of the express parcels are different, when the express parcels move on the plurality of belt units 20, the moving direction of the express parcels may deviate from the moving direction of the plurality of belt units 20, and therefore the express parcels may break away from the single piece of separating equipment, so that the effect of orderly flowing out of the express parcels cannot be achieved. In view of this, to solve the problem, two baffles 40 may be optionally disposed on the single piece separating device, and the two baffles 40 are disposed on two sides of the running direction of the belt units 20, so that when the express parcels move on the plurality of belt units 20, the express parcels do not separate from the single piece separating device and the plurality of express parcels can orderly flow out of the single piece separating device.

Referring to fig. 2, in an embodiment, the single piece separating apparatus further includes a main unit 50 and a display 60, the main unit 50 is disposed adjacent to the support 10, the main unit 50 is connected to the display 60, and the display 60 is fixedly mounted on the support 10.

Specifically, a main unit 50 may be further provided at one side of the stand 10, and the main unit 50 is electrically connected to the belt unit 20 and the position identifier 30. The bracket 10 can also be fixedly provided with a display bracket, the display 60 can be fixedly arranged on the display bracket, the display bracket can also be provided with a keyboard and a mouse, and the display 60, the keyboard and the mouse are electrically connected with the host computer 50. The display 60, keyboard and mouse may be used to control the operation of the single piece separating apparatus as well as other operations. When a large amount of intensive mixed and disorderly unordered express delivery parcel flows in this single splitter, position recognizer 30 can be to the express delivery parcel that is located on a plurality of belt unit 20 carry out continuous shoot in order to obtain the real-time positional information of express delivery parcel, then with this positional information transmission to host computer 50 in, thereby it makes the express delivery parcel remove to later control a plurality of belt unit 20 movements through host computer 50, thereby realize the orderly outflow behind this single splitter of a large amount of mixed and disorderly unordered express delivery parcels that flow in, improve the letter sorting efficiency of express delivery parcel.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications and equivalents of the present invention, which are made by the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly/indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.