Overturning and shifting mechanism

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10011437-B2
Application number	US-201514906126-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 22, 2015
Priority date	Jan 16, 2015
Publication date	Jul 3, 2018
Grant date	Jul 3, 2018

Abstract

An overturning and shifting mechanism, comprising: a carrier platform ( 10 ) on which a first item-sensing device ( 12 ) is disposed; a transporting device ( 11 ) on which a second item-sensing device ( 13 ) is disposed; an overturning device ( 14 ) which is positioned between the carrier platform ( 10 ) and the transporting device ( 11 ) and which comprises a driving device ( 141 ) and a rotating arm ( 142 ), the rotating arm ( 142 ) being provided with a suction structure ( 15 ) thereon; and a control device which is connected with the first item-sensing device ( 12 ), the second item-sensing device ( 13 ), the driving device ( 141 ) and the suction structure ( 15 ), wherein according to sensing signals of the first item-sensing device ( 12 ) and the second item-sensing device ( 13 ), the control device controls the driving device to drive the rotating arm ( 142 ) to rotate reciprocatingly between the carrier platform ( 10 ) and the transporting device ( 11 ), while at the same time the control device controls sucking or releasing operation of the suction structure ( 15 ). The mechanism is mainly used in production process of display devices and solves problems in contaminations and deformations due to overturning and shifting of display panels by manual operations in the conventional arts.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An overturning and shifting mechanism, comprising:
a carrier platform on which a first item-sensing device is disposed;
a transporting device on which a second item-sensing device is disposed;
an overturning device which is positioned between the carrier platform and the transporting device and which comprises a driving device and a rotating arm connected with the driving device, the rotating arm being provided with a suction structure thereon; and
a control device which is connected with the first item-sensing device, the second item-sensing device, the driving device and the suction structure;
wherein according to sensing signals of the first item-sensing device and the second item-sensing device, the control device controls the driving device to drive the rotating arm to reciprocatingly rotate between the carrier platform and the transporting device, while at the same time the control device controls sucking or releasing operation of the suction structure;
wherein the transporting device comprises a plurality of driven rollers which are in a juxtaposed arrangement and a plurality of driving rollers which are in a juxtaposed arrangement, the driving rollers having their rotary shafts connected to a driving motor, the driving motor being connected with the control device; and
a plurality of ring-like rubber strips, which are arranged in parallel and spaced apart from each other, are connected between the driven rollers and the driving rollers by housing them therein; and
wherein a receiving slot is provided in the driven rollers, and the receiving slot is provided to correspond to a gap between adjacent rubber strips; and
the receiving slot and the corresponding gap collectively form an initial receiving space for the rotating arm.

2. The overturning and shifting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first item-sensing device and the second item-sensing device is an optical fiber sensor, and
the optical fiber sensor is connected with the control device in communication.

3. The overturning and shifting mechanism according to claim 2 , wherein the carrier platform is provided with an item placement slot thereon, and the first item-sensing device is positioned at the bottom of the item placement slot;
the second item-sensing device is positioned at the bottom of the transporting device.

4. The overturning and shifting mechanism according to claim 2 , wherein the suction structure is a vacuum suction disc, a suction block or a suction nozzle.

5. The overturning and shifting mechanism according to claim 2 , wherein the driving device is a bidirectional motor, and the suction structure is disposed at a distal end of the rotating arm.

6. The overturning and shifting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the carrier platform is provided with an item placement slot thereon, and the first item-sensing device is positioned at the bottom of the item placement slot;
the second item-sensing device is positioned at the bottom of the transporting device.

7. The overturning and shifting mechanism according to claim 6 , wherein the suction structure is a vacuum suction disc, a suction block or a suction nozzle.

8. The overturning and shifting mechanism according to claim 6 , wherein the driving device is a bidirectional motor, and the suction structure is disposed at a distal end of the rotating arm.

9. The overturning and shifting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the suction structure is a vacuum suction disc, a suction block or a suction nozzle.

10. The overturning and shifting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the driving device is a bidirectional motor, and the suction structure is disposed at a distal end of the rotating arm.

11. The overturning and shifting mechanism according to claim 10 , wherein a circular driving gear is fixed to an output rotary shaft of the bidirectional motor, and an end of the rotating arm which is connected with the driving device is provided with a driven gear which is meshed with the circular driving gear.

12. The overturning and shifting mechanism according to claim 10 , wherein an output rotary shaft of the bidirectional motor is connected with a lead screw and drives the lead screw to move reciprocatingly; and an end of the rotating arm which is connected with the driving device is provided with a driven gear which is meshed with the lead screw.

13. The overturning and shifting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the driving device comprises two unidirectional motors having opposite rotating directions; an end of the rotating arm is provided with a driven shaft; and an output shaft of each of the unidirectional motors is connected with the driven shaft by a transmission belt.

14. The overturning and shifting mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is a microcontrol unit or a programmable logic controller.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd
• Boe Optical Science & Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cao Chunlei
• Zang Ying
• Mei Yuqi
• Sun Wei

Classifications

• H10P72/3402

  Mechanical parts of transfer devices · CPC title

• H10P72/3222

  Loading to or unloading from a conveyor · CPC title

• H10P72/0606

  Position monitoring, e.g. misposition detection or presence detection · CPC title

• H10P72/78

  using vacuum or suction, e.g. Bernoulli chucks · CPC title

• B65G49/067

  Sheet handling, means, e.g. manipulators, devices for turning or tilting sheet glass (suction cups B65G49/061; combined with vertical conveyors C03B33/00 - C03B33/10; stacking and destacking B65G49/068) · CPC title