CN111846995A - Automatic box stacking machine and box packing method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an automatic box stacking machine and a box packing method thereof, which comprise a transport vehicle capable of moving in any direction, a conveying mechanism for automatically conveying material boxes, an edge leaning mechanism for neatly arranging the material boxes conveyed on the conveying mechanism, and a box stacking mechanism for collecting the material boxes on the conveying mechanism and automatically stacking the material boxes, wherein the conveying mechanism, the edge leaning mechanism and the box stacking mechanism are all arranged on the transport vehicle. It can accomplish earlier the location between yard case mechanism and the container fast through the transport vechicle, rethread conveying mechanism can follow the outside of container and carry the material case toward yard case mechanism, and can arrange the material case of carrying on the conveying mechanism neatly through leaning on the limit mechanism, ensure that the material case is neat to carry on yard case mechanism, rethread yard case mechanism collects the material case at last and automatic sign indicating number puts the container in, thereby realized automatic vanning, its work efficiency is high, and flexible flexibility is higher.

Description

Automatic box stacking machine and box packing method thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of carton stacking equipment, in particular to an automatic carton stacking machine and a carton packing method thereof.

Background

With the rapid increase of the international economic development, the water, land and air logistics transportation industry develops rapidly, and the growth rate of the transportation of various goods is increased rapidly. Shipping by water has always been the best option for transporting goods due to its low cost. Especially, container transportation has become a big trend of goods transportation mode in the world due to the characteristics of safe, efficient, economic and fast 'door-to-door' transportation. As China is added to the world trade organization, ports grow explosively and develop vigorously. Meanwhile, the development of Chinese container transportation becomes the center of gravity and the foundation of global steady development, so that the shipping container becomes an important component of the transportation industry.

However, the conventional container cargo shipping, especially the dry bulk cargo shipping, usually still depends on manual transportation, which results in not only a lot of manpower and time being occupied in the shipping process, but also low efficiency, and most of the devices capable of realizing cargo shipping are not convenient to realize the whole movement due to large and heavy volume and poor maneuvering flexibility in the actual use process.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide an automatic box stacking machine and a boxing method thereof, which overcome the defects of the prior art, realize automatic positioning through a transport vehicle, have accurate positioning and high flexibility, are convenient to realize automatic boxing and improve boxing efficiency.

The invention also aims to provide an automatic box stacking machine and a box packing method thereof, wherein the conveying mechanism can automatically convey the material boxes, and the edge-leaning mechanism can arrange the material boxes orderly in the conveying process, so that the automatic box stacking machine is high in automation degree and low in labor demand.

The invention also aims to provide an automatic box stacking machine and a box packing method thereof, the material boxes can be orderly stacked into a row by the box stacking mechanism and then are intensively pushed into the container, so that the automatic box packing is completed, manual box stacking is not needed in the process, the working efficiency is high, and the box bodies are very orderly stacked.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme: the utility model provides an automatic box stacking machine, includes the transport vechicle that can remove to arbitrary direction, is used for carrying the conveying mechanism of material case automatically, is used for making the material case that the conveying mechanism goes up the transport arrange orderly lean on limit mechanism and be used for collecting the material case on the conveying mechanism and accomplish the case stacking mechanism of putting things in good order voluntarily, conveying mechanism, lean on limit mechanism and case stacking mechanism all install on the transport vechicle.

Preferably, the stacking mechanism comprises a support, a lifting assembly, a mounting frame, a first conveying track and a box pushing assembly, the first conveying track is used for collecting the material boxes output by the conveying mechanism and can drive the material boxes to move along the conveying direction of the material boxes, the box pushing assembly is used for pushing the material boxes on the first conveying track along the conveying direction of the first conveying track perpendicular to the conveying direction of the material boxes, the first conveying track and the box pushing assembly are both mounted on the mounting frame, and the mounting frame is connected with the support mounted on the transport vehicle through the lifting assembly. The advantages are that: through first delivery track is earlier with the material case arrange into one row the back, the rethread push away the case subassembly and concentrate and push away in the container to accomplish automatic vanning, this in-process does not need the manual work to carry out the case stacking, and work efficiency is high, and the box is put things in good order of putting things in good order.

