Automatic feeding device for automotive wheel hub

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12103785-B2
Application number	US-202217729492-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 26, 2022
Priority date	Jul 20, 2021
Publication date	Oct 1, 2024
Grant date	Oct 1, 2024

Abstract

Provided an automatic feeding device for automotive wheel hub, comprising a separable material rack having material rack units capable of being stacked in turn, a first roller table for conveying the separable material rack containing the wheel hub to a second roller table, and a material rack separating device having a support frame and material rack inserting and taking devices; the second roller table, under which a lifting platform is mounted, is located at a first end of lower part of the material rack inserting and taking device; the material rack inserting and taking device splitting the separable material rack into units, and placing to a third roller table being arranged at a second end of the lower part thereof; a manipulator, for grasping and placing the wheel hub from the material rack unit to a fourth roller table being on a second side thereof.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An automatic feeding device for automotive wheel hub, comprising:
a separable material rack, comprising at least two layers of material rack units that comprise one layer of bottom material rack and at least one layer of stacking material rack; wherein, when the material rack units comprise several layers of stacking material racks, the stacking material racks are configured to stack on a top of each other and stack above the bottom material rack; wherein, each of the material rack units of the separable material rack is configured to carry up to two wheel hubs;
a first roller table, being connected to a first end of a second roller table and being configured to transport the separable material rack carrying wheel hubs to the second roller table; wherein, a lifting platform is mounted under a second end of the second roller table;
a material rack separating apparatus, comprising a support frame and at least two material rack inserting and taking devices arranged at intervals along a height direction of the support frame; wherein, the at least two material rack inserting and taking devices are configured to disassemble mechanically, under an action of the lifting platform, the separable material rack transported to the second roller table into the material rack units, and transport and place the material rack units on a third roller table layer by layer; and
a manipulator, being provided on a first side of the third roller table, and being configured to grasp the wheel hubs out of the each of the material rack units transported to the third roller table and place the wheel hubs on a fourth roller table provided on one side of the manipulator that opposites to another side of the manipulator where the third roller table provided;
wherein, the second end of the second roller table is located below a first end of the material rack separating apparatus, the third roller table is arranged perpendicular to the direction of transmission of the second roller table, a first end of the third roller table is located below a second end of the material rack separating apparatus, and the first side of the third roller table is arranged close to an edge of the second end of the material rack separating apparatus;
wherein, the material rack separating apparatus further comprises:
at least two Y-axis power devices, being mounted along a length direction of the support frame; and a timing belt synchronizing device is used to connect each of the at least two Y-axis power devices to a corresponding material rack inserting and taking device thereof;
wherein, the each of the at least two Y-axis power devices is configured to drive, through the connection of the timing belt synchronizing device, the corresponding material rack inserting and taking device to move along the length direction of the support frame.

2. The automatic feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein the each of the material rack units comprises a base plate and four stacking support legs distributed circumferentially along an upper surface of the base plate, a first end of the stacking support leg being removably connected to the base plate and a second end of the stacking support leg being plugged to a lower surface of the base plate of an adjacent material rack unit.

3. The automatic feeding device according to claim 2 , wherein a plurality of wheel hub positioning plates are mounted on the upper surface of the base plate, and several inserting and taking slots are provided on a both sides of the base plate that along a width direction of the base plate;
four first mounting slots, being configured to receive first ends of the four stacking support-leg is legs correspondingly, are provided near four corners of the upper surface of the base plate, and four second mounting slots, being configured to receive second ends of the four stacking support legs correspondingly, are provided on the lower surface of the base plate corresponding to positions of the four first mounting slots, and each of the four second mounting slots is provided with a seat for connecting each of the four stacking support legs correspondingly in a mean of plug-in.

4. The automatic feeding device according to claim 3 , wherein an upper surface of each of the plurality of wheel hub positioning plates is provided with a plurality of positioning shafts each of which an axis line is perpendicular to the upper surface; the seat comprises a seat inner frame, a seat outer frame and a roller mounted between the seat inner frame and the seat outer frame and protruding from a surface of the seat inner frame.

5. The automatic feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least two material rack inserting and taking devices comprises a top plate, an inserting and taking module, a cylinder and a track; wherein, the track is mounted on a bottom surface of the top plate, the inserting and taking module is slidingly connected to the track, the cylinder is connected to the inserting and taking module;
wherein, the inserting and taking module is configured to move, under the action of the cylinder, along a length direction of the separable material rack to be inserted into one of the material rack units, wherein the moving direction of the inserting and taking module is perpendicular to the length direction of the support frame.

6. The automatic feeding device according to claim 5 , wherein the inserting and taking module comprises a mounting plate, a caterpillar band transmission mechanism and a load bearing assembly; wherein, the load bearing assembly is connected to the mounting plate through the caterpillar band transmission mechanism, the mounting plate is slidingly connected to the track; the caterpillar band transmission mechanism is configured to drive the load bearing assembly to lift.

7. The automatic feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein a baffle is mounted at an edge of the second end of the second roller table, and a positioning plate is provided on a side of the baffle near the second roller table and is connected to a cylinder; a displacement sensor is mounted on the second roller table.

8. The automatic feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein the lifting platform comprises a lifting top plate, a lifting bottom plate and two sets of structure, structures; wherein, the lifting top plate and the lifting bottom plate are connected by the two sets of scissor structures, a roller is provided on one of two diagonal ends of each of the two sets of scissor structures, wherein, two rollers provided on the two sets of scissor structures correspond to each other and are connected with each other by a connecting shaft; and, a cylinder is connected to the connecting shaft.

9. The automatic feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein the manipulator comprises a bracket, a plurality of clamping devices; wherein, each of the plurality of clamping devices is connected to the bracket through a moving frame, and a Y-axis moving device is connected to the moving frame.

Assignees

• Univ Qingdao Technology
• Ik Gujral Punjab Technical Univ

Inventors

• Li Changhe
• Chen Minkai
• Zhou Zongming
• Liu Bo
• Chen Yun
• Cao Huajun
• Sharma Shubham
• Zhang Naiqing
• Wu Qidong
• Gao Teng
• Zhang Yanbin
• Liu Mingzheng
• Wang Xiaoming
• Yang Min
• Ma Hao
• Wu Xifeng

Classifications

• B65G2811/0663

  Pick-up means · CPC title

• B65G2201/0294

  Vehicle bodies · CPC title

• B65G57/03

  from above · CPC title

• B65G47/905

  Control arrangements · CPC title

• B65G47/901

  provided with drive systems with rectilinear movements only · CPC title