Patent ID: 12202023

In the drawings, the members represented by the reference numerals are listed as follows:1refers to substrate;2refers to clamping mechanism,21refers to pedestal,22refers to first motor,23refers to screw stem,24refers to slide,25refers to supporting rack,251refers to guide groove,26refers to movable clamping plate,27refers to clamping rod, and271refers to guide block;3refers to cutting mechanism,31refers to second motor,32refers to protective cover,321refers to sliding block,33refers to fixed plate,34refers to blade, and35refers to telescopic rod;4refers to placement platform,41refers to movable platform, and42refers to fixed platform;5refers to storage box,51refers to shell collecting frame, and52refers to inner core collecting frame;6refers to traction mechanism,61refers to mounting plate,62refers to first guide wheel,63refers to second guide wheel,64refers to pulling rope, and65refers to tension wheel;7refers to linkage mechanism,71refers to spring,72refers to sliding rod,721refers to limiting groove,73refers to sliding block,731refers to connecting arm,732refers to connecting rod,74refers to linkage rack,75refers to gear box,751refers to first gear,752refers to first sliding rod,753refers to second gear,754refers to second sliding rod,755refers to third gear, and756refers to fourth gear.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail hereinafter. Examples of the embodiments are shown in the accompanying drawings. The same or similar reference numerals throughout the drawings denote the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary and are intended to explain the present disclosure, but should not be construed as limiting the present disclosure.

Embodiment 1

As shown inFIGS.1to5, a disassembling mechanism for a waste battery module includes a substrate1. The substrate1is provided with a clamping mechanism2, a cutting mechanism3, a placement platform4, a storage box5, a traction mechanism6and a linkage mechanism7at a top portion. The clamping mechanism2and the cutting mechanism3are respectively located at two ends of the top portion of the substrate1. The placement platform4is arranged just below a clamping part of the clamping mechanism2, and the placement platform4includes a movable platform41and a fixed platform42, and the movable platform41is rotatably arranged in a center of the fixed platform42. A cutting part of the cutting mechanism3extends to just above the movable platform41of the placement platform4. The storage box5includes a shell collecting frame51and an inner core collecting frame52, the shell collecting frame51is arranged below the clamping mechanism2at one end of the fixed platform42far away from the movable platform41, and the inner core collecting frame52is arranged just below the movable platform41. The linkage mechanism7includes a sliding rod72, a sliding block73, a linkage rack74and a gear box75. The sliding rod72is arranged between the inner core collecting frame52and a fixed end of the cutting mechanism3along a length direction of the substrate1. The sliding block73and the linkage rack74are both slidably arranged on the sliding rod72, the linkage rack74is located between the inner core collecting frame52and the sliding block73, and a spring71is sleeved outside the sliding rod72between the sliding block73and the fixed end of the cutting mechanism3. The sliding block73is movably provided with two connecting arms731for connecting the clamping part of the clamping mechanism2at a top portion. The gear box75is fixed at a rotating shaft of the movable platform41through a fixing rod, and the gear box75is provided with an upper sliding rod and a lower sliding rod, the two sliding rods are connected through a gear in the gear box75, where one end of one sliding rod is connected with the linkage rack74, so that the linkage rack74is capable of pushing the sliding rod to drive the gear in the gear box75to rotate when sliding and displacing along the sliding rod72, and linking the movable platform41to rotate around a rotating shaft thereof. The traction mechanism6is fixed at one end of the clamping mechanism2far away from the placement platform4, and one end of a traction member of the traction mechanism6is connected with the cutting mechanism3, and the other end of the traction member is connected with the sliding block clamping mechanism73. The clamping part of the clamping mechanism2can clamp and fix a battery to be disassembled on the storage platform4, so that a cutting path of the cutting part of the cutting mechanism3is located at a waist line of a plurality of cores of the battery to be disassembled, and the cutting part of the cutting mechanism3can cut along the waist line of the cores during the movement process, so that the plurality of internal cores can naturally fall on the movable platform41after a shell of the battery is disassembled. Because the traction member of the traction mechanism6is connected with the cutting mechanism3and the sliding block73, when the cutting part of the cutting mechanism3is adjusted to a proper position and after the traction member is tensioned between the cutting mechanism3and the sliding block73, with the movable cutting of the cutting part of the cutting mechanism3(the cutting part of the cutting mechanism3moves from one end of the placement platform4to the fixed end of the cutting mechanism3), the sliding block73may move along the sliding rod72to one end of the placement platform4under the action of the traction member. In this case, the connecting arm731may push the clamping part of the clamping mechanism2to move from the movable platform41to the fixed platform42, so that the waste battery fixed in the clamping part of the clamping mechanism2can be pulled to both sides along a notch opening on the shell, to promote the shell of the battery to be broken to both sides, so that the inner core of the battery can fall on the movable platform41to separate from the shell of the battery. When moving to the linkage rack74, the sliding block73may push the linkage rack74to slide along the sliding rod72, so that the lower end sliding rod arranged in the gear box75moves and drives the gear inside the gear box75to run and link the upper end sliding rod in the gear box75to move, so that the movable platform41can rotate around the rotating shaft thereof under the action of the gear in the gear box75, and so that the movable platform41can rotate around the rotating shaft thereof under the action of the gear inside the gear box75, such that the inner core of the battery falling on the movable platform41can fall into the inner core collecting frame52along with the turned movable platform41, and the shell of the battery fixed at the clamping part of the clamping mechanism2can move to the shell collecting frame51, and fall into the shell collecting frame51for collection along with the loosening of the clamping part of the clamping mechanism2. As such, the shell of the battery and the inner core of the battery can be collected by classification after the waste battery is disassembled by the device, which reduces the complicated operation caused by manually peeling off the shell of the battery, improves the disassembling rate of the battery module and avoids bodily injury caused by manually peeling off the shell of the battery.