Preferably, the lifting assembly comprises a first slide rail, a second slide rail, a first driving mechanism, a movable pulley and a connecting belt, the mounting frame is vertically and slidably mounted on the second slide rail, the second slide rail is vertically and slidably mounted on the first slide rail, and the first slide rail is vertically mounted on the bracket; the first driving mechanism is arranged on the bracket and is used for driving the second sliding rail to slide up and down along the first sliding rail; one end of the connecting belt is connected with the support, and the other end of the connecting belt is connected with the mounting frame through a movable pulley which is rotatably mounted at the upper end of the second sliding rail. The advantages are that: the structure of the container in the vertical direction is more compact, and the container is convenient to move in the container.

Preferably, an expansion part which can expand and contract along the conveying direction is installed at one end of the first conveying track. The advantages are that: the length of the first conveying track in the conveying direction is convenient to adjust through a telescopic part; in the shortened state, the whole container is convenient to move in the container; in the extended state, the length of the first conveying track in the conveying direction can be made to correspond to the width of the container.

Preferably, the box pushing assembly comprises a first horizontal push rod, a horizontal sliding rod, a second driving mechanism and a sliding seat arranged on the mounting frame, the first horizontal push rod is arranged above the first conveying track along the conveying direction parallel to the first conveying track, one end of the horizontal sliding rod is perpendicularly arranged on the first horizontal push rod, the horizontal sliding rod can slide and match on the sliding seat along the direction perpendicular to the first horizontal push rod, and the second driving mechanism is arranged on the mounting frame and used for driving the horizontal sliding rod to slide on the sliding seat. The advantages are that: simple structure and convenient control.

Preferably, the box pushing assembly further comprises a second horizontal push rod, a third slide rail and a third driving mechanism, the third slide rail is mounted on the first horizontal push rod along the length direction of the first horizontal push rod, the second horizontal push rod is arranged in parallel over the first horizontal push rod and is slidably mounted on the third slide rail, and the third driving mechanism is mounted on the first horizontal push rod and is used for driving the second horizontal push rod to slide along the third slide rail. The advantages are that: the second horizontal push rod and the first horizontal push rod are staggered through sliding, the overall length of the first horizontal push rod and the second horizontal push rod can be increased, the overall length of the first horizontal push rod and the second horizontal push rod is equal to the length of the first conveying rail in the conveying direction, and therefore the material box on the first conveying rail can be pushed out at one time.

Preferably, the lower end of the bracket is provided with a supporting guide wheel. The advantages are that: not only improves the whole flexibility and maneuverability, but also improves the whole stability.

Preferably, the conveying mechanism comprises a connecting frame, a second conveying rail, a third conveying rail which is arranged in the same direction as the second conveying rail and used for connecting the first conveying rail and the second conveying rail, and a blocking assembly used for blocking the material box on the second conveying rail, the third conveying rail and the blocking assembly are all installed on the connecting frame, and the connecting frame is installed on the transport vehicle. The advantages are that: through block the subassembly and can realize carrying one at a time with the material case on the first delivery track on the third delivery track, can realize the pause of material case and carry moreover.

Preferably, the blocking assembly comprises a first vertical sliding rail, a blocking plate and a fourth driving mechanism, the first vertical sliding rail is installed on the connecting frame, the fourth driving mechanism is installed on the connecting frame and used for driving the blocking plate to slide up and down along the first vertical sliding rail, and when the blocking plate slides to the position above the second conveying track, the movement of the material box on the second conveying track can be limited. The advantages are that: simple structure and convenient control.

Preferably, the connecting frame is provided with a discharging assembly used for pushing the material box on the third conveying track to the box stacking mechanism. The advantages are that: can realize pushing away the accurate sign indicating number case mechanism of pushing away of material case on the third delivery track.

Preferably, the discharging assembly comprises a first pushing part, a sliding frame, a first horizontal sliding rail, a second vertical sliding rail, a fifth driving mechanism and a sixth driving mechanism, the first horizontal sliding rail is mounted on the connecting frame along the conveying direction of the third conveying rail, and the fifth driving mechanism is mounted on the connecting frame and used for driving the sliding frame to horizontally slide along the first horizontal sliding rail; the sixth driving mechanism is arranged on the sliding frame and is used for driving the first pushing piece to slide up and down along the second vertical sliding rail; when the first pushing part moves above the third conveying track, the sliding frame can be slid to drive the first pushing part to push the material box on the third conveying track to the box stacking mechanism. The advantages are that: the structure is simple and the control is convenient.

