IP Library Granted Patent US 12673391
Granted Patent B2
US 12673391 · App. 18/931,050 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Method for filling carbide blades in cutter head

Inventors: Teng Gao (Shandong, CN); Changhe Li (Shandong, CN); Jixin Liu (Shandong, CN); Guang Wang (Shandong, CN); Yanbin Zhang (Shandong, CN); Mingzheng Liu (Shandong, CN); Yujie Chen (Shandong, CN); Xin Cui (Shandong, CN); Min Yang (Shandong, CN); Xuelei Song (Shandong, CN); Xu Yan (Shandong, CN); Zongming Zhou (Shandong, CN); Quanchang Zhang (Shandong, CN); Dewei Liu (Shandong, CN); Aiguo Qin (Shandong, CN); Zongyi Liu (Shandong, CN)
Assignees: QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY; QINGDAO HUANGHAI UNIVERSITY; GUOHUA (QINGDAO) INTELLIGENT PRECISION DRIVE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.; QINGDAO JIMO QINGLI INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
B23P15/28B65G47/04B65G2813/00
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Patent No.
US 12673391
App. No.
18/931,050
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for filling carbide blades in cutter head by using a carbide blade cutter head filling device. The carbide blade cutter head filling device includes a feeding unit, a storage unit, a loading unit and a discharging unit which are arranged successively. The output end of the feeding unit is matched with the input end of the storage unit through the guide mechanism. The output end of the storage unit faces a conveying tray of the loading unit. The conveying tray is provided with a plurality of group of transition holes for accommodating blades. A receiving mechanism for accommodating a cutter head is arranged below the falling pull plate of the discharging unit. The falling pull plate adjusts the communication and isolation between the transition hole and the cutter head in the receiving mechanism by changing the relative position of the falling pull plate and the transition hole.

Claims (17)

1 . A method for filling carbide blades in cutter head, using a carbide blade cutter head filling device, wherein the device comprises: a feeding unit, a storage unit, a loading unit and a discharging unit which are successively arranged, wherein

an output end of the feeding unit is matched with an input end of the storage unit through a guide mechanism, an output end of the storage unit faces a conveying tray of the loading unit, the conveying tray is provided with a plurality of groups of transition holes for accommodating carbide blades,

a receiving mechanism for accommodating cutter heads is arranged below a falling pull plate of the discharging unit, and the falling pull plate adjusts communication and isolation between the plurality of groups of the transition holes and the cutter heads in the receiving mechanism by changing a relative position of the falling pull plate and the plurality of groups of the transition holes;

wherein, the method comprises:

collecting, by the feeding unit, the carbide blades and gradually driving the blades for feeding, and conveying the blades to the position where the feeding unit is matched with the guide mechanism;

collecting, by the guide mechanism, the blades and conveying the blades to the storage unit for temporary storing;

releasing and discharging, by the storage unit, the blades into the transition holes, and switching the positions of the transition holes after the previous group of transition holes of the conveying tray are totally filled with the blades to fill a next group of transition holes with the blades;

moving one group of transition holes filled with the blades onto the falling pull plate, pulling out the falling pull plate, such that the transition holes are communicated with the cutter heads and the blades fall into the corresponding cutter heads, enabling the falling pull plate to reset so as to isolate the transition holes from the cutter heads, discharging, by a discharging unit, the cutter heads filled with the blades, and enabling the next cutter head to rise to a position below the falling pull plate; and

moving the other group of transition holes filled with the blades onto the falling pull plate, and repeating the discharging and cutter head filling process.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the feeding unit comprises a feeding mechanism, a guide mechanism and a recycling mechanism which are matched with one another, an output end of the feeding mechanism is matched with a plurality of conveying tracks arranged in parallel, a first end of the guide mechanism faces a tail end of each of the plurality of the conveying tracks, a second end of the guide mechanism corresponds to the storage unit, and an opening of a recycling groove of the recycling mechanism faces a position where the each of the conveying tracks is matched with the guide mechanism for receiving and recycling falling blades.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the guide mechanism comprises a plurality of guide rods and a plurality of limiting clamps, wherein one end of each of the plurality of the guide rods away from the storage unit is matched with the output end of the feeding unit for receiving a blade and penetrates through a central hole of the blade, the each of the plurality of the guide rods is matched with at least two of the plurality of the limiting clamps, the plurality of the limiting clamps are successively arranged along the plurality of the guide rods at intervals, a temporary storage segment is formed between adjacent limiting clamps, the plurality of the limiting clamps clamp or release the plurality of the guide rods to stop or release the blades, and at the same moment, at least one of the plurality of the limiting clamps clamps one of the plurality of the guide rods.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the storage unit comprises a storage device and a vibrator connected to the storage device, the storage device is provided with a plurality of passages matched with the guide mechanism, a cross-section shape of each of the plurality of the passages is matched with that of a blade, a first end of the each of the plurality of the passages is matched with an output end of the guide mechanism, and a second end of the each of the plurality of the passages faces the conveying tray.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the loading unit comprises a carrier plate, a conveying tray which is in sliding fit with the carrier plate and a guide mechanism matched with the conveying tray; and the conveying tray is matched with a reciprocating driving mechanism, the plurality of groups of the transition holes are successively arranged along a movement direction of the conveying tray, the guide mechanism is mounted on the carrier plate, and two sides of the conveying tray are respectively matched with the guide mechanism.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the carrier plate is provided with a plurality of grooves matched with the falling pull plate, the conveying tray is in sliding fit with the falling pull plate, and the conveying tray moves to change a matching state of the plurality of groups of the transition holes and the falling pull plate for moving the plurality of groups of the transition holes to a position above the falling pull plate.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the discharging unit comprises the receiving mechanism for accommodating the cutter heads, the falling pull plate being matched above the receiving mechanism, and a pushing mechanism being matched with the receiving mechanism, wherein the receiving mechanism is provided with a jacking module, an output end of the jacking module carries a plurality of the cutter heads which are stacked successively, the falling pull plate is matched with a telescopic module to drive falling and change a matching state of the falling pull plate and the cutter heads, and the pushing mechanism is arranged on one side of the receiving mechanism for pushing the cutter heads to be discharged from one side of the receiving mechanism.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein a discharging receiving plate is arranged on a side of the receiving mechanism away from the pushing mechanism, and the discharging receiving plate is opposite to the receiving mechanism for receiving the cutter heads discharged from the receiving mechanism.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the guide mechanism conveys the cutter heads into the storage unit in batches, and the conveying tray moves in a reciprocating manner to switch and be matched with the plurality of the transition holes.