Automatic Lifting Feeding Device and Method

• US 20200130969A1
• Filed: 11/03/2017
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oursun Office Machine Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Oursun Office Machine Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: ZHU, Wenfeng, HE, Songyu
• Granted Patent: US 11,440,755 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 1/04 adapted to support articles substantially horizontally, e.g. for separation from top of pile
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 1/14 comprising positively-acting mechanical devices B65H1/025 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 1/18 controlled by height of pile
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2220/01 indicating an entity as a function of which control, adjustment or change is performed, i.e. input
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2220/02 indicating an entity which is controlled, adjusted or changed by a control process, i.e. output
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2220/11 indicating that the input or output entities exclusively relate to machine elements
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2511/13 Thickness
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2511/15 Height, e.g. of stack
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2511/222 Stroke
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2553/22 Magnetic detectors, e.g. Hall detectors
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2553/61 Mechanical means, e.g. contact arms
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2553/81 on a movable element
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 3/0661 for separating inclined-stacked articles with separator rollers above the stack
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 7/18 Modifying or stopping actuation of separators
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 7/20 Controlling associated apparatus

Abstract

An automatic lifting and feeding device includes a main controller, a material thickness detecting device, a material loading mechanism for placing materials and driving the materials to rise and fall, a material taking mechanism for transferring materials and a height detecting mechanism for detecting the height of the materials, wherein, the material thickness detecting device, the material loading mechanism, the material taking mechanism and the height detecting mechanism are respectively connected to the main controller. The height detecting mechanism includes a bracket and the height testing part connected to the bracket, and the detector for detecting the material distance is arranged on the height testing part. The invention also provides an automatic lifting feeding method. The advantage of the invention is that the height does not need to be adjusted manually. The device can automatically detect the height of the material, and achieves high efficiency.

Claims

1. An automatic lifting feeding device, comprising:

a main controller, a material thickness detecting device, a material loading mechanism for placing a material and driving the material to rise and fall, a material taking mechanism for transferring the material and a height detecting mechanism for detecting a height of the material, wherein the material thickness detecting device, the material loading mechanism, the material taking mechanism and the height detecting mechanism are respectively connected to the main controller, the height detecting mechanism comprises a first bracket and a height testing part connected to the bracket, and the height testing part is provided with a detector for detecting a distance of the material.

2. The automatic lifting feeding device of claim 1, wherein the height testing part is a second bracket, the second bracket rotates up and down, the second bracket is rotationally connected to the first bracket, the detector is a magnet, the magnet is arranged on the second bracket, the first bracket is provided with a detection circuit for detecting a change of a magnetic force of the magnet.

3. The automatic lifting feeding device of claim 2, wherein the material loading mechanism comprises a motor and a placing platform connected to the motor, the second bracket is parallel to a rotation axis of the first bracket and the placing platform.

4. The automatic lifting feeding device of claim 3, wherein the detection circuit is located directly above the magnet.

5. The automatic lifting feeding device of claim 3, wherein the detection circuit is connected to the main controller.

6. A method of automatic lifting feeding based on the automatic lifting feeding device of claim 1, comprising the following steps:

S1. placing a material on the material loading mechanism, and controlling a rise of the material loading mechanism by the main controller;

S2, through the height detection mechanism, detecting a lifting height of the material and sending the lifting height to the main controller;

S3, through the main controller, determining whether the lifting height of the material reaches a predetermined height for transferring, if not reaching to the predetermined height for transferring, then returning step S1;

if reaching the predetermined height for transferring, controlling the material loading mechanism to stop by the main controller, and controlling the material taking mechanism to take the material by the main controller.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein a magnetic variation is configure to detect the lifting height of the material, a magnet is fixed on a second bracket, the second bracket rotates up and down, the second bracket is arranged on a first bracket, so that the second bracket rotates up and down around the first bracket of, a detection circuit is arranged on the first bracket, the second bracket is placed on the material, the material drives the second bracket to rotate when the material is driven to rise by the loading mechanism, the magnet is driven to rise by the second bracket, the magnet is arranged beside the detection circuit, the detection circuit acquires an analog signal related to a magnetic force change of the magnet and then transmits the analog signal to the main controller, the main controller converts the analog signal to a digital signal and then compares the digital signal with a predetermined parameter value, thereby judging whether to lift the material or take the material.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the predetermined parameter value is a reference value for a variety of thicknesses predetermined after materials having various thicknesses are tested, the predetermined parameter value is stored in the main controller.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein a thickness of the material is recorded by a material thickness detecting device.