Preferably, the side approaching mechanism comprises a second horizontal sliding rail, a second pushing member, a seventh driving mechanism and a positioning member, the second horizontal sliding rail is mounted on the transport vehicle along a conveying direction perpendicular to the conveying mechanism, the positioning member is mounted on one side of the conveying mechanism, the second pushing member is located on the other side of the conveying mechanism and is slidably mounted on the second horizontal sliding rail, and the seventh driving mechanism is mounted on the transport vehicle and is used for driving the second pushing member to horizontally slide along the second horizontal sliding rail; when the second pushing piece is driven to slide towards the direction of the positioning piece, the second pushing piece can push the material box conveyed on the conveying mechanism to be aligned with the positioning piece. The advantages are that: the structure is simple and the control is convenient.

A boxing method of an automatic box stacking machine comprises the following steps:

s100, automatic positioning is carried out, the transport vehicle is driven into the container, the direction of the transport vehicle is adjusted, the first conveying track is transversely arranged in the container, and two ends of the first conveying track are enabled to be respectively aligned with two side faces of the container;

s200, automatically feeding, and conveying a material box to the conveying mechanism through a conveying belt or manually;

s300, automatically aligning, and arranging the material boxes conveyed on the conveying mechanism in order through the edge approaching mechanism;

s400, automatically stacking boxes, namely lifting a first conveying rail through the lifting assembly until the first conveying rail is connected with a conveying mechanism, conveying the material boxes conveyed on the conveying mechanism to the first conveying rail, and moving the material boxes conveyed to the first conveying rail along the first conveying rail until the material boxes are fully distributed on the whole first conveying rail; then adjusting the stacking position of the material boxes on the first conveying track by controlling the front and back movement of the transport vehicle and adjusting the height of the first conveying track through the lifting assembly; finally, the third driving mechanism drives the second horizontal push rod and the first horizontal push rod to be staggered with each other, so that the integral length of the first horizontal push rod and the second horizontal push rod is equal to the length of the first conveying track, and then the second driving mechanism drives the integral of the first horizontal push rod and the second horizontal push rod to push the material boxes on the first conveying track into the container, so that stacking of a row of material boxes is completed;

s500, repeating box stacking, repeating the step S400, and repeating box stacking from bottom to top and from inside to outside in sequence until the whole container is filled.

Preferably, the step S200 includes the steps of:

s210, when the first conveying track is connected with the third conveying track, the fourth driving mechanism drives the blocking plate to slide up and down in a reciprocating manner, so that the material boxes on the second conveying track are controlled to be conveyed to the tail end of the third conveying track one by one; the sixth driving mechanism drives the first pushing piece to slide to the upper side of the third conveying rail, and the fifth driving mechanism drives the sliding frame to drive the first pushing piece to push the material box on the third conveying rail to the first conveying rail;

and S220, when the first conveying track and the third conveying track are staggered, the fourth driving mechanism drives the blocking plate to slide upwards to the upper part of the second conveying track, so that the material box on the second conveying track is limited to move.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that: the automatic stacking mechanism is simple in structure and reasonable in layout, the positioning between the stacking mechanism and the container can be quickly completed through the transport vehicle, the material boxes can be conveyed from the outside of the container to the stacking mechanism through the conveying mechanism, the material boxes conveyed on the conveying mechanism can be arranged in order through the edge leaning mechanism, the material boxes are conveyed to the stacking mechanism in order, and finally the material boxes are collected through the stacking mechanism and automatically stacked in the container, so that the automatic stacking is realized, the working efficiency is high, and the maneuvering flexibility is high.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automatic box palletizer in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a transport cart and transport mechanism of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the conveyor mechanism and edge-contacting mechanism of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 4 and 5 are enlarged perspective views of the barrier assembly and the discharge assembly of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a carriage mechanism of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of the lift assembly of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a push box assembly of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a partial enlarged view at I in fig. 8.

Detailed Description

The following further describes a specific implementation of the embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings of the embodiment of the present invention. The following examples are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present embodiments more clearly, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereby.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, for the terms of orientation, such as "central", "lateral", "longitudinal", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", etc., it indicates that the orientation and positional relationship shown in the drawings are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated without limiting the specific scope of protection of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 to 9, in an embodiment of the present invention, an automatic box stacking machine includes a transport vehicle 1, a box stacking mechanism 2, a conveying mechanism 3, and an edge abutting mechanism 4, where the conveying mechanism 3 is installed on one side of the transport vehicle 1 and is used for conveying a material box; the side-approaching mechanism 4 is arranged on the transport vehicle 1 and used for enabling the material boxes conveyed on the conveying mechanism 3 to be arranged orderly; the stacking mechanism 2 is arranged at the front end of the transport vehicle 1 and used for collecting material boxes conveyed on the conveying mechanism 3 and stacking the collected material boxes. The transport vehicle 1 is preferably a crawler type, the flexibility and the maneuverability are good, the contact surface between the crawler type and the container is large, the unit area stress on the container is small under the same load, and the container can be prevented from being crushed.

