CN109532092A - Integral type cigarette case shaping mechanism - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a kind of integral type cigarette case shaping mechanisms, including first conveyer belt, backplate is installed on the outside of the first conveyer belt, the two sides of the first conveyer belt are equipped with transmission shaft, the bottom end of the backplate is equipped with the first supporting leg, cigarette case segmental mold type groove is installed below one end of the first conveyer belt, the top of the cigarette case segmental mold type groove is equipped with folded edge, the bottom end side of the cigarette case segmental mold type groove is equipped with the first hydraulic stem, the bottom end of second support frame is equipped with fixed frame, the bottom end of the fixed frame is equipped with the second supporting leg, the side of second supporting leg is equipped with the second conveyer belt by third support frame.Cigarette case expansion shape placing groove is provided in first conveyer belt of the invention, and cigarette case is unfolded shape placing groove three and is mounted side by side in first conveyer belt, can carry out the processing of three groups of cigarette cases simultaneously, effectively increases the efficiency of cigarette case processing.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of integral type cigarette case shaping mechanisms.
Background technique
Cigarette case shaping mechanism is used to carry out cigarette case the device of auto-folder molding, and cigarette case is the box of cigarettes, is
It is easy to carry, usually 5 cigarettes boxes, 7 cigarettes boxes, 10 cigarettes boxes, 14 cigarettes boxes, 20 cigarettes
Box.Material has paper cigarette case, and aluminum cigarette case, tinplate cigarette case, cigarette is one kind of tobacco product.Preparation method is that tobacco is dried
Then chopping afterwards lights wherein one end when sucking, then exists with paper roll at 120mm, the drum-shaped strip of diameter 10mm is about
Other end mouth inhales the smog for generation of tut-tuting, and cigar is to be rolled into drum-shaped strip with tobacco to suck, main difference of the cigarette with cigar
It is cigarette small volume, tobacco is by refining and chopping, and initially in Turkey one with prevalence, local people likes cigarette cigarette
Silk is rolled with newspaper to be sucked.
There are many shortcomings for the cigarette case shaping mechanism of current stage, for example, flexibly performance is poor, low efficiency, and automatically
Effect is poor, can not carry out unattended automatic processing.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of the present invention is to overcome the above shortcomings and to provide a kind of integral type cigarette case shaping mechanisms.
The object of the present invention is achieved like this:
A kind of integral type cigarette case shaping mechanism, including first conveyer belt are equipped with backplate on the outside of the first conveyer belt,
The two sides of the first conveyer belt are equipped with transmission shaft, and the bottom end of the backplate is equipped with the first supporting leg, first support
The side of leg is equipped with motor cabinet, is equipped with motor on the motor cabinet, and one end of motor is equipped with transmission belt, and described first
Cigarette case expansion shape placing groove is provided on conveyer belt, the top of the backplate is equipped with retainer plate by the first support frame, described
Dispensing tank is installed, the bottom end of the dispensing tank is equipped with Glue dripping head, peace below one end of the first conveyer belt on retainer plate
Equipped with cigarette case segmental mold type groove, the top of the cigarette case segmental mold type groove is equipped with folded edge, the back side installation of the folded edge
There is the second hydraulic stem, one end bottom end of the cigarette case segmental mold type groove is equipped with articulated slab, and the bottom end of the articulated slab is equipped with
Second support frame, the bottom end side of the cigarette case segmental mold type groove are equipped with the first hydraulic stem, the bottom end of second support frame
Fixed frame is installed, the bottom end of the fixed frame is equipped with the second supporting leg, and the side of second supporting leg passes through third branch
Support is equipped with the second conveyer belt.
Preferably, there are four first supporting leg and the second supporting leg are respectively provided with, and four the first supporting legs and second
Supporting leg is separately mounted to the bottom end two sides of backplate and fixed frame.
Preferably, there are six the dispensing tank is arranged altogether, and shape placing groove is unfolded with three groups of cigarette cases respectively in six dispensing tanks
Corresponding installation.
Preferably, multiple folded edges are installed, and multiple folded edges are pacified by hinge in the cigarette case segmental mold type groove
In cigarette case segmental mold type groove.
Preferably, second hydraulic stem is provided with multiple altogether, and multiple second hydraulic stems are separately mounted to multiple foldings
The back side of page.
Preferably, cigarette case segmental mold type groove installation corresponding with cigarette case expansion shape placing groove, and cigarette case segmental mold type groove
It is identical as the cigarette case expansion size shape of shape placing groove.
