Feeding device
View Patent ↗Embodiments of the present application provide a feeding device for loading a material into a container, which relates to the technical field of product assembly. The feeding device is configured to load a material into a container having an opening. The feeding device includes a pressing unit. The pressing unit includes a pressing member having a pressing plane, and a driving member configured to drive the pressing member to move cyclically along a closed track. The closed track includes a first planar track segment, and when the pressing member moves along the first planar track segment, the pressing plane forms surface contact with the material and keeps extending in a material loading direction, the material loading direction being a movement direction of the material relative to the container. The feeding device can reduce damage to the material during a feeding process.
1. A feeding device for loading a material into a container having an opening, the feeding device comprising a pressor, the pressor comprising:
a pressing structure having a pressing plane;
a driver to drive the pressing structure to move cyclically along a closed track, wherein the closed track comprises a first planar track segment, and when the pressing structure moves along the first planar track segment, the pressing plane forms surface contact with the material and keeps extending in a material loading direction, the material loading direction being a movement direction of the material relative to the container;
a rotating shaft, wherein the driver is configured to drive the rotating shaft to rotate; and
a conversion structure, wherein the conversion structure is configured to convert a rotational movement of the rotating shaft into a cyclical movement of the pressing structure along the closed track,
wherein the conversion structure comprises a cam, the cam is mounted to the rotating shaft, and a projection of the cam on a plane perpendicular to the rotating shaft is a Reuleaux triangle.
2. The feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein the pressing structure comprises a pressing structure body and a buffer layer, the buffer layer covers at least part of a surface of the pressing structure body, and the pressing plane is provided on the buffer layer.
3. The feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein a movement direction of the pressing structure along the first planar track segment is the same as the material loading direction.
4. The feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein the driver is configured to drive the pressing structure to rotate about a first axis such that the pressing plane approaches or moves away from the material, the first axis having an extension direction perpendicular to the material loading direction.
5. The feeding device according to claim 4 , wherein the first axis is a central axis of the rotating shaft.
6. The feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein the pressing structure is a rectangular frame fitted outside the cam, and the pressing plane is arranged on the side of the rectangular frame facing toward the material.
7. The feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein the conversion structure further comprises a first guide rail to guide the rectangular frame to move along the closed track.
8. The feeding device according to claim 5 , wherein the pressing structure is a pressing roller having an extension direction parallel to the extension direction of the first axis, and the pressing plane is part of an outer peripheral surface of the pressing roller.
9. The feeding device according to claim 8 , wherein the pressing roller has a polygonal cross-section.
10. The feeding device according to claim 9 , wherein the pressing roller has a rectangular cross-section.
11. The feeding device according to claim 8 , wherein the pressor comprises a plurality of pressing rollers arranged at intervals around the rotating shaft and configured to revolve about the first axis.
12. The feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein the pressor further comprises a first pulley, a second pulley and a drive belt, the first pulley is connected to an output end of the driver, the second pulley is connected to the rotating shaft, and the drive belt is fitted around the first pulley and the second pulley.
13. The feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein the pressor further comprises a first base and a second base, the pressing structure is arranged on the first base, and the first base is floatably arranged on the second base in a first direction, the first direction being perpendicular to the pressing plane.
14. The feeding device according to claim 13 , wherein a second guide rail is provided on the second base, the second guide rail extends in the first direction, and the first base is slidably arranged on the second guide rail.
15. The feeding device according to claim 14 , wherein the pressor further comprises a position-limit block, a guide rod and an elastic structure, wherein the position-limit block is arranged on the second base, and the position-limit block is provided with a through hole; the guide rod extends in the first direction and slidably passes through the through hole, and one end of the guide rod is connected to the first base; and the elastic structure is fitted over the guide rod and elastically supported between the position-limit block and the first base.
16. The feeding device according to claim 13 , further comprising a detection unit, which is arranged between the first base and the second base and configured to detect a force acting on the pressing member in the first direction.
17. The feeding device according to claim 13 , wherein the driver is arranged at the second base.
18. The feeding device according to claim 1 , wherein two pressors are provided, which are arranged opposite each other in a first direction, the first direction being perpendicular to the pressing plane, and a clamping space for allowing the material to be clamped therein is formed between the two pressors.
19. The feeding device according to claim 1 , further comprising a driving structure to drive the pressor to move in a direction opposite to the material loading direction.
20. The feeding device according to claim 19 , further comprising a framework, wherein the pressor is mounted to the framework, and the driving structure is configured to drive the framework to move in a direction opposite to the material loading direction.