Product transfer device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9957112-B1
Application number	US-201715676108-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Aug 14, 2017
Priority date	Nov 1, 2016
Publication date	May 1, 2018
Grant date	May 1, 2018

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a product transfer device. The product transfer device includes a moving assembly, a supporting assembly and a rotating assembly. The moving assembly is configured to drive the supporting assembly to move, the supporting assembly is configured such that a product is placed on the supporting assembly, and the rotating assembly is able to be connected with the supporting assembly to rotate the product placed on the supporting assembly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A product transfer device comprising:
a moving assembly, and a supporting assembly, wherein:
the moving assembly is configured to drive the supporting assembly to move, and the supporting assembly is configured such that a product is placed on the supporting assembly,
the supporting assembly comprises:
a first supporting structure and a second supporting structure, and
each of the first supporting structure and the second supporting structure comprises at least two supporting prongs and two opposite supporting rods, the supporting prongs of the first supporting structure and the supporting prongs of the second supporting structure intersect one another at intersections, each of the at least two supporting prongs has two ends which are able to be respectively lap-joined to the two supporting rods, and one of the two ends of each of the at least two supporting prongs is able to be fixed to one of the two supporting rods so that the one of the two supporting rods drives the at least two supporting prongs to move towards the other supporting rod side.

2. The product transfer device of claim 1 , wherein:
each of the at least two supporting prongs comprises supporting prong segments, the supporting prongs of the first supporting structure and the supporting prongs of the second supporting structure further comprise common connection pieces for selectively connecting the supporting prong segments, and the connection pieces are disposed at the intersections.

3. The product transfer device of claim 2 , wherein:
a first electromagnet is disposed at a side of each of the connection pieces, and a second electromagnet is disposed at a side, adjacent to one of the connection pieces, of each of the supporting prong segments, such that, the supporting prong segments of the each of the at least two supporting prongs are fixedly connected with the connection piece when the first electromagnets and the second electromagnets are turned on, and are disconnected from the connection piece when the first electromagnets and the second electromagnets are turned off.

4. The product transfer device of claim 3 , wherein:
in the first supporting structure, a connection plate is disposed under and fixedly connected with two of the supporting prong segments located at two ends of the connection piece, a groove is formed on an underside of the connection piece, the connection piece is able to be engaged on the connection plate through the groove, and a bottom surface of the connection piece and a bottom surface of the connection plate are flush with each other when being in an engaged state.

5. The product transfer device of claim 4 , wherein:
the second supporting structure further comprises: first engagement holes and a first latch, and
the first engagement holes are formed under each of two of the supporting prong segments located at two ends of the connection piece, and the first latch is able to be engaged in the first engagement holes, and is able to be inserted into and pulled out from the first engagement holes.

6. The product transfer device of claim 3 , wherein:
in at least one of the first supporting structure and the second supporting structure, a connection hole is formed in a side of each of the connection pieces, and a retractable connection rod is disposed at a side, adjacent to one of the connection pieces, of each of the supporting prong segments, such that, the supporting prong segments of the each of the at least two supporting prongs are fixedly connected with the connection piece when the retractable connection rods are extended, and are disconnected from the connection piece when the retractable connection rods are retracted.

7. The product transfer device of claim 1 , wherein:
in each of the first supporting structure and the second supporting structure, each of the supporting rods is formed with first engagement grooves which are configured to be engaged with the at least two supporting prongs, and each of the supporting rods has second engagement holes formed at two sides of each of the first engagement grooves and second latches which are able to be engaged in the second engagement holes and which are able to be inserted into and pulled out from the second engagement holes.

8. The product transfer device of claim 2 , wherein:
the two supporting rods of the first supporting structure comprise a first supporting rod and a second supporting rod, the first supporting structure further comprises: inner guide rails disposed at two ends of the first supporting rod and outer guide rails disposed at two ends of the second supporting rod, the first supporting rod is connected with the inner guide rail through a first lifting rod, and the second supporting rod is connected with the outer guide rail through a second lifting rod.

9. The product transfer device of claim 8 , wherein:
the second supporting structure further comprises: slide rails disposed at two ends of the two supporting rods, and slide assemblies respectively disposed on the slide rails in correspondence with the two supporting rods, and
a third lifting rod is disposed at a bottom of each of the two supporting rods, and a retractable rod is disposed at each of two ends of each of the two supporting rods, such that the third lifting rod can drive one of the two supporting rods of the second supporting structure to lift up to a preset height, and then the retractable rods at the two ends of the one of the two supporting rods of the second supporting structure are extended to and fixedly connected with the slide assemblies located on the two slide rails.

10. The product transfer device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a rotating assembly which is configured to be able to be connected with the supporting assembly to rotate the product placed on the supporting assembly, wherein:
the supporting assembly further comprises a supporting platform,
the rotating assembly comprises: a rotating shaft and a rotating rod, and
the rotating shaft has a lower end disposed at the supporting platform, and an upper end connected with the rotating rod, an axis of the rotating shaft is perpendicular to a length direction of the rotating rod, and the rotating rod is formed with second engagement grooves such that the at least two supporting prongs of any one of the first supporting structure and the second supporting structure can be engaged with the rotating rod.

11. The product transfer device of claim 1 , wherein:
the supporting assembly further comprises a supporting platform,
the moving assembly comprises: a base and a fourth lifting rod, a guide rail is disposed on the base, and the fourth lifting rod has one end located in the guide rail and the other end connected with the supporting platform.

12. The product transfer device of claim 1 , wherein:
in an initial position, the connection pieces and the supporting prongs of the first supporting structure and the second supporting structure are located in the same plane.

13. The product transfer device of claim 1 , wherein:
in an initial position, the at least two supporting prongs of the first supporting structure and the at least two supporting prongs of the second supporting structure are perpendicular to one another.

14. The product transfer device of claim 10 , wherein:
the rotating rod is located under the at least two supporting prongs of the first supporting structure and the at least two supporting prongs of the second supporting structure, such that the at least two supporting prongs of the first supporting structure are engaged with the second engagement grooves of the rotating rod in a state where

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd
• Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xu Min
• Shan Jiajia
• Yang Yu

Classifications

• B65G35/063 Primary

  the traction element being a rotating bar or tube · CPC title

• B65G29/00

  Rotary conveyors, e.g. rotating discs, arms, star-wheels or cones (mechanical projectors B65G31/00; screw or rotary spiral conveyors B65G33/00) · CPC title

• B65G2201/02

  Articles · CPC title

• B65G19/205

  for article conveyors, e.g. for container conveyors · CPC title

• G02F1/1341

  Filling or closing of cells · CPC title