Compared with prior art, the beneficial effects of the present invention are:
Cigarette case expansion shape placing groove is provided in first conveyer belt of the present invention, and cigarette case is unfolded shape placing groove three and pacifies side by side
In first conveyer belt, the processing of three groups of cigarette cases can be carried out simultaneously, effectively increase the efficiency of cigarette case processing;And first is defeated
It send band top that dispensing tank is installed, automatic glue application can be carried out to the cigarette case of unfolded state by dispensing tank, improve automatic effects,
Cigarette case segmental mold type groove is installed in one end of first conveyer belt, is equipped with above cigarette case segmental mold type groove and is installed by hinge
There is folded edge, and the second hydraulic stem is installed in the back side of folded edge, fold can be carried out to cigarette case by it more and be automatically performed
Cigarette case package, automatic effects are higher, are easy to use.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is a kind of structural schematic diagram of integral type cigarette case shaping mechanism of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the structural schematic diagram of cigarette case segmental mold type groove of the invention;
Fig. 3 is the top view of first conveyer belt of the invention;
Fig. 4 is the top view that shape placing groove is unfolded in cigarette case of the invention.
Wherein: 1, transmission shaft;2, first conveyer belt;3, backplate;4, transmission belt;5, motor;6, motor cabinet;7, the first support
Leg;8, dispensing tank;9, retainer plate;10, the first support frame;11, Glue dripping head;12, the first hydraulic stem;13, fixed frame;14, cigarette case
Segmental mold type groove;15, folded edge;16, the second hydraulic stem;17, articulated slab;18, the second support frame;19, third support frame;20,
Second conveyer belt;21, the second supporting leg;22, shape placing groove is unfolded in cigarette case.
Specific embodiment
Referring to Fig. 1-4, a kind of integral type cigarette case shaping mechanism of the present invention, including first conveyer belt 2, the first conveying
Outside with 2 is equipped with backplate 3, and first conveyer belt 2 is used to convey the cigarette case of unfolded state, and the two of first conveyer belt 2
Side is equipped with transmission shaft 1, and the bottom end of backplate 3 is equipped with the first supporting leg 7, and the side of the first supporting leg 7 is equipped with motor cabinet 6,
Motor 5 is installed, motor 5 is used to drive first conveyer belt 2 to convey by transmission belt 4, and one end peace of motor 5 on motor cabinet 6
Equipped with transmission belt 4, cigarette case expansion shape placing groove 22 is provided in first conveyer belt 2, cigarette case is unfolded shape placing groove 22 and is used to exhibition
The cigarette case of open state is placed, and the top of backplate 3 is equipped with retainer plate 9 by the first support frame 10, and retainer plate 9 is used to point
Glue tank 8 is fixed, and dispensing tank 8 is equipped on retainer plate 9, and the bottom end of dispensing tank 8 is equipped with Glue dripping head 11, and Glue dripping head 11 is used to
One end lower section of the gluing on cigarette case, first conveyer belt 2 is equipped with cigarette case segmental mold type groove 14, and cigarette case segmental mold type groove 14 is used to
The cigarette case of unfolded state is subjected to folding forming, the top of cigarette case segmental mold type groove 14 is equipped with folded edge 15, and folded edge 15 is used
It is combined into cigarette case segmental mold type groove 14 by hinge, the back side of folded edge 15 is equipped with the second hydraulic stem 16, the second hydraulic stem
16 are used to carry out folding control to folded edge 15, and one end bottom end of cigarette case segmental mold type groove 14 is equipped with articulated slab 17, articulated slab
17 are used to connect with the second support frame 18, start one end of cigarette case segmental mold type groove 14, the bottom end of articulated slab 17 is equipped with
Second support frame 18, the bottom end side of cigarette case segmental mold type groove 14 are equipped with the first hydraulic stem 12, and the first hydraulic stem 12 is used to control
One end of tobacco curing box segmental mold type groove 14 starts, and the bottom end of the second support frame 18 is equipped with fixed frame 13, the bottom end of fixed frame 13
Second supporting leg 21 is installed, the side of the second supporting leg 21 is equipped with the second conveyer belt 20 by third support frame 19, and second
Conveyer belt 20 is used to molding cigarette case being delivered to subsequent processing.
Further, there are four the first supporting leg 7 and the second supporting leg 21 are respectively provided with, and four the first supporting legs 7 and second
Supporting leg 21 is separately mounted to the bottom end two sides of backplate 3 and fixed frame 13, is used to by the first supporting leg 7 and the second supporting leg 21
First conveyer belt 2 and the second conveyer belt 20 are supported.
Further, there are six dispensing tank 8 is arranged altogether, and shape placing grooves 22 are unfolded with three groups of cigarette cases respectively in six dispensing tanks 8
Corresponding installation is used to carry out automatic glue application to the bonding place of cigarette peduncle paper by dispensing tank 8.
Further, multiple folded edges 15 are installed, and multiple folded edges 15 pass through hinge in cigarette case segmental mold type groove 14
It is mounted in cigarette case segmental mold type groove 14, is used to be combined into cigarette case segmental mold type groove 14 by folded edge 15.