As shown in fig. 2 to 5, the conveying mechanism 3 includes a connecting frame 31, a second conveying rail 32, a third conveying rail 33, a blocking assembly 34 and a discharging assembly 35, the second conveying rail 32 and the third conveying rail 33 are both installed and fixed on the connecting frame 31, the second conveying rail 32 and the third conveying rail 33 are arranged in the same direction, and the third conveying rail 33 is connected with the second conveying rail 32. The connecting frame 31 is fixed on the transportation vehicle 1, and the transportation vehicle 1 can drive the second transportation rail 32 and the third transportation rail 33 to move integrally.

As shown in fig. 4 to 5, the blocking assembly 34 includes a first vertical slide rail 341, a blocking plate 342, and a fourth driving mechanism 343, the first vertical slide rail 341 is fixed on the connecting plate 310 (the connecting plate 310 belongs to a part of the connecting frame 31), the blocking plate 342 is installed on the first vertical slide rail 341 in a vertically sliding and matching manner, and the fourth driving mechanism 343 is installed on the connecting plate 310 and is used for driving the blocking plate 342 to slide vertically along the first vertical slide rail 341; when the material box conveying needs to be suspended, the blocking plate 342 can be driven by the fourth driving mechanism 343 to slide above the second conveying rail 32, and at this time, the blocking plate 342 can block the material box on the second conveying rail 32, so that the material box on the second conveying rail 32 is limited from being conveyed onto the third conveying rail 33. When the material box needs to be conveyed onto the third conveying track 33 continuously, the blocking plate 342 can be driven by the fourth driving mechanism 343 to slide downwards, so that the blocking plate is hidden below the second conveying track 32, the structure of the material box is more compact, and more space is not occupied.

As shown in fig. 3 to 5, the discharging assembly 35 includes a first pushing member 351, a sliding rack 352, a first horizontal sliding rail 353, a second vertical sliding rail 354, a fifth driving mechanism 355 and a sixth driving mechanism 356, wherein the first horizontal sliding rail 353 is installed on the connecting plate 310 along the conveying direction (i.e. the front-back direction) of the third conveying rail 33, the sliding rack 352 is horizontally matched with the first horizontal sliding rail 353 in a sliding manner, and the fifth driving mechanism 355 is installed on the connecting plate 310 and is used for driving the sliding rack 352 to horizontally slide on the first horizontal sliding rail 353; the second vertical slide rail 354 is fixedly mounted on the sliding frame 352, the first pushing element 351 is matched with the second vertical slide rail 354 in a vertical sliding manner, and the sixth driving mechanism 356 is mounted on the sliding frame 352 and used for driving the first pushing element 351 to slide up and down along the second vertical slide rail 354; when the sixth driving mechanism 356 drives the first pushing member 351 to slide above the third conveying rail 33 and then the fifth driving mechanism 355 drives the sliding rack 352 to move forward, the first pushing member 351 can be driven to move forward so as to push the material box on the third conveying rail 33 to the box stacking mechanism 2. The number of the first pushing members 351 is preferably three, the three first pushing members 351 are fixed together by welding, two of the three first pushing members are respectively located at the left and right sides of the third conveying rail 33, and the remaining one of the three first pushing members penetrates through the third conveying rail 33. When the three first pushers 351 are driven by the sixth driving mechanism 356 to slide to the lower side of the third conveying rail 33, the conveying of the material box on the third conveying rail 33 is not affected. It should be noted that, although the third conveying rail 33 itself can directly convey the material boxes on the second conveying rail 32 to the first conveying rail 24, the conveying direction of the third conveying rail 33 is different from the conveying direction of the first conveying rail 24; therefore, when the material tanks are directly conveyed between the first conveying rail 24 and the third conveying rail 33, if the conveying speeds of the first conveying rail 24 and the third conveying rail 33 cannot be accurately controlled to be coordinated, the position where the material tanks fall onto the first conveying rail 24 is difficult to control, so that the material tanks are easy to incline, and subsequent stacking operation is influenced. When the material box moves to the end (i.e. the front end) of the third conveying rail 33 under the action of the discharging assembly 35, the sixth driving mechanism 356 drives the first pushing member 351 to slide upward above the third conveying rail 33, and the fifth driving mechanism 355 drives the sliding rack 352 to slide forward, so as to drive the first pushing member 351 to move forward, so that the material box at the end of the third conveying rail 33 is accurately pushed onto the first conveying rail 24.