As shown inFIGS.1to4, in this embodiment, the clamping mechanism2includes a pedestal21, a first motor22, a screw stem23, two slides24, two supporting racks25and two clamping rods27. The pedestal21is arranged along a width direction of the substrate1. The first motor22is fixed at one end of the pedestal21. The screw stem23is arranged inside the pedestal21along an arrangement direction of the pedestal21, and one end of the screw stem23is connected with an output shaft of the first motor22. The two slides24are both sleeved outside the screw stem23and slidably connected with the pedestal21, so that the screw stem23is capable of driving the two slides24to move to a center of the pedestal21or to two ends of the pedestal21synchronously during rotating. The two supporting racks25are respectively fixed on top portions of the two slides24, the two supporting racks25both have a sector structure, and the two supporting racks25are symmetrically arranged about a central axis in the length direction of the substrate1. The two clamping rods27are fixed above the two supporting racks25respectively, and each clamping rod27is capable of moving along an arc-shaped edge of the supporting rack25below the clamping rod; one end of the clamping rod27is movably connected with the connecting arm731, and the clamping rod27is provided with a movable clamping plate26on one side close to the cutting mechanism3, such that the clamping rod27forms the clamping part of the clamping mechanism2, which is used for fixing and clamping the waste battery. When rotating, the first motor22can drive the screw stem23to rotate. Under the action of the screw stem23, the two slides24synchronously move to the center of the pedestal21or to both ends of the pedestal21along an arrangement direction of the pedestal21, so as to adjust a spacing between the two clamping rods27, and then the clamping part of the clamping mechanism2is formed by the two clamping rods27to clamp and fix waste batteries of different sizes. In this embodiment, the clamping rod27is provided with a driving member (not shown in the figure) for adjusting the spacing of the movable clamping plate26, so that the movable clamping plate26can also be adaptively adjusted according to the size of the shell of the waste battery, so that when the waste battery is fixed between the two clamping rods27, the other two sides of the battery can be clamped by the movable clamping plate26on the clamping rod27, and the clamping stability of the battery on the clamping rod27can be improved, so that the waste battery can be stably clamped on the placement platform4, ensuring that the battery does not slip and misalign when being cut by the cutting mechanism3, and ensuring the stable disassembling of the battery.

In this embodiment, each supporting rack25is provided with a guide groove251on the arc-shaped edge, and each clamping rod27is provided with a guide block271matched with the guide groove251a bottom portion, so that the clamping rod27is capable of being sliding and displacing along the arc-shaped edge of the supporting rack25through the match between the guide block271and the guide groove251. The supporting rack25can be used as a supporting piece to support the clamping rod27, and also enables the clamping rod27to slide along the arc-shaped edge of the supporting rack25when the clamping rod27is pushed by the connecting arm731, which ensures that the clamping rod27can form an outward traction force at an incision of the shell of the battery in the process of disassembling the battery module, and prompts the shell of the battery to be broken to both sides along the incision direction to separate the inner core of the battery from the shell of the battery. The arrangement of the guide groove251and the guide block271can improve the connection between the supporting rack25and the clamping rod27, and ensure that the clamping rod27can stably slide along the arc-shaped edge of the supporting rack25.

