Patent ID: 7686153
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
1. A package temporary storage control mechanism for a cuboidal package conveying apparatus, being located between a feeding end and a discharge end of the conveying apparatus for a plurality of cuboidal packages fed into the conveying apparatus at the feeding end to move through the package temporary storage control mechanism before being discharged at the discharge end; the package temporary storage control mechanism comprising: a temporary storage trough that includes a pair of upright plates; the upright plates each being divided into a supporting section and a waiting section located below the supporting section; a supporting zone being defined between the supporting sections of the two upright plates, and a waiting zone being defined between the waiting sections of the two upright plates; a pair of supporting mechanisms; each of the supporting mechanisms including a plurality of supporting fingers, and the supporting fingers being controlled by an extension controller to locate at a supporting position or a releasing position; the supporting fingers located at the supporting position being extended into the supporting zone of the temporary storage trough to receive and support the cuboidal packages moved from the feeding end to the supporting zone; a supporting finger driving mechanism being coupled with the supporting mechanisms for driving the supporting mechanisms to ascend and descend in a vertical direction in the supporting zone of the temporary storage trough; a pair of carrying mechanisms; each of the carrying mechanisms including a plurality of carrier seats, and the carrier seats being controlled by at least one horizontal-extension controller to locate at a carrying position or a retracted position; the carrier seats located at the carrying position being extended into the waiting zone of the temporary storage trough, so as to carry the cuboidal packages that are moved downward from the supporting zone of the temporary storage trough when the supporting fingers are located at the releasing position; and a carrier seat driving mechanism being coupled with the carrying mechanisms for driving the carrying mechanisms to ascend and descend in the vertical direction in the waiting zone of the temporary storage trough; whereby when the carrying mechanisms are driven by the carrier seat driving mechanism to move to a bottom of the waiting zone of the temporary storage trough, the cuboidal packages being carried by the carrier seats to the waiting zone of the temporary storage trough can be discharged via the discharge end of the cuboidal package conveying apparatus.