As shown in fig. 3, the side approaching mechanism 4 includes a second horizontal sliding rail 41, a second pushing member 42, a seventh driving mechanism 43, and a positioning member 44, the second horizontal sliding rail 41 is mounted on the transportation vehicle 1 or the connecting frame 31 along a direction perpendicular to the transportation direction (i.e., the left-right direction) of the transportation mechanism 3, the positioning member 44 is integrally mounted on the right side of the transportation mechanism 3, the second pushing member 42 is located on the left side of the transportation mechanism 3 and is slidably mounted on the second horizontal sliding rail 41, and the seventh driving mechanism 43 is mounted on the transportation vehicle 1 or the connecting frame 31 and is configured to drive the second pushing member 42 to horizontally slide along the second horizontal sliding rail 41. When the material box passes through the second conveying rail 32, the seventh driving mechanism 43 drives the second pushing member 42 to slide towards the direction of the positioning member 44, so that the material box conveyed on the second conveying rail 32 is pushed to be aligned with the positioning member 44, and the material box on the second conveying rail 32 is ensured to be conveyed to the third conveying rail 33 in order.

As shown in fig. 6 to 9, the stacking mechanism 2 includes a support 21, a lifting assembly 22, a mounting frame 23, a first conveying rail 24, a box pushing assembly 25 and a supporting guide wheel 26, the support 21 is mounted on the transport vehicle 1, and the supporting guide wheel 26 is mounted at a lower end of the support 21 for contacting the ground or the ground of the container, so as to increase the supporting weight of the support 21 and avoid toppling over due to an excessive force applied to the front end of the transport vehicle 1. First delivery track 24 arranges in the front end of transport vechicle 1 along the left and right directions, first delivery track 24 installs on mounting bracket 23, mounting bracket 23 passes through lifting unit 22 and installs on support 21, lift through control lifting unit 22 can drive the lift of first delivery track 24, moreover, when the height of controlling first delivery track 24 is comparable with the height on third delivery track 33, link up third delivery track 33 just, material case can be accurate transport to first delivery track 24 on the third delivery track 33 this moment, and slide left along first delivery track 24, until being covered with the material case on whole first delivery track 24. As shown in fig. 8 and 9, the box pushing assembly 25 includes a first horizontal push rod 251, a horizontal slide rod 252, a second driving mechanism 253, a slide carriage 254, a second horizontal push rod 255, a third slide rail 256, and a third driving mechanism 257, wherein the first horizontal push rod 251 is disposed above the first conveying rail 24 along a conveying direction (i.e., a left-right direction) parallel to the first conveying rail 24, one end of the horizontal slide rod 252 is vertically mounted on the first horizontal push rod 251, the slide carriage 254 is mounted on the mounting frame 23, the horizontal slide rod 252 is slidably matched with the slide carriage 254 along a direction perpendicular to the first horizontal push rod 251, and the second driving mechanism 253 is mounted on the mounting frame 23 and is used for driving the horizontal slide rod 252 to slide on the slide carriage 254. The third slide rail 256 is mounted on the first horizontal push rod 251 along the length direction of the first horizontal push rod 251, the second horizontal push rod 255 is arranged in parallel right above the first horizontal push rod 251 and is slidably mounted on the third slide rail 256, and the third driving mechanism 257 is mounted on the first horizontal push rod 251 and is used for driving the second horizontal push rod 255 to slide along the third slide rail 256; under the condition that the box pushing assembly 25 does not work, the second horizontal push rod 255 can be driven by the third driving mechanism 257 to slide to coincide with the first horizontal push rod 251, so that interference between the second horizontal push rod 255 and the third conveying track 33 is avoided; when the material boxes need to be pushed, the third driving mechanism 257 drives the second horizontal push rod 255 to be staggered with the first horizontal push rod 251, so that the length of the whole of the first horizontal push rod 251 and the second horizontal push rod 255 in the left-right direction is equal to that of the first conveying track 24, and when the horizontal slide rod 252 of the second driving mechanism 253 slides forwards, the first horizontal push rod 251 and the second horizontal push rod 255 can be driven to move forwards, so that the material boxes on the first conveying track 24 are pushed forwards at the same time, and therefore the automatic stacking of a row of material boxes is completed.