As shown inFIG.1andFIG.4, in this embodiment, the shell collecting frame51is located directly below the sector groove of the supporting rack25. The clamping rod27slides and displaces along the arc-shaped edge of the supporting rack25, and a clamping gap of the movable clamping plate26is always located in an opening range of the shell collecting frame51. The shell collecting frame51in the special position can always keep the shell of the battery clamped in a center of the movable clamping plate26in the opening range of the shell collecting frame51when the clamping rod27slides and displaces along the arc-shaped edge of the supporting rack25, so that after the movable clamping plate26is loosened, the shell of the battery can directly fall into the shell collecting frame51for centralized collection.

As shown inFIG.1andFIG.2, in this embodiment, the cutting mechanism3includes a second motor31, a protective cover32, a fixed plate33, a blade34and a telescopic rod35. The telescopic rod35is connected with the substrate1, the fixed plate33is fixed at a top end of the telescopic rod35, and the fixed plate33is provided with a slide track at a bottom portion of one end far away from the telescopic rod35, and the protective cover32is slidably arranged in the slide track. The second motor31is fixed at an outer side of one end of the protective cover32.

The blade34is rotatably arranged inside the protective cover32and connected with an output shaft of the second motor31, so that the blade34forms the cutting part of the cutting mechanism3. One of an electric push rod, a hydraulic cylinder and an air cylinder, and preferably the hydraulic cylinder, may be adopted as the telescopic rod35, so that the telescopic rod35can drive the fixed plate33to lift, thereby changing an actual cutting height of the blade34to meet cutting requirements of waste batteries of different sizes. The protective cover32can move along the slide track of the fixed plate33, so that the protective cover32can drive the blade34to displace when the second motor31drives the blade34to rotate, and a cutting line is formed by the movement of the blade34to movably cut the shell of the waste battery.

In this embodiment, the protective cover32is provided with an opening at a bottom end, and the protective cover32is provided with a sliding block321matched with the slide track at a top end. The opening of the protective cover32is used to expose the blade34, so that the blade34can have a certain protective structure, reduce the damage of flying debris to the blade34during cutting by the blade34, and ensure that the blade34has a sufficient position to contact with the shell of the battery, so that the shell of the battery is cut through the exposed blade34.

As shown inFIG.2andFIG.3, in this embodiment, the traction mechanism6includes a mounting plate61, two first guide wheels62, two second guide wheels63, a pulling rope64and a tension wheel65. The mounting plate61is connected to a middle portion of the substrate1on one side of the pedestal21far away from the supporting rack25. The two first guide wheels62are respectively fixed at upper and lower ends of one side of the mounting plate61facing the pedestal21. The two second guide wheels63are fixed right below middle portions of the two supporting racks25. The tension wheel65is fixed at one end of the protective cover32. One end of the pulling rope64is connected with the tension wheel65, and the other end of the pulling rope passes through the two first guide wheels62in turn, and is divided into two ropes, which respectively extend to the two second guide wheels63, and then extend to both sides of the sliding block73from the two second guide wheels63and are connected with the sliding block73, so that the pulling rope64is capable of forming a traction member that is connected with the cutting mechanism3and the sliding block73. The tension wheel65can tighten the pulling rope64after the clamping part of the clamping mechanism2and the cutting part of the cutting mechanism3are adjusted to proper positions, so that the fixed plate33, the sliding block73, the connecting arm731and the clamping rod27are in a tensioned state, ensuring that the protective cover32of the cutting mechanism3can pull the pulling rope64and then pull the sliding block73to move on the sliding rod72, so that an angle of the connecting arm731can be changed when the sliding block73moves, so that the connecting arm731can push the clamping rod27to rotate, thus realizing the moving of the clamping rod27along the arc-shaped edge of the supporting rack25. The first guide wheel62and the second guide wheel63may be used to guide the pulling rope64to ensure that the pulling rope64can be stably connected between the cutting mechanism3and the sliding block73, and ensure that the pulling rope64can move stably.

In this embodiment, the sliding block73are provided with connecting rods732for connecting the two ropes of the pulling rope64on both sides. The connecting rod732can ensure that the sliding block73is stably connected with the two ropes of the pulling rope64, and ensure that the pulling rope64can pull the sliding block73to move when the protective cover32of the cutting mechanism3moves.

As shown inFIG.2, in this embodiment, the sliding rod72is at least provided with a limiting groove721for limiting a sliding stroke of the linkage rack74on an outer side wall. A number of the limiting groove721is preferably three, and the three limiting grooves721are arranged on the outer side wall of the sliding rod72at equal intervals, so that the linkage rack74can be slidably connected with the sliding rod72through the limiting grooves721, and the movement stroke of the linkage rack74is limited (that is, a turning angle of the movable platform41is limited).

