Material conveying module and material conveying apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12384630-B2
Application number	US-202117456371-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 23, 2021
Priority date	Dec 14, 2020
Publication date	Aug 12, 2025
Grant date	Aug 12, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a material conveying module and a material conveying apparatus, where the material conveying module includes a driving part and a sub-controlling module; the driving part is configured to drive a material tray of the material conveying apparatus to move, the sub-controlling module is fixed on the driving part, and an end of the sub-controlling module is signal-connected to the driving part and another end of the sub-controlling module is configured to signal-connect to a master controlling module of the material conveying apparatus, and the sub-controlling module is configured to, under an action of the master controlling module, control the driving part to operate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A material conveying apparatus, comprising at least one conveying module group and a master controlling module:
wherein the at least one conveying module group comprises a frame, multiple groups of delivering parts, and a plurality of material conveying modules;
the multiple groups of delivering parts and a plurality of the material conveying modules are both arranged on the frame, each group of delivering parts extends along the material conveying direction, and each group of delivering parts forms a conveying line;
the multiple groups of delivering parts are arranged side-by-side along a direction perpendicular to the material conveying direction, and movement directions of two adjacent groups of delivering parts are opposite;
the material conveying module is configured to drive a material tray on the delivering part to move, and the master controlling module is signal-connected to the material conveying module to control the material conveying module to operate;
a plurality of the material conveying modules comprises a first material conveying module and a second material conveying module;
the first material conveying module is a linear conveying module for driving the material tray to move along the material conveying direction;
the second material conveying module is a translating and reversing module for driving the material tray to move along the direction perpendicular to the material conveying direction wherein each of the material conveying modules comprises a driving part and a sub-controlling module;
wherein the driving part is configured to drive a material tray to move, the sub-controlling module is fixed on the driving part, and an end of the sub-controlling module is signal-connected to the driving part and another end of the sub-controlling module is configured to signal-connect to a master controlling module and the sub-controlling module is configured to, under an action of the master controlling module, control the driving part to operate.

2. The material conveying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the driving part comprises any one of a linear conveying part, a translating and reversing part, a curved conveying part, and a jacking positioning part.

3. The material conveying apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the driving part comprises a linear conveying part, and the linear conveying part comprises a motor and a transmission part;
the material tray is placed on a delivering part of the material conveying apparatus, the transmission part is connected to the delivering part, the motor is connected to the transmission part, and the motor drives, through the transmission part, the delivering part to move, to drive the material tray to move; and
the sub-controlling module is signal-connected to the motor.

4. The material conveying apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the driving part comprises a translating and reversing part, the translating and reversing part comprises a sub-driving part and a mobile platform, the sub-driving part is located on a back side of the delivering part of the material conveying apparatus, the mobile platform is arranged on a side of the sub-driving part facing the delivering part, the sub-controlling module is fixed on the sub-driving part, and the sub-controlling module is signal-connected to the sub-driving part;
the sub-controlling module is configured to, when the material tray on a front side of the delivering part is moved to the mobile platform, control the sub-driving part to drive the mobile platform to move toward the front side of the delivering part, to lift the material tray; and
a conveying part is provided on the mobile platform, and the sub-controlling module is signal-connected to the conveying part, so as to, when the sub-driving part completes a lifting operation, drive the material tray to move perpendicular to an extending direction of the delivering part by driving the conveying part.

5. The material conveying apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the sub-driving part is a jacking cylinder, a movable end of the jacking cylinder is connected to the mobile platform, and the sub-controlling module is signal-connected to an electromagnetic valve of the jacking cylinder, to control the jacking cylinder to operate.

6. The material conveying apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the conveying part comprises a conveying driving part and a sub-delivering part, the conveying driving part is connected to the sub-delivering part, to drive the sub-delivering part to move perpendicular to the extending direction of the delivering part, and the sub-controlling module is signal-connected to the conveying driving part to control the conveying driving part to operate.

7. The material conveying apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the translating and reversing part further comprises an operation position sensor and an operation position blocking cylinder arranged on the mobile platform, and the operation position sensor and the operation position blocking cylinder are both signal-connected to the sub-controlling module,
the material tray is provided with a first positioning hole and a first detecting pin, and when the operation position sensor detects the first detecting pin, the operation position sensor transmits a positioning completion signal to the sub-controlling module, and when receiving the positioning completion signal, the sub-controlling module controls the operation position blocking cylinder to extend into the first positioning hole.

8. The material conveying apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the translating and reversing part further comprises at least one fixing seat arranged on the sub-driving part, and the fixing seat is mounted on the frame of the material conveying apparatus.

9. The material conveying apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein at least one of the fixing seat is arranged at an upstream end of the sub-driving part along a material conveying direction;
the translating and reversing part further comprises a preset blocking cylinder and a preset sensor arranged on the fixing seat, and the preset blocking cylinder and the preset sensor are both signal-connected to the sub-controlling module; the material tray is provided with a second positioning hole and a second detecting pin, and when the preset sensor detects the second detecting pin, the preset sensor transmits an upstream material tray positioning completion signal to the sub-controlling module, and when receiving the upstream material tray positioning completion signal, the sub-controlling module controls the preset blocking cylinder to extend into the second positioning hole.

10. The material conveying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the material conveying module further comprises at least two quick plugs, the at least two quick plugs are arranged on the sub-controlling module, and one of the quick plugs is configured to connect to a sub-controlling module of an adjacent and same material conveying module through a cable integrating electricity and signals; and
a sub-controlling module of one material conveying module of all same material conveying modules is signal-connected to the master controlling module by a cable inserted into another of the quick plugs.

11. The material conveying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one conveying module group further comprises a module group controlling module;
a sub-controlling module in the material conveying module is signal-connected to the module group controlling module, the module group controlling module is signal-connected to the master controlling module, and the master controlling module controls, through the module group cont

Assignees

• Delta Electronics Shanghai Co

Inventors

• Wang Cheng
• Li Yi
• Lan Tien-Wei
• Wei Qi
• Lu Chao

Classifications

• B65G47/52

  Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices (loading or unloading by means not incorporated in, or not operatively associated with, conveyors B65G65/00; transfer of workpieces during metal rolling B21B41/00) · CPC title

• B65G17/26

  comprising a series of co-operating units, e.g. interconnected by pivots · CPC title

• B65G15/20

  arranged side by side, e.g. for conveyance of flat articles in vertical position · CPC title

• B65G37/00 Primary

  Combinations of mechanical conveyors of the same kind, or of different kinds, of interest apart from their application in particular machines or use in particular manufacturing processes (series of co-operating belt conveyor units B65G15/22; series of co-operating chain conveyor units B65G17/26; sequence control of combined conveyors B65G43/10) · CPC title

• B65G43/10

  Sequence control of conveyors operating in combination · CPC title