# US 11,993,466 B2 · Material integrating device

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- Number: US 11,993,466 B2
- Document ID: US11993466B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/044,853
- Filed: 2019-11-05
- Published: 2022-11-03
- Granted: 2024-05-28
- Earliest claimed: 2019-08-19
- Assignees: Zhangjiagang Elegant Home-Tech Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Zhangjiagang Elegant Home-Tech Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Jincheng Song
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11993466B2

## CPC

- B65G 49/067: {Sheet handling, means, e.g. manipulators, devices for turning or tilting sheet glass (suction cups B65G49/061; combined with vertical conveyors C03B33/00 - C03B33/10; stacking and destacking B65G49/068)}
- B65G 47/24: orientating the articles
- B65G 47/26: arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles
- B65G 47/914: {provided with drive systems incorporating rotary and rectilinear movements}
- B65G 49/061: {Lifting, gripping, or carrying means, for one or more sheets forming independent means of transport, e.g. suction cups, transport frames (suction means as load-engaging elements attached to the lifting or lowering gear of cranes B66C1/02; suction cups for attaching purposes F16B47/00; suction cups on gripping heads B25J15/0616; suction cups in general B65G47/91; suction cups combined with cutting means on vertical conveyors C03B33/00 - C03B33/10; devices for turning sheets B65G49/067; suspending devices B65G49/066)}
- B65G 49/064: {in a horizontal position (B65G49/066 takes precedence)}
- B65G 49/068: {Stacking or destacking devices; Means for preventing damage to stacked sheets, e.g. spaces (stacking in general B65G57/00; destacking in general B65G59/00; spacer sheets in general B65H)}
- B65G 2249/04: Arrangements of vacuum systems or suction cups
- B65G 2249/045: Details of suction cups suction cups
- B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D)

## Abstract

The present invention discloses a material integrating device, which comprises a material transferring mechanism, an integrating mechanism and a conveying mechanism that are linked to a control system signal, wherein the material transferring mechanism is used to place the material to be integrated on the integrating mechanism and transfer the integrated material to the conveying mechanism, a vacuum adsorption platform is installed on a manipulator and is used to adsorb materials; the integrating mechanism comprises a vacuum negative pressure worktable, an angle adjusting platform and an electric push rod, the angle adjusting platform is slidably provided on the top surface of the vacuum negative pressure worktable and is located on the side of the material to be integrated, and the electric push rod is used to push the material to be integrated to be level; and the conveying mechanism comprises a conveyor belt for placing the integrated material.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A material integrating device, which comprises a material transferring mechanism, an integrating mechanism and a conveying mechanism that are linked to a control system signal, wherein the material transferring mechanism is used to place the material to be integrated on the integrating mechanism and transfer the integrated material to the conveying mechanism,
the material transferring mechanism comprises a manipulator and a vacuum adsorption platform, and the vacuum adsorption platform is installed at the action end of the hand of the manipulator and is used to adsorb the materials to be integrated and the integrated material;
the integrating mechanism comprises a vacuum negative pressure worktable, an angle adjusting platform and an electric push rod, the material to be integrated is placed on the vacuum negative pressure worktable, the angle adjusting platform is slidably provided on the top surface of the vacuum negative pressure worktable and is located on the side of the material to be integrated, and the electric push rod is used to push the material to be integrated to be level;
the conveying mechanism comprises a conveyor belt for placing the integrated material, wherein the angle adjusting platform consists of a left angle adjusting platform and a right angle adjusting platform, a sliding range of the left angle adjusting platform is to slide from the left to the right of the vacuum negative pressure worktable, and the sliding range of the right angle adjusting platform is to slide from the right to the left of the vacuum negative pressure worktable.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The material integrating device according to claim 1, wherein the vacuum adsorption platform comprises a vacuum detector and a plurality of vacuum chucks, the plurality of vacuum chucks are evenly distributed on the bottom surface of the vacuum adsorption platform and are used to adsorb the material tightly, and the vacuum detector is used to detect the pressure value of the vacuum chucks.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The material integrating device according to claim 2, wherein the vacuum adsorption platform further comprises a plurality of longitudinal chutes and transverse chutes, the plurality of longitudinal chutes are fixed in parallel on the worktable surface at the bottom of the vacuum adsorption platform at equal intervals, there are corresponding sets of sliders provided in each of the longitudinal chutes, each of the sliders is fixedly connected to one of the transverse chutes, a plurality of sets of the transverse chutes are parallel to each other; and the plurality of vacuum chucks are slidably connected with the transverse chutes.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The material integrating device according to claim 1, wherein the vacuum negative pressure worktable comprises a worktable surface and a hollow cavity, the worktable surface for placing the material to be integrated is integrally provided at the top of the hollow cavity, several air holes are evenly opened on the worktable surface, and the hollow cavity is connected to the vacuum pump through a pipeline.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The material integrating device according to claim 1, wherein the left angle adjusting platform is provided with a plurality of rows of first positioning holes inclined at an angle, the right angle adjusting platform is provided with a plurality of rows of second positioning holes inclined at an angle, the inclination angles of the corresponding first positioning holes and second positioning holes are complementary angles; positioning pins are spirally installed in each of the positioning holes, and the positioning pins are used to adjust the inclination angle of the material.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The material integrating device according to claim 5, wherein the positioning pin comprises a bolt and a pushing plate, the bolt is screwed into the positioning hole, the bottom of the screw is fixedly connected with the pushing plate for pushing the material; and the pushing plate is provided parallel to the side of the material.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The material integrating device according to claim 1, wherein the electric push rod comprises an electric cylinder and a push rod, the push rod is fixedly installed at the top of a piston rod of the electric cylinder, the push rod is perpendicular to the piston rod, and the push rod is provided horizontally along the length of the material.