As shown in fig. 7, the lifting assembly 22 includes a first slide rail 221, a second slide rail 222, a first driving mechanism 223, a movable pulley 224 and a connecting belt 225, the mounting frame 23 is installed on the second slide rail 222 in a vertical sliding manner, the second slide rail 222 is installed on the first slide rail 221 in a vertical sliding manner, and the first slide rail 221 is installed on the bracket 21 in a vertical manner; the first driving mechanism 223 is mounted on the bracket 21 and is used for driving the second slide rail 222 to slide up and down along the first slide rail 221; the connecting belt 225 has one end connected to the bracket 21 and the other end connected to the mounting bracket 23 via a movable pulley 224 rotatably mounted to the upper end of the second slide rail 222. Since one end of the connecting belt 225 is fixed on the bracket 21, when the first driving mechanism 223 drives the second sliding rail 222 to slide up and down along the first sliding rail 221, the second sliding rail 222 will slide up and down along the second sliding rail 222 through the movable pulley 224 and the connecting belt 225, and the mounting frame 23. The lifting structure is more compact in the vertical direction, and the transportation vehicle 1 and the stacking mechanism 2 are convenient to integrally move in a container.

As shown in fig. 9, an expansion and contraction part which can expand and contract along the conveying direction is installed at one end of the first conveying rail 24, the expansion and contraction part includes a sliding connection part 241 which is in sliding contact with one end of the first conveying rail 24 and an eighth driving mechanism 242 which is installed on the first conveying rail 24, and the sliding of the sliding connection part 241 can be controlled by the eighth driving mechanism 242; when the driving sliding-contact portion 241 slides outward to lengthen the first conveying rail 24, the length of the first conveying rail 24 can be made equivalent to the width of the container; when the driving sliding-contact portion 241 slides inward to shorten the first conveying rail 24, it is advantageous that both ends of the first conveying rail 24 do not contact with the inner wall of the container when the transportation vehicle 1 moves in the container.

The first conveying track 24, the second conveying track 32 and the third conveying track 33 are preferably roller conveyors, the carrying capacity of the roller conveyors is high, the rotation of each carrier roller can be controlled independently, and the material box can be stopped and moved conveniently. The first drive mechanism 223, the second drive mechanism 253, the third drive mechanism 257, the fourth drive mechanism 343, the fifth drive mechanism 355, the sixth drive mechanism 356, the seventh drive mechanism 43, and the eighth drive mechanism 242 are conventional, and are preferably any of an air cylinder, a hydraulic cylinder, a screw drive mechanism, and a worm and gear drive mechanism.

In order to realize the normal operation of the above components, the transport vehicle 1 is provided with a control box 5 for power distribution and control operation, and the wiring and control procedures between the control box 5 and the components are prior art, and therefore are not described in detail.

A boxing method of an automatic box stacking machine comprises the following steps:

s100, automatic positioning is carried out, the transport vehicle 1 is driven into the container, the direction of the transport vehicle 1 is adjusted, the first conveying rail 24 is transversely arranged in the container, and two ends of the first conveying rail 24 are enabled to be respectively aligned with two side faces of the container;

s200, automatically feeding, and conveying a material box to the conveying mechanism 3 through a conveying belt or manually;

s300, automatically aligning, and arranging the material boxes conveyed on the conveying mechanism 3 in order through the edge leaning mechanism 4;

s400, automatically stacking boxes, namely, lifting the first conveying rail 24 through the lifting assembly 22 until the first conveying rail 24 is connected with the conveying mechanism 3, conveying the material boxes conveyed on the conveying mechanism 3 onto the first conveying rail 24, and moving the material boxes conveyed onto the first conveying rail 24 along the first conveying rail 24 until the material boxes are fully distributed on the whole first conveying rail 24; the stacking position of the material boxes on the first conveying rail 24 is adjusted by controlling the front and back movement of the transport vehicle 1 and adjusting the height of the first conveying rail 24 through the lifting assembly 22; finally, the third driving mechanism 257 drives the second horizontal push rod 255 to be staggered with the first horizontal push rod 251, so that the integral length of the first horizontal push rod 251 and the second horizontal push rod 255 is equal to the length of the first conveying track 24, and then the second driving mechanism 253 drives the integral of the first horizontal push rod 251 and the second horizontal push rod 255 to push the material boxes on the first conveying track 24 into the container, thereby completing the stacking of a row of material boxes;

s500, repeating box stacking, repeating the step S400, and repeating box stacking from bottom to top and from inside to outside (namely from front to back) in sequence until the whole container is filled.

Wherein, step S200 includes the steps of:

s210, when the first conveying rail 24 is connected with the third conveying rail 33, the blocking plate 342 is driven to slide up and down in a reciprocating manner through the fourth driving mechanism 343, so that the material boxes on the second conveying rail 32 are controlled to be conveyed to the tail end of the third conveying rail 33 one by one; then, the sixth driving mechanism 356 drives the first pushing member 351 to slide above the third conveying rail 33, and the fifth driving mechanism 355 drives the sliding rack 352 to drive the first pushing member 351 to push the material box on the third conveying rail 33 onto the first conveying rail 24;

in S220, when the first conveying rail 24 and the third conveying rail 33 are staggered, the blocking plate 342 is driven by the fourth driving mechanism 343 to slide upward above the second conveying rail 32, so that the movement of the material tank on the second conveying rail 32 is limited.

The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, several modifications and decorations can be made without departing from the technical principle of the present invention, and these modifications and decorations should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. The automatic box stacking machine is characterized by comprising a transport vehicle capable of moving in any direction, a conveying mechanism used for automatically conveying material boxes, an edge leaning mechanism used for enabling the material boxes conveyed on the conveying mechanism to be arranged orderly and a box stacking mechanism used for collecting the material boxes on the conveying mechanism and automatically stacking the material boxes, wherein the conveying mechanism, the edge leaning mechanism and the box stacking mechanism are all arranged on the transport vehicle.

2. The automatic box stacking machine according to claim 1, wherein the box stacking mechanism comprises a support, a lifting assembly, a mounting frame, a first conveying rail and a box pushing assembly, the first conveying rail is used for collecting the material boxes output by the conveying mechanism and can drive the material boxes to move along the conveying direction of the first conveying rail, the box pushing assembly is used for pushing the material boxes on the first conveying rail out along the conveying direction perpendicular to the first conveying rail, the first conveying rail and the box pushing assembly are both mounted on the mounting frame, and the mounting frame is connected with the support mounted on the transport vehicle through the lifting assembly.

3. The automatic box stacking machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the lifting assembly comprises a first slide rail, a second slide rail, a first driving mechanism, a movable pulley and a connecting belt, the mounting frame is vertically and slidably mounted on the second slide rail, the second slide rail is vertically and slidably mounted on the first slide rail, and the first slide rail is vertically mounted on the bracket; the first driving mechanism is arranged on the bracket and is used for driving the second sliding rail to slide up and down along the first sliding rail; one end of the connecting belt is connected with the support, and the other end of the connecting belt is connected with the mounting frame through a movable pulley which is rotatably mounted at the upper end of the second sliding rail.

4. The automatic box stacking machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the box pushing assembly comprises a first horizontal push rod, a second horizontal push rod, a third slide rail, a horizontal slide rod, a second driving mechanism, a third driving mechanism and a slide seat mounted on the mounting frame, the first horizontal push rod is arranged above the first conveying rail along a conveying direction parallel to the first conveying rail, one end of the horizontal slide rod is vertically mounted on the first horizontal push rod, the horizontal slide rod can be matched with the slide seat in a sliding manner along a direction perpendicular to the first horizontal push rod, and the second driving mechanism is mounted on the mounting frame and is used for driving the horizontal slide rod to slide on the slide seat; the third slide rail is installed on the first horizontal push rod along the length direction of the first horizontal push rod, the second horizontal push rod is arranged right above the first horizontal push rod in parallel and is slidably installed on the third slide rail, and the third driving mechanism is installed on the first horizontal push rod and is used for driving the second horizontal push rod to slide along the third slide rail.

5. The automatic box stacking machine according to claim 1, wherein the conveying mechanism comprises a connecting frame, a second conveying rail, a third conveying rail which is arranged in the same direction as the second conveying rail and used for connecting the first conveying rail and the second conveying rail, and a blocking assembly used for blocking the material boxes on the second conveying rail, the third conveying rail and the blocking assembly are all arranged on the connecting frame, and the connecting frame is arranged on the transport vehicle.

6. The automatic box stacking machine of claim 5, wherein the blocking assembly comprises a first vertical slide rail, a blocking plate and a fourth driving mechanism, the first vertical slide rail is mounted on the connecting frame, the fourth driving mechanism is mounted on the connecting frame and used for driving the blocking plate to slide up and down along the first vertical slide rail, and when the blocking plate slides to the position above the second conveying track, the blocking plate can limit the movement of the material box on the second conveying track.

7. The automatic box stacking machine of claim 6, wherein the connecting frame is provided with a discharging assembly for pushing the material boxes on the third conveying rail to the box stacking mechanism, the discharging assembly comprises a first pushing member, a sliding frame, a first horizontal sliding rail, a second vertical sliding rail, a fifth driving mechanism and a sixth driving mechanism, the first horizontal sliding rail is mounted on the connecting frame along the conveying direction of the third conveying rail, and the fifth driving mechanism is mounted on the connecting frame and used for driving the sliding frame to horizontally slide along the first horizontal sliding rail; the sixth driving mechanism is arranged on the sliding frame and is used for driving the first pushing piece to slide up and down along the second vertical sliding rail; when the first pushing part moves above the third conveying track, the sliding frame can be slid to drive the first pushing part to push the material box on the third conveying track to the box stacking mechanism.

8. The automatic box stacking machine of claim 1, wherein the side-approaching mechanism comprises a second horizontal sliding rail, a second pushing member, a seventh driving mechanism and a positioning member, the second horizontal sliding rail is mounted on the transport vehicle along a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the conveying mechanism, the positioning member is mounted on one side of the conveying mechanism, the second pushing member is located on the other side of the conveying mechanism and is slidably mounted on the second horizontal sliding rail, and the seventh driving mechanism is mounted on the transport vehicle and is used for driving the second pushing member to horizontally slide along the second horizontal sliding rail; when the second pushing piece is driven to slide towards the direction of the positioning piece, the second pushing piece can push the material box conveyed on the conveying mechanism to be aligned with the positioning piece.

9. A boxing method of an automatic box stacking machine is characterized by comprising the following steps:

s100, automatic positioning is carried out, the transport vehicle is driven into the container, the direction of the transport vehicle is adjusted, the first conveying track is transversely arranged in the container, and two ends of the first conveying track are enabled to be respectively aligned with two side faces of the container;

s200, automatically feeding, and conveying a material box to the conveying mechanism through a conveying belt or manually;

s300, automatically aligning, and arranging the material boxes conveyed on the conveying mechanism in order through the edge approaching mechanism;

s400, automatically stacking boxes, namely lifting a first conveying rail through the lifting assembly until the first conveying rail is connected with a conveying mechanism, conveying the material boxes conveyed on the conveying mechanism to the first conveying rail, and moving the material boxes conveyed to the first conveying rail along the first conveying rail until the material boxes are fully distributed on the whole first conveying rail; then adjusting the stacking position of the material boxes on the first conveying track by controlling the front and back movement of the transport vehicle and adjusting the height of the first conveying track through the lifting assembly; finally, the third driving mechanism drives the second horizontal push rod and the first horizontal push rod to be staggered with each other, so that the integral length of the first horizontal push rod and the second horizontal push rod is equal to the length of the first conveying track, and then the second driving mechanism drives the integral of the first horizontal push rod and the second horizontal push rod to push the material boxes on the first conveying track into the container, so that stacking of a row of material boxes is completed;

s500, repeating box stacking, repeating the step S400, and repeating box stacking from bottom to top and from inside to outside in sequence until the whole container is filled.

10. The box packing method of an automatic box stacker as claimed in claim 9, wherein said step S200 comprises the steps of:

s210, when the first conveying track is connected with the third conveying track, the fourth driving mechanism drives the blocking plate to slide up and down in a reciprocating manner, so that the material boxes on the second conveying track are controlled to be conveyed to the tail end of the third conveying track one by one; the sixth driving mechanism drives the first pushing piece to slide to the upper side of the third conveying rail, and the fifth driving mechanism drives the sliding frame to drive the first pushing piece to push the material box on the third conveying rail to the first conveying rail;

and S220, when the first conveying track and the third conveying track are staggered, the fourth driving mechanism drives the blocking plate to slide upwards to the upper part of the second conveying track, so that the material box on the second conveying track is limited to move.

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