As shown inFIG.4andFIG.5, in this embodiment, the gear box75is internally provided with a first gear751, a first sliding rod752, a second gear753, a second sliding rod754, a third gear755and a fourth gear756. The first gear751and the third gear755are arranged on the same rotating shaft. The second gear753is rotatably arranged under the first gear751. The fourth gear756is arranged on the rotating shaft of the movable platform41and meshed with the third gear755. The first sliding rod752and the second sliding rod754form upper and lower sliding rods of the gear box75, the first sliding rod752is provided with a tooth socket meshed with the first gear751at an upper end, and the first sliding rod752is provided with a tooth socket meshed with the second gear753at a lower end; the second sliding rod754is provided with a tooth socket meshed with the second gear753at an upper end, and one end of the second sliding rod754is connected with the linkage rack74. The linkage rack74may be magnetically connected with the sliding block73, and an elastic force of the spring71is larger than a magnetic attraction force of the linkage rack74and the sliding block73, so that the sliding block73can be magnetically fixed after being attached to the linkage rack74, so that the sliding block73can push the linkage rack74to move synchronously when moving to one end of the movable platform41, and after the tension wheel65loosens the pulling rope64to reset the sliding block73under the action of the spring71, the linkage rack74may be synchronously reset under the action of the sliding block73until the linkage rack74slides to the tail end of a limiting groove721and then separates from the sliding block73, thus realizing the complete reset of the sliding block73and the linkage rack74. When the sliding block73pushes the linkage rack74to move to one end of the movable platform41, the second sliding rod754moves in the same direction as the linkage rack74, and the moving second sliding rod754pushes the second gear753to rotate, so that the second gear753drives the first sliding rod752to move to the fixed end of the cutting mechanism3, so that the first gear751and the third gear755rotate synchronously. In this way, the rotating third gear755engages with the fourth gear756to rotate, such that the rotating shaft of the movable platform41rotates to turn down the movable platform41, and the inner core of the battery falling on the movable platform41can automatically fall into the inner core collecting frame52for centralized collection.

To sum up, according to the disassembling mechanism for the waste battery module provided by the present disclosure, by adopting the clamping mechanism2, the cutting mechanism3, the placement platform4, the storage box5, the traction mechanism6and the linkage mechanism7, the clamping part of the clamping mechanism2can clamp and fix the battery to be disassembled at the placement platform4, and the shell of the battery can be cut and disassembled by the cutting part of the cutting mechanism3. When the cutting part of the cutting mechanism3moves and cuts, the sliding block73of the linkage mechanism7can be pulled by the traction mechanism6to move to one end of the placement platform4, and then the clamping part of the clamping mechanism2can be pushed to move from the movable platform41to the fixed platform42by the connecting arm731at the top portion of the sliding block73, so that the waste battery fixed in the clamping part of the clamping mechanism2can be pulled and broken from both sides along the notch opening slot on the shell, and the inner core of the battery can freely fall on the movable platform41, thus being separated from the shell of the battery. In the process of moving, the sliding block73pushes the linkage rack74to drive the gear in the gear box75to rotate, so that the movable platform41can rotate around the rotating shaft thereof under the action of the gear in the gear box75, so that the inner core of the battery falling on the movable platform41can fall into the inner core collecting frame52along with the turned movable platform41, and the shell of the battery fixed at the clamping part of the clamping mechanism2can move to the shell collecting frame51and fall. After the waste battery is disassembled by the device, the shell of the battery and the inner core of the battery can be collected by classification, which reduces the complicated operation caused by manually peeling off the shell of the battery, improves the disassembling rate of the battery module, and avoids the bodily injury caused by manually peeling off the shell of the battery.

In the descriptions of the specification, the descriptions with reference to the terms “one embodiment”, “some embodiments”, “example”, “specific example” or “some examples”, etc., refer to that specific features, structures, materials, or characteristics described with reference to the embodiments or examples are included in at least one embodiment or example of the present disclosure. In the specification, the schematic representation of the above terms should not be understood as necessarily referring to the same embodiment or example. Moreover, the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described may be combined in any one or more embodiments or examples in a suitable manner. In addition, those skilled in the art may join and combine different embodiments or examples described in the specification.

Although the embodiments of the present disclosure have been shown and described above, it may be understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and cannot be understood as limiting the present disclosure, and those of ordinary skills in the art may make changes, modifications, substitutions and variations to the above embodiments within the scope of the present disclosure.