Conveying/loading apparatus and loading method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10773899-B2
Application number	US-201816169346-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 24, 2018
Priority date	Oct 26, 2017
Publication date	Sep 15, 2020
Grant date	Sep 15, 2020

Abstract

A conveying/loading apparatus includes a first conveying apparatus having a first delivery part, with a blocking apparatus being disposed close to an output end of the first delivery part, and a second conveying apparatus having a second delivery part, with multiple supports being disposed at intervals on the second delivery part, and regions between the supports forming accommodating spaces for loading objects. An object is delivered to the output end of the first delivery part, and a first detection sensor detects a position of the object. A second detection sensor detects whether a support of the second delivery part has moved to a loading position, and whether the accommodating space between two adjacent supports is in an idle state. The first detection sensor causes the blocked object to pass, when the first detection sensor and the second detection sensor both have signals.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A conveying/loading apparatus, comprising:
a first conveying apparatus, having a first delivery part, with a blocking apparatus being disposed close to an output end of the first delivery part, the blocking apparatus being movable between a first position above the first delivery part to block the passage of an object being conveyed on the first delivery part and a second position to allow the passage of the object being conveyed on the first delivery part;
a second conveying apparatus, having a second delivery part, with an input end of the second delivery part being fitted to the output end of the first delivery part, and multiple supports being disposed at intervals on the second delivery part, with regions between the supports forming multiple accommodating spaces; and
wherein the first delivery part is axially aligned with the second delivery part to feed the object to the second delivery part so as to load the object into one of the accommodating spaces for conveyance within the one accommodating space along a top of the second delivery part;
wherein the supports extend outwards along a peripheral direction of the second delivery part, and an axial gap between the output end of the first delivery part and the input end of the second delivery part is greater than a length of outward extension of the supports;
a control system, electrically connected to the first delivery part, the second delivery part and the blocking apparatus;
wherein the control system is configured to effect movement of the blocking apparatus from the first position to the second position when both (i) the object is delivered to a position close to the output end of the first delivery part and (ii) one of the supports moving to the input end of the second delivery part has moved to a loading position to receive the object.

2. The conveying/loading apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the blocking apparatus comprises a blocking piece and a first control apparatus; the blocking piece is movably disposed on the first conveying apparatus, and the first control apparatus is electrically connected to the blocking piece and the control system, and controls movement of the blocking piece.

3. The conveying/loading apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the blocking piece is extendably/retractably disposed in the first delivery part of the first conveying apparatus.

4. The conveying/loading apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the blocking piece is rotatably disposed at a side of the first delivery part of the first conveying apparatus.

5. The conveying/loading apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the blocking piece uses an electromagnet, and the first control apparatus comprises a contactor and a time delay relay; the contactor controls an extension/retraction action of the electromagnet, and the time delay relay controls an extension/retraction time of the electromagnet.

6. The conveying/loading apparatus as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the blocking piece uses a blocking rod structure, and the first control apparatus controls a rotation angle of the blocking rod structure relative to the first delivery part.

7. The conveying/loading apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the supports use one of a shifting tooth structure, a plate structure or a mesh structure.

8. The conveying/loading apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control system comprises a variable-frequency controller and at least one pair of detection sensors; the variable-frequency controller is electrically connected to the first conveying apparatus and the second conveying apparatus separately, and the two detection sensors are disposed at the output end of the first delivery part and the input end of the second delivery part respectively.

9. A loading method of the conveying/loading apparatus as claimed in claim 8 , comprising:
introducing the object from an input end of the first delivery part;
the control system driving the first delivery part and the second delivery part to operate;
a first of the detection sensors detecting a position of the object at the blocking apparatus and sending a signal, when the object is delivered to the position close to the output end of the first delivery part;
a second of the detection sensors detecting whether the support moving to the input end of the second delivery part has moved to the loading position, and whether the accommodating space between two adjacent said supports is in an idle state, and sending a signal when both (i) the support is in the loading position and (ii) the accommodating space is in the idle state;
the first of the detection sensors controlling the blocking apparatus to move to the second position, to allow the passage of the blocked object, when the first of the detection sensors and the second of the detection sensors both have signals;
the variable-frequency controller adjusting a relative speed of the first conveying apparatus and the second conveying apparatus, such that the object can be loaded into the idle accommodating space.

10. A conveying and loading apparatus, comprising:
a first conveying apparatus, having a first delivery part, with a blocking apparatus being disposed close to an output end of the first delivery part, the blocking apparatus being movable between a first position above the first delivery part in the path of an object being conveyed on the first delivery part so as to block the passage of the object and a second position to allow the passage of the object being conveyed on the first delivery part;
a second conveying apparatus, having a second delivery part, with an input end of the second delivery part being adjacent to the output end of the first delivery part, with an axial gap between the output end of the first delivery part and the input end of the second delivery part, wherein multiple supports are disposed at intervals on the second delivery part and regions between the supports form accommodating spaces for loading of the object from the first delivery part, wherein the supports pass through the axial gap; and
wherein the first delivery part is axially aligned with the second delivery part to feed the object to the second delivery part so as to load the object into one of the accommodating spaces for conveyance within the one accommodating space along a top of the second delivery part;
wherein the supports extend outwards along a peripheral direction of the second delivery part, and an axial gap between the output end of the first delivery part and the input end of the second delivery part is greater than a length of outward extension of the supports;
a control system, electrically connected to the first delivery part, the second delivery part and the blocking apparatus to selectively control loading of the object from the first delivery part into the one of the accommodating spaces of the second delivery part;
wherein the control system is configured to effect movement of the blocking apparatus from the first position to the second position when both (i) the object is delivered to a position close to the output end of the first delivery part and (ii) one of the supports moving to the input end of the second delivery part has moved to a loading position to receive the object.

11. The conveying and loading apparatus of claim 10 ,
wherein the control system includes at least one first detection sensor disposed at the output end of the first delivery part and at least one second detection sensor disposed at the input end of the second delivery part;
wherein the at least one first detection sensor detects a position of the object at the blocking apparatus and sends a signal when the object is delivered to the p

Assignees

• Illinois Tool Works

Inventors

• Wu Xinhai
• Zhao Lei
• Wang Yujie
• Li Fengchun
• Li Bei
• Liu Zhen

Classifications

• B65G47/8807 Primary

  with one stop · CPC title

• B65G15/44

  for impelling the loads · CPC title

• A47L15/248

  relating to the conveyors · CPC title

• B65G47/88

  Separating or stopping elements, e.g. fingers (attached to star-shaped wheels B65G47/84) · CPC title

• B65G43/10 Primary

  Sequence control of conveyors operating in combination · CPC title