Further, the second hydraulic stem 16 is provided with multiple altogether, and multiple second hydraulic stems 16 are separately mounted to multiple foldings
The back side of page 15 is used to control the folding of folded edge 15 by the second hydraulic stem 16.
Further, the installation corresponding with cigarette case expansion shape placing groove 22 of cigarette case segmental mold type groove 14, and cigarette case segmental mold type groove
14 is identical as the cigarette case expansion size shape of shape placing groove 22, makes cigarette case that the expansion in shape placing groove 22 be unfolded by such design
State cigarette case correspondence is delivered in cigarette case segmental mold type groove 14.
Working principle: when in use, the cigarette peduncle paper of unfolded state is placed on cigarette case expansion shape placing groove 22 for the equipment,
By motor 5 drive first conveyer belt 2 convey, when first conveyer belt 2 by place cigarette case cigarette case expansion shape placing groove 22 in, lead to
It crosses on the page at the folding that the Glue dripping head 11 of the bottom end of dispensing tank 8 pastes needs that glue is coated in cigarette case, completion gluing
It is delivered in cigarette case segmental mold type groove 14 by first conveyer belt 2 afterwards, the mutual of folded edge 15 is controlled by the second hydraulic stem 16
It folds, makes its cigarette case folding forming by unfolded state, cigarette case segmental mold type groove 14 is then controlled by the first hydraulic stem 12
One end is started, and is made in foldable formed cigarette case fair current to the second conveyer belt 20, is delivered to cigarette case by the second conveyer belt 20
Subsequent processing.
In addition: it should be noted that above-mentioned specific embodiment is only a prioritization scheme of this patent, the skill of this field
Any change or improvement that art personnel are done according to above-mentioned design, within the protection domain of this patent..
Claims (6)
1. integral type cigarette case shaping mechanism, including first conveyer belt (2), it is characterised in that: the outside of the first conveyer belt (2)
It is equipped with backplate (3), the two sides of the first conveyer belt (2) are equipped with transmission shaft (1), and the bottom end of the backplate (3) is equipped with
The side of first supporting leg (7), first supporting leg (7) is equipped with motor cabinet (6), is equipped with electricity on the motor cabinet (6)
Machine (5), and one end of motor (5) is equipped with transmission belt (4), and cigarette case expansion shape is provided on the first conveyer belt (2) and is placed
The top of slot (22), the backplate (3) is equipped with retainer plate (9) by the first support frame (10), is installed on the retainer plate (9)
Have dispensing tank (8), the bottom end of the dispensing tank (8) is equipped with Glue dripping head (11), peace below one end of the first conveyer belt (2)
Equipped with cigarette case segmental mold type groove (14), the top of the cigarette case segmental mold type groove (14) is equipped with folded edge (15), the folding
The back side of page (15) is equipped with the second hydraulic stem (16), and one end bottom end of the cigarette case segmental mold type groove (14) is equipped with articulated slab
(17), the bottom end of the articulated slab (17) is equipped with the second support frame (18), the bottom end one of the cigarette case segmental mold type groove (14)
Side is equipped with the first hydraulic stem (12), and the bottom end of second support frame (18) is equipped with fixed frame (13), the fixed frame
(13) bottom end is equipped with the second supporting leg (21), and the side of second supporting leg (21) is installed by third support frame (19)
There are the second conveyer belt (20).
2. integral type cigarette case shaping as described in claim 1 mechanism, it is characterised in that: first supporting leg (7) and second
There are four supporting leg (21) is respectively provided with, and four the first supporting legs (7) and the second supporting leg (21) be separately mounted to backplate (3) and
The bottom end two sides of fixed frame (13).
3. integral type cigarette case shaping as described in claim 1 mechanism, it is characterised in that: the dispensing tank (8) is provided with six altogether
It is a, and the installation corresponding with three groups of cigarette case expansion shape placing groove (22) respectively of six dispensing tanks (8).
4. integral type cigarette case shaping as described in claim 1 mechanism, it is characterised in that: on the cigarette case segmental mold type groove (14)
It is equipped with multiple folded edges (15), and multiple folded edges (15) are mounted in cigarette case segmental mold type groove (14) by hinge.
5. integral type cigarette case shaping as described in claim 1 mechanism, it is characterised in that: second hydraulic stem (16) is arranged altogether
Have multiple, and multiple second hydraulic stems (16) are separately mounted to the back side of multiple folded edges (15).
6. integral type cigarette case shaping as described in claim 1 mechanism, it is characterised in that: the cigarette case segmental mold type groove (14) with
Shape placing groove (22) corresponding installation, and the size of cigarette case segmental mold type groove (14) and cigarette case expansion shape placing groove (22) is unfolded in cigarette case
Shape